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Today's short vlog entry is about liquidated damages versus penalties, an issue that comes up both in drafting agreements and in litigation. Liquidated damages clauses allow a non-breaching party to an agreement recover a specific, negotiated amount from a breaching party. But if the amount is not reasonably related to the non-breaching party's prospective loss, a Court will determine the clause is penalty and it will not be enforced.
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