# Due diligence promises

`kaal:entity:due-diligence-promises`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `due-diligence-promises`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2016 to 2016.

**2016**

- [2811718-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811718-023) [condition/evidenced] -- As a contractual matter, due diligence promises made in a brochure, on a website, or in a contract with investors must be in writing to be enforceable.
  > Finally, as a contractual matter, due diligence promises (in a brochure, website, contract with investors, etc.) must be in writing in order for them to be enforceable.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718
- [2811718-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811718-030) [condition/evidenced] -- Funds that promise due diligence with no intention of actually carrying it out violate federal securities laws rather than merely breaching a contract.
  > but it has been held that funds that promise due diligence and yet have no intention of actually carrying it out are violating federal securities laws rather than breaching basic contracts.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Investor Due Diligence – Evidence from 1995 to 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811718

## Verify

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