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Integreon

Unleashing the Power of GenAI in Contracts Management: 3 Easy Ways to Start and Benefit

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Corporate interest in AI, particularly generative AI (genAI), has surged dramatically. For many legal teams, there is pressure all the way from the C-suite to start using this new technology. However, the process of...more

Gray Reed

Uncover Hidden Treasures: Cost Savings in Your Existing Contracts

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Companies routinely sign contracts and promptly file them away, often neglecting to thoroughly review the terms and costs agreed to. The truth is major cost reductions regularly lurk unnoticed within signed contracts....more

Ankura

Navigating The Five Phases in the Lifecycle of a Construction Project

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This paper emphasizes the significance of risk and dispute management during the lifecycle of a construction project, highlighting how the early detection of issues can contribute to successful project outcomes. It emphasizes...more

Cozen O'Connor

Final Interagency Guidance on Managing Risks Associated with Third-Party Relationships

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On June 6, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued final interagency guidance that...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition - February 23rd -...

Hosted by CI, the 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition returns to Toronto for another exciting year with curated programming that addresses the most critical...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern Canada Edition - February 23rd - 24th, Toronto, ON, Canada

Reconnect with your peers and key stakeholders from construction companies, public sector, and infrastructure! The Canadian Institute’s 7th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects – Eastern...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Privacy and Cybersecurity Contracting: What’s the “Deal”? - June 29th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Security Schedules, Privacy Addenda, TOMs, DPAs—whatever you call them, privacy and cybersecurity contract terms have exploded in prevalence in recent years, bringing with them new importance that can lead to difficult and...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Technology and Compliance Conference - June 23rd, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CDT

How to ensure emerging technologies help rather than hurt your organization - Technology represents the classic double-edged sword for compliance and ethics professionals. When properly utilized, it can be a vital tool,...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

5 Ways CLM Mitigates Contract Risks & Costs

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As companies grow, enter more diverse markets and more diverse customer, partner, and vendor relationships, there’s an increasing potential for risks and costs related to contracts and agreements. A Contract Lifecycle...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Agencies Request Comments on Risk Management Guidance for Third-Party Relationships

On July 13, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC proposed risk management guidance to help banking organizations manage risks related to third-party relationships, including relationships with vendors, FinTech companies,...more

Roetzel & Andress

Financial Planning and Contract Negotiation for Female Physicians

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When negotiating their contracts, female physicians often have different priorities, along with a different negotiating style, than their male counterparts. In this episode, host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] CLE Institute - What’s Keeping You Up at Night? Business Risks of COVID-19 - November 5th, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET

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Your company has navigated the first six months of COVID, but what is around the corner? In this program, our lawyers will provide some clarity around the various legal issues that are, or could be, affected as we move...more

Bowditch & Dewey

[Webinar] New Contracts: Pandemic Impact on Contract and Transaction Due Diligence - October 27th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

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During times of economic turbulence and commercial uncertainty, your business team and corporate counsel are well advised to undertake a more deliberate and thorough due diligence process when entering into contract and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Phytelligence, Inc. v. Washington State University (Fed. Cir. 2020)

One of the banes of any practicing patent attorney's professional existence is counseling clients on licensing agreements where the parties attempt to avoid setting forth definitive terms on contract provisions regarding...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Contracts During the COVID-19 Pandemic

BB&K Attorney Todd Gee Shares Key Actions During a Pandemic in the Southern California Newspaper Group - The COVID-19 outbreak is a striking example of how something unexpected can upend a wide variety of industries in an...more

Baker Donelson

Coronavirus: Force Majeure and Managing Your Business Risk, Part 3

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Moving Forward – How to Negotiate Future Contracts - Until the recent COVID-19 pandemic, whether you included a force majeure clause in a contract, and more specifically, what that language meant, likely drew little...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Accounting for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics When Procuring IT Services – 5 Steps for Success

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As IT vendors grapple with the impacts and risks of COVID-19, how can customers manage exposure when contracting for new services? COVID-19 has - temporarily or otherwise - disrupted the status quo. For IT vendors the...more

WilmerHale

Drafting Force Majeure Clauses in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In a previous client alert, we described the contractual issues that companies should assess under force majeure clauses in their existing contracts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Reemergence of the Doctrine of Temporary Impracticality or Frustration Under Section 269 of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts...

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When trying to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on existing contractual obligations, parties will likely first consult force majeure provisions in their contracts to assess their rights or liabilities for continued...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Force Majeure: Friend or Foe Amidst COVID-19

This Katten advisory considers how UK businesses could seek to rely on the principles of force majeure or frustration to suspend or end performance of contractual obligations (without liability) should that be required in...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Adding a Coronavirus Force Majeure Provision to Your Contract

Anatomy of a Force Majeure Clause Force majeure provisions excuse a party from performing under a contract if certain “force majeure” events happen. Force majeure clauses are standard in some real estate industry...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Applicability of Force Majeure and Impossibility in the Wake of COVID-19 Under New York Law

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In the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, and its economic disruption, some contracting parties may seek to be excused from performance under their contracts. For contracts subject to New York law, including insurance...more

Williams Mullen

"An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure" - Commercial Contracts in the Era of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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With the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States, many of our clients are facing the mass cancellation of events and damaging service interruptions. This disruption can cripple one’s business, so clients are...more

Polsinelli

COVID-19 and Its Growing Impact on Commercial Contracts: How Should Contracting Parties Respond?

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COVID-19 is causing a rapidly evolving public health crisis, and businesses face uncertainty about their commercial relationships. That uncertainty is raising questions about performance under contractual agreements that were...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus as a contractual force majeure event: A simple checklist

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Email overload on whether the new coronavirus, COVID-19, triggers a force majeure clause? Whether you're considering a claim, worried about receiving one or busy drafting following the outbreak, here's our 10-point,...more

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