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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="22-807" title_number="22" title_name="Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Remedies; General; Damages; Remedies Related to Performance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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 on the party in breach of contract.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A party may not recover:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consequential damages for losses resulting from the content of published informational content unless the agreement expressly so provides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Damages that are speculative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The remedy for breach of contract for disclosure or misuse of information that is a trade secret or in which the aggrieved party has a right of confidentiality includes as consequential damages compensation for the benefit obtained as a result of the breach.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For purposes of this title, market value is determined as of the date of breach of contract and the place for performance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Damages or expenses that relate to events after the date of entry of judgment must be reduced to their present value as of that date. In this subsection, “present value” means the amount, as of a date certain, of one or more sums payable in the future or the value of one or more performances due in the future, discounted to the date certain. The discount is determined by the interest rate specified by the parties in their agreement unless that rate was manifestly unreasonable when the agreement was entered into. Otherwise, the discount is determined by a commercially reasonable rate that takes into account the circumstances of each case when the agreement was entered into.</text>
  </level>
</section>
