Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 487: Listen and Learn -- Consideration (Contract Law)
What Does "Cash Free / Debt Free" Mean?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - AI Considerations in M&A Transactions and Contract Drafting
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
Since February 2025, numerous tariffs affecting the construction industry have been announced, imposed, and paused. These tariffs present a problem for parties drafting and negotiating construction contracts—namely how to...more
There’s a tongue-in-cheek joke within the legal industry that transactional lawyers create the problems, and the litigators get paid to clean them up. It’s a cautionary reminder to transactional lawyers: if the dealmaking...more
Assessing Tariff Impacts in Commercial Contracts - With the size and scope of President Trump’s tariffs continuing to shift, this is a critical time for businesses to assess their contracts and determine how increased...more
The current worldwide focus on tariffs, paired with reciprocal tariffs from various affected states, is likely to have significant impact on the costs of cross-border trade. Businesses focused on importing and exporting goods...more
Construction is an industry with a long history that stretches back thousands of years. Over time, the industry developed its own specialized language. Indeed, the “Oxford Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil...more
Artificial intelligence has seen rapid advancements, including large language models and chatbots that understand and respond to questions using aggregated information. While mostly everyone is familiar with ChatGPT and some...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
The ASBCA restrictively interpreted standard release language in a government modification. In the Sauer Construction case, ambiguous release language couldn't bar a remediation claim, highlighting the need for clear...more
Back to basics – Do you even have a contract? Generally, a contract will be formed when parties come to an agreement through offer/acceptance. This doesn’t typically create problems where there is a written agreement between...more
Drafting and negotiating subcontracts can be tricky for both general contractors and subcontractors. General contractors are caught in between owners and subcontractors as the ones that will be held responsible for the work...more
If you draft contracts, you want to ensure, if there's ever a dispute, that the court agrees with your meaning. As a litigator, you will want the words to mean whatever your client wants them to mean. Either way, you need to...more
In line with the national trend making noncompetes more difficult to enforce, a number of Delaware courts have recently refused to “blue pencil” overbroad noncompetition agreements and have stricken them in their entirety. As...more
The productivity paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow famously remarked, “You can see the computer age everywhere except in the productivity statistics.” This paradox...more
Avoiding Risk and Responding to It - You are cordially invited to a panel discussion with industry leaders from the energy sector, hosted by BakerHostetler's Energy, International Trade and International Arbitration and...more
AI tools often drive efficiency and save money, but they have drawbacks. Here’s what to know....more
Colorado is the first state to enact a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) law to protect consumers against discrimination after a nearly identical bill failed to pass in Connecticut. The purpose of the Colorado...more
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
In this episode, we revisit the ever-shifting landscape of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), a topic which has continued to captivate the tech world since our discussion a year ago. With GenAI at the forefront of...more
When negotiating technology or data services contracts, businesses of all sizes and industries are now spending more time and attention on privacy controls. The increasing prevalence of comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws...more
While looking at the recoverability of damages, the High Court has taken a look at whether you can contract with yourself. When thought of in humans terms, the answer seems obvious: surely my left arm cannot contract with my...more
Most people recognize that generative AI, the use of artificial intelligence to generate content, represents an incredible tool. It allows companies and individuals the ability to automate certain processes, use a powerful...more
ChatGPT and related artificial intelligence technologies are one of the most exciting developments to hit the legal profession in decades. Their ability to synthesize large datasets of legal information and deliver...more
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
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
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