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Alumni Reflections: The Power of Mentorship & Camaraderie

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Proskauer partner Mike Callahan sat down with alums Julie Kim, vice president and senior counsel at Warner Bros. Discovery, and Marjan Elbaum, general counsel at Banyan Software. Julie and Marjan developed an early bond at...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through a UBE Contracts essay question from the July 2018 bar exam. This is part of our series of podcasts on how to approach Multistate Essay Examination...more

Fish & Richardson

Arbitration Risks: Why Arbitration is Not Necessarily Better, Faster, or Cheaper Than Litigation

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There is a widespread belief that arbitration is unequivocally a better, faster, and cheaper alternative to litigation. According to some advocates, the advantages of arbitration include (1) saving money by streamlining...more

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Texts that Bind: Text Messages May Form Binding Real Property Contract

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Last month, in St. John’s Holdings, LLC v. Two Electronics, LLC (No. 16 MISC 000090 (RBF)), a Massachusetts Land Court judge held that text messages exchanged between two real estate brokers may be sufficient to constitute...more

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Assessing New Risks in Letters of Intent - Delaware Supreme Court Creates Increased Exposure by Recognizing a Duty to Negotiate in...

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Prior to entering into a definitive commercial agreement, parties often enter into a letter of intent, a term sheet or a memorandum of understanding (a preliminary agreement). Some of the provisions in the preliminary...more

Baker Donelson

Drafting Arbitration Clauses in Chinese/American Commercial Contracts for Arbitration in China

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American companies doing business with Chinese companies in China are often concerned about the credibility, neutrality and quality of the arbitration institutions in China. As a result, American companies generally try to...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Meeting of the Minds at the Inbox: Some Pitfalls of Contracting via Email

We have had a number of clients run into issues relating to whether or not an email exchange constituted a binding contract. This issue comes up regularly when informality creeps into negotiations conducted electronically,...more

King & Spalding

The "Preliminary Agreement" – Framing or Frustrating the Deal?

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Preliminary Agreements come into play when structuring and negotiating a broad spectrum of transactions and agreements. They are embraced by many market participants and are, at best, tolerated by others. They have been the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Top Ten Issues when Drafting International Agreements – Part I

Cross-border agreements come in all shapes and sizes, from manufacturing agreements to joint ventures, employment contracts to merger agreements. Each type has its own quirks, but we can boil down the most common legal issues...more

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