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Does Your Integration Clause Fully Protect You?

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While I can’t remember anything specific from my 1-L Contracts class, I’m sure that is where I first was exposed to the concept that an integration clause could prevent a party to a written contract from claiming that other...more

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What is Boilerplate Anyway?

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It was important, and still is. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times – the general terms at the end of an agreement being referred to as “boilerplate” provisions, a phrase that misleadingly suggests...more

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Non-disclosure agreements: A word to the wise to entrepreneurs

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​​​​​​​As a startup, one of the most exciting moments in your company’s growth is receiving a proposal from a large strategic or market player who wants to engage in a technical interchange in support of a potential business...more

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The Dangers of Copy and Paste: Using Corporate Statutory Language in an LLC May Result in Unintended Consequences

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Limited liability companies (LLCs) are famously referred to as “creatures of contract”, whereas the governance of a corporation is comparatively fixed by statute. When forming an LLC, the members have broad discretion to...more

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The Dangers of Transactional Precedent – The Times They Are-A-Changing

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The other day I had a client ask me to review some form documents that another party wanted to use in connection with the client’s website. The basis of the request was that he thought I had prepared, or at least reviewed,...more

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Where Did We Go Wrong? Planning for issues in employment agreements

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When drafting executive agreements, it is easy to focus almost exclusively on benefits and wages, the popular areas, without properly addressing some of the legal concerns that have grown over the last several years. Areas...more

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Replacing Bow Hair and Contract Provisions

What is a Contract Amendment and Why Have an Amendments Clause? A contract amendment is a change in a contract after it has been signed. Amending a contract is similar to taking a bow in for rehairing. When a bow is...more

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Performing From Memory and Eliminating Unnecessary Contract Provisions

Preparing contracts can be like using the music for a performance. Like musicians are expected to perform from memory even when it does not serve them well, contracts include boilerplate language which does not add to the...more

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Severability Clauses: To Sever, Modify, or Invalidate?

It has been almost half of a century since I first picked up a violin. I took private lessons for 15 years, attended music camps and festivals in the summers, and obtained a degree in violin performance. Yet, I recently...more

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Recitals

Recitals are important to musicians. Most people who have played a musical instrument have played in a recital. Many proud parents and grandparents may have sat through dozens of lengthy recitals to see a child perform for...more

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Read Your Concert Program Booklet and Your Boilerplate Notice Provisions

Concertgoers typically receive a program as they enter the concert hall. Frequently, orchestras include several concerts in a single printed program, so the programs are small booklets, rather than just a couple of sheets of...more

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