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Section 22-805 – Limitation of Actions

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an action for breach of contract must be commenced within the later of four years after the right of action accrues or one year after the breach was or should have been discovered, but not later than five years after the right of action accrues. […]

Section 22-807 – Measurement of Damages in General

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in the contract, an aggrieved party may not recover compensation for that part of a loss which could have been avoided by taking measures reasonable under the circumstances to avoid or reduce loss. The burden of establishing a failure of the aggrieved party to take measures reasonable under the circumstances is […]

Section 22-808 – Licensor’s Damages

    (a)    In this section, “substitute transaction” means a transaction by the licensor which would not have been possible except for the licensee’s breach and which transaction is for the same information or informational rights with the same contractual use terms as the transaction to which the licensee’s breach applies.     (b)    Except as otherwise provided in § 22-807 […]

Section 22-809 – Licensee’s Damages

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section and except as otherwise provided in § 22-807 of this subtitle, a breach of contract by a licensor entitles the licensee to recover the following compensation for losses resulting in the ordinary course from the breach or, if appropriate, as to the whole contract, less expenses avoided as […]

Section 22-810 – Recoupment

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an aggrieved party, upon notifying the party in breach of contract of its intention to do so, may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from the breach from any payments still due under the same contract.     (b)    If a breach of contract is […]