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What happens when a severance agreement promises $680,000 per month for sixteen months—but the employer insists they meant $680,000 total? You get a contract dispute with eight figures at stake and a costly reminder that a few words can swing a deal from routine to ruino
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. TL;DR: The First Circuit just revived a dispute over a severance agreement that, on its face, required $10.8 million in payments. The employer said it was a scrivener’s error. The employee said: read the contract. The court said: it’s ambiguous—so back to the trial
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ourt it goes. 👉 Re
ad the opinion here (No. 24-1350)