rescission

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Additionally, failure of consideration — where one party does not carry out their promised obligations in a way that significantly harms the other party — can justify rescission, the law firm adds.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Treasury Department approval isn’t permanent, but is subject to rescission “if the Secretary determines that the regulatory regime of such foreign country is no longer comparable to the requirements established under this Act.”

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Even McConnell voted to approve the $9-billion rescission request.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Agrippa secured for a short time the rescission of the fateful decree, but the capricious madman soon returned to his old frame of mind, and ordered his image to be set up immediately.

From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman