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Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.28.06

After finding that the government had breached by not honoring the exercise of a 50-year option by a lessee, the Court of Federal Claims in California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. v. U.S. (Nov. 6, 2006) rebuffed the government's argument that lost profits were too speculative to recover. The court pointed out that the lessee had previously rented out the land and could make a factual showing to support profits from the leasehold into the future.

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Client Alert | 8 min read | 09.18.26

Mining, Indigenous Consultation Rights, and Investment Treaty Protection: Part 2

Part Two of a Two-Part Client Alert Series. This Alert builds on the discussion in Part One, which surveyed Bear Creek (2017), Copper Mesa (2016), South American Silver (2018), Eco Oro (2021), and Lupaka (2025)....