Legal Due Diligence · glossary

Disclosure

The seller's formal statement of exceptions to its warranties. A matter fairly disclosed cannot found a warranty claim. So when the seller discloses a problem the review has found, the buyer needs another protection, such as a price change or a specific indemnity. Chapter 1 · Chapter 8

Explained in Chapter 1, What Due Diligence Is For, of Legal Due Diligence.

How it comes up, in Chapter 8
Disclosure is the seller's formal statement of those exceptions. An honest seller must disclose the CBI letter against the anti-money-laundering warranties.
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