Curt Hearn, a partner in and co-leader of the Corporate Practice Group in New Orleans, was quoted in the Mergermarket article “Strategic Buyers Increasingly Dangle Earnouts to Win Deals.” The article provides information about the increase of earnout provisions in mergers and acquisitions since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and how disputes often arise over earnouts following the deal being closed. Curt noted that disputes have become even more complex in the COVID-19-environment due to parties not fully considering the potential future outlier effects of the pandemic at the time of the earnout’s negotiation.