End Line Investors Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
2018 WL 3231649 (2018)
A law firm claimed Wells Fargo (defendant) orally promised to give it all current and future New Jersey debt-collection accounts in exchange for upgrading its office to meet audit standards, but the parties' subsequently signed standard-form retainer agreement never mentioned that promise and instead contained an integration clause stating the agreement embodied the parties' entire understanding; after Wells Fargo gave the firm only some, not all, of its New Jersey work, End Line (plaintiff), which came to own the firm's claims, sued to enforce the alleged oral promise under several theories.
Whether an integration clause creates a strong presumption that parol evidence is inadmissible to add or vary the contract's terms.