Contract Disputes, Conflicts of Interest

New GAO Decision Highlights Effective OCI Identification and Mitigation Practices

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/21/2025

Federal contractors need to be proactive about detecting and neutralizing or mitigating Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI). The FAR’s OCI provisions (currently found at FAR Subpart 9.5) promote the fairness and...more

Drafting Real Estate Documents With Project Permitting in Mind

Stoel Rives - Ahead of Schedule on 4/29/2024

In the dynamic world of real estate development, the orchestration of real property documents (such as leases, easements, or purchase agreements that are collectively referred to here as “site control documents”) plays a...more

Single Contractor Not Precluded from Providing Both Design and Construction Services

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/4/2019

Case Provides Valuable Guidance for Public Agencies Wanting One Contractor for Two Phases - A contractor that had two separate contracts with a school district — one for preconstruction services and the other for...more

Court Vacates Arbitration Award on Grounds of Evident Partiality

Carlton Fields on 11/19/2019

City Beverages LLC, doing business as Olympic Eagle Distributing, and Monster Energy Co. entered into an agreement under which Monster had exclusive distribution rights for its products in a certain territory for 20 years....more

S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Declines to Enforce Advance Conflict Waiver Against Winston & Strawn Client, Netflix

Goulston & Storrs PC on 9/6/2018

Although the legal community eagerly awaits the California Supreme Court’s decision on advance waivers in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton v. J-M Mfg. (Cal. No. S232946), a recent decision in the Bankruptcy Court for the...more

Chancery Dismisses Complaint for Failure to Allege Noncompliance

Morris James LLP on 9/18/2015

A principal difference between alternative entities and corporations under Delaware law is the ability in the former to modify or eliminate fiduciary duties. A Delaware court is required by statute to give effect to the...more