Rabbi Yehoshua Wolfe Question: We know that a kinyan is required to effectuate a halachic transaction. If so, is one allowed to back out of an agreement before a kinyan is performed? Answer: Normally, a claim that one party retracted…
Rabbi Yehoshua Wolfe Case: One area in which halacha clearly diverges from common law relates to the execution of transactions. According to common law, an agreement between parties is sufficient to finalize the transaction and render it binding upon…
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Rabbi Yehoshua Wolfe Case: Two parties arrive at some form of an ambiguous oral agreement. One party later sends a note to the other by text, email, or Whatsapp to confirm the agreement and the second party does not respond. …
Rav Yehoshua Wolfe Case: In negotiations between parties, the process often begins with a term sheet, where an initial agreement is drafted. At a later date, the lawyers will draft the final, formalized version. Question: During the interim agreement,…
Out of His Keilim Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobovits July 16, 2020 Everything that goes in fire, you shall pass through fire, and it will be pure… Bemidbar 31:23 Chazal derive from this pasuk that…
Lend-Lease Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald July 16, 2020 Q: Due to the current pandemic, I am looking to be more economical with my vacation. Rather than rent vacation lodging, I would like to make a swap with my brother: He would…
Was the Rayshard Brooks shooting justified? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 16, 2020 Last week's article on the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe discussed the self-defense defense—the law of rodef,…
Rabbi Yosef Kushner Question: A common question that arises with respect to employees relates to kickbacks. Kickbacks are cases where an employee directs business to a particular vendor, and certain benefits accrue to the employee as a result (e.g. the…
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