Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 487: Listen and Learn -- Consideration (Contract Law)
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Private Equity and Delaware Law – Part Two
3 Key Takeaways | Drafting & Navigating Dispute Resolution Clauses
Private Equity and Delaware Law – Part One
Cyberside Chats: There is a war in Europe. What does that mean for your cyber insurance policy?
Beyond Regulations: Hospice Business Contracts and Contract Disputes
Structuring DSO/MSO Healthcare Ventures and Practice Acquisitions
Monthly Minute | Global Supply Chain Issues
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Expert and Author Paul Hood
Risk Prevention Strategies: Ownership of Employee-Developed Inventions and Intellectual Property
Noncompete Agreements - Traps for the Unwary: Part 1
Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
Government Contracting Phase One: Transitioning From Commercial to Government Work
Mergers and Acquisitions - Key Issues in Today's M&A Deals
Monthly Minute | Due Diligence Considerations Related to COVID-19
MAE Clauses: Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
Jones Day Presents: What is Smart Code and How Does it Relate to Smart Contracts?
Tax Provisions in Business Acquisition Agreements
L’inclusion de clause d’exclusion ou de limitation de responsabilité dans les contrats québécois exige une compréhension du droit civil et des restrictions imposées par l’ordre public. L’évolution jurisprudentielle depuis...more
Driven by growing housing needs, clean energy policies and a high volume of telecommunications transactions, demand for Canadian infrastructure projects have been rising. However, recently announced US tariffs on Canadian...more
In a recent decision, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta upheld a freely negotiated termination clause with a sophisticated employee despite evolution to the employee’s role over the term of employment. The employee’s...more
Our August 2022 post summarized the main business-related changes that Bill 96 made to the Québec Charter of the French Language (“Charter”). This post provides updates on several key issues, particularly the potential impact...more
An entire agreement clause clarifies that the document in which it appears (and any other documents specified) constitutes the whole agreement between the parties. This helps ensure contractual certainty: the parties know...more
In Nader v. University Health Network, 2022 ONSC 447, the court examined the language of a secondment agreement and concluded that the plaintiff-employee was not a fixed-term employee of the organization to which he was...more
In Sutter Hill Management Corporation v. Mpire Capital Corporation (Sutter), the British Columbia Court of Appeal found that the acquiror of an Abbotsford, B.C. care home had breached the purchase and sale agreement by...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify, businesses can expect ongoing disruption to key contractual relationships for a variety of reasons, including government-imposed restrictions on their activities, temporary...more
Whether a wrongfully dismissed employee is entitled to damages as compensation for the value of incentives that would have vested during the reasonable notice period is frequently litigated in Canada....more
In a recent decision, Rosas v Toca, 2018 BCCA 191 [Rosas], the British Columbia Court of Appeal turned sharply away from traditional contract law principles by holding that parties may modify a contract without providing...more
North v Metaswitch Networks Corporation, 2017 ONCA 790 [Metaswitch] is the latest in a series of employee-friendly appellate level decisions where a contractual termination provision is not enforced. The Ontario Court of...more
A properly-worded whole agreement clause is effective to exclude liability for innocent and negligent misrepresentations, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently held in Houle v Knelsen Sand and Gravel Ltd, 2016 ABCA 247...more
The English Court of Appeal recently held that an express clause in a contract requiring that any amendment be in writing and signed by the parties does not preclude oral or unsigned amendments to the contract. In holding...more