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Pandemic Creates Cause to Rethink Overlooked Contract Provisions
The construction industry has proved adaptable over the course of the pandemic — owners and general and trade contractors have worked closely to ensure that work continued, while keeping workers…
ContractsProf Blog
Tips on Contracts Drafting
Can be found on Michael Goldblatt's Law Practice Tips blog here.
Adams on Contract Drafting
Step-Down Provisions Are Trash
By Ken Adams
Check out the provision above. It was put on Twitter by Aiden Durham, who said, “There’s gotta be a better way?!” Filthy McNasty tagged me in the ensuing thread, so…
Adams on Contract Drafting
For Contract Review, Don’t Believe the AI-Markup Hype
By Ken Adams
When we speak with potential clients, some remark to us, with a sage nod, that, well, LegalSifter doesn’t mark up the draft being reviewed. To make sure we understand what…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Compliance Launches Contract Analytics, Review and Lifecycle Management Business
By Doug Austin
It’s a rare three-post day (or maybe not so rare!), but I missed this announcement earlier in the week and wanted to circle back and cover it! As discussed in…
China Law Blog
China Contract Translations: What Were You Thinking?
By Dan Harris
The other day I was explaining to a client how important it is to have a trusted lawyer translate any Chinese-English contract and to emphasize that, I told him the…
CommLawBlog
Now Available: Writing Contracts for a Post-Covid World Webinar
By FHH Law
On March 23, Fletcher Heald attorney Thomas Urban presented a webinar on how COVID-19 has affected contract litigation and how companies should be prepared for future public health emergencies. During…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
CLEARLY DETERMINING IN CONTRACT WHO DETERMINES ARBITRABILITY OF DISPUTE
As you know from prior postings: “Arbitration provisions are creatures of contract and must be construed ‘as a matter of contract interpretation.’ ” Fallang Family Limited Partnership v. Privcap Companies,…
Energy & the Law
Texas Court Parses Three Retained-Acreage Clauses – Part 2
Co-author Rusty Tucker Yesterday we discussed aspects of PPC Acquisition Co., LLC, et al. v. Delaware Basin Res., LLC, et al. Today we consider whether the retained-acreage clauses created a…
The Lien Zone
The Scariest Terms in Your Contract
By Alex Barthet
One-sided contracts present scary terms that can put your work and business at risk. These terms – heavily favoring “one party” of the contract over the other – generally put…