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Gain knowledge regarding measures that counsel for suppliers can take to contractually mitigate exposure with respect to third-party participants in the supply chain. READ NOW » Related Content Supply Chain Fundamentals Read an overview...

Learn about various protective measures companies can take to protect their trade secrets and other intellectual property when entering into a toll manufacturing transaction. READ NOW » Related Content Protecting Trade Secrets and Intellectual...

Acquire an understanding of the benefits of adopting an effective legal compliance program, including how a compliance program can help prevent violations of law (and the potential consequences of such violations), reduce liability for misconduct, and...

FEDERAL COURT FAST TRACKS REVIEW OF RULING BLOCKING IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERTIME REGULATIONS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ISSUED A BRIEF order December 8 granting expedited review of a November 22 ruling by a federal judge in the Eastern District...

By: Ellen MacDonald Farrell and Rachel P. Raphael Crowell & Moring Today, billions of different devices are connected to the internet, and the internet-capability of everyday objects is expected to grow exponentially in the years to come. The Internet...

This resource kit provides information and resources on domestic and international arbitration of commercial disputes. READ NOW » Related Content Arbitration Advantages and Disadvantages Read about the advantages and disadvantages of arbitrating...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis THERE IS A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF LITIGATION involving disputes over whether a binding contract was formed during contract negotiations. In a typical case of this kind, the parties agree on many issues while...

By: Terrance Oben OBEN LEGAL                                    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES PRACTICAL STEPS THAT companies can take to successfully embed...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. SECTION 2-207 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) was supposed to resolve these questions: (1) Is a contract formed when parties exchange forms that contain nonmatching terms and the parties don’t...

SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION UNDER TITLE VII REMAINS HOT-BUTTON ISSUE By: Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin, Volume 17, Issue 7 RECENTLY, THREE OF THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL addressed the issue of whether discrimination on...

By: Candice Choh and Kari Krusmark, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP A joint marketing agreement is a contract pursuant to which one or both of the parties will collaborate in order to promote the sale of product and service offerings of the other party...

By: Timothy Murray , MURRAY, HOGUE AND LANNIS With the e-commerce explosion, sellers are peddling goods and services over their websites at unprecedented rates. From a contract law perspective, this ought to be a seller’s nirvana: the seller alone...

By: Timothy Murray ONE TIME, I WAS REVIEWING THE TERMS OF A PROPOSED contract with an executive for a client that was buying a product for a significant sum of money. The document had been drafted by the seller, and it contained the customary provision...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis BUSINESSES OFTEN CONDUCT THEIR TRADES BY UTILIZING documents that don’t appear to be contractual in nature but that contain contractual provisions—the information brochure accompanying a smartphone...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis Parties drafting contracts often want to set in stone the precise dollar amount of damages that will be awarded in the event of a breach, commonly called liquidated damages. The idea is that if a breach...

By: Timothy Murray MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS Botched Force Majeure Clauses Expose Your Client to Needless Risk As if on autopilot, attorneys sometimes tack onto their contracts generic force majeure clauses, just because everybody else does it, without...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Draft confidential agreements effectively and with confidence through this video. WATCH NOW » Related Content Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information Protection Learn about two types of restrictive covenants (nondisclosure and...

Explore the connections between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and key, established anti-bribery risks and considerations that will likely have the most significant anti-bribery ESG impacts. READ NOW » Related Content Corporate...