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Joint Ventures
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Florida Construction Legal Updates
DISPUTE AMONG JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS AND JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
In a dispute involving joint venture partners and a joint venture agreement, one of the partners sued a third party (which purchased the assets of the other partner). Claims against…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Why Does OpenAI’s Joint Venture with Microsoft Still Bother Us?
Numbers sometimes communicate better than words. They clarify. But numbers can also be perplexing. Take the numbers below, for example. According to the WSJ, the numbers show how profits are…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Tax Law Allows Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures but The Market Will Not Abide Charity
I feel so violated. Because when I first heard about OpenAI (c)(3)'s joint venture with Microsoft, I said "wait a minute, this can't possibly work!" But they had some good…
Commercial Case Notes
Joint Venture Allegations Fail for Lack of Allegations of an Agreement to Share Losses
By John Lundin
On August 1, 2024, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Fine Creative Media, Inc. v. Barnes & Noble, Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op.…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Fastest 5 Minutes
Clearances for Joint Ventures, Mentor-Protégé Program, GSA Schedule This week’s episode covers a DoD memorandum establishing procedures for covered joint venture facility security clearances, an SBA notice relating to the…
BuildSmart
Must Read Decision Involving Construction Joint Ventures
By Douglas L. Patin, Lee-Ann C. Brown
A recent decision from the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, is a MUST READ for any lawyer or construction executive involved with joint ventures (“JV’s”). …
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Prequalification Issues in Relying on De Facto Joint Ventures in Security Act Procurements
Government contractors often rely on joint venture (JV) arrangements to meet the requirements of a solicitation. One such arrangement is the “de facto joint venture,” where no formal agreement is…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Mentor-Protégé Program Pitfalls: Insights from Yorktown and Threat Tec’s Dispute
Under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) mentor-protégé program, smaller businesses are afforded the tools to compete for government contracts by partnering with larger businesses that serve as mentors to the…
Dispute Resolution Blog
Joint Ventures: Why do they break-up?
By Bharat Vasani, Sonali Suresh
What is a Joint Venture? A commercial arrangement entered into between two or more parties, who agree to pool their resources, to accomplish an intended project (or other business activity)…
New York Business Divorce
Oral Joint Ventures: The Wild West of Business Associations
Oral joint venture agreements tend to be the murkiest, easiest to allege, and difficult to disprove of all closely-held business relations. Learn more in this week's New York Business Divorce.