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bespeaks-caution doctrine

noun

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Principle that adequate cautionary language surrounding a forward-looking statement can render alleged misstatements immaterial as a matter of law.

We leaned on the bespeaks-caution doctrine to knock out the projection claims at the pleading stage.

Similar: safe harbor

Topic: Banking & finance law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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