By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue and Lannis Arbitration agreements are supposed to ensure that disputes are resolved outside of court, and that’s why it’s an irony of almost cosmic proportions that “the enforceability of arbitration agreements...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue and Lannis The word warranty isn’t just mired in confusion; it leaps, dives, and wallows in it. It means so many different things that the great Karl Llewellyn, the chief architect of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue & Lannis ONE TIME IN AN ARBITRATION, THE PLAINTIFF CLAIMED that my client, the defendant, breached an alleged oral agreement that my client denied entering into. It was undisputed that after the alleged oral agreement, the...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue and Lannis ONE TIME I FOUND MYSELF IN A BREACH OF CONTRACT TRIAL before a grizzled jurist who seemed to have as much familiarity with contract law as I have with high fashion (none). I would like to say that he compensated for...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis There is a veritable pandemic raging, and I’m not referring to COVID-19. It’s a pandemic of webinars and legal articles about force majeure and COVID-19. Sadly, no lawyer is immune from it. In force...
By: Glenn Gordon , Lexis Practice Advisor This Coronavirus and Force Majeure Checklist provides guidance on issues and measures counsel should consider when determining the applicability of the coronavirus with respect to force majeure clauses in your clients’...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis ONE TIME I FOUND MYSELF ON THE SET OF A HOLLYWOOD soundstage for a popular television show about a lawyer. In the law library of the fake TV law firm, I noticed something that viewers at home couldn’t see...
By: Timothy Murray, MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an amorphous concept that defies simple explanation. At its heart, CSR is a philosophy that a business entity has certain societal obligations beyond the bottom line of its...
By: Timothy Murray, Murray, Hogue and Lannis The majestic New York State Supreme Court Building in Lower Manhattan has stood in regal watch over the tumult of the past century, a silent witness to every shade of humanity—from the disgraced movie mogul Harvey...