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Termination for Convenience How to Prepare Your Settlement Proposal
Additional Compensation from the Government: A Brief Comparison of REAs and Claims
Sign on the Dotted Line: Negotiating an Effective Employment Agreement
Insurance Renewals: Know When to Hold ‘ Em, Know When to Walk Away
Healthcare Employment Contracts: Important Considerations Before Signing on the Dotted Line
Legal Steps For Dentists to Follow When Buying or Selling a Practice
Top 20 Negotiation Tips: #8 and #9
Beyond Regulations: Hospice Business Contracts and Contract Disputes
Top 20 Negotiation Tips: 6 and 7
Strategic Restructuring for the Future - Think Before You Sign: Five Key Insights for VBID and Managed Care Contracts
10 Minutes for Small Firms and Nonprofits to Better Manage Contracts
Financial Planning and Contract Negotiation for Female Physicians
Government Contracting Phase One: Transitioning From Commercial to Government Work
Mergers and Acquisitions - Key Issues in Today's M&A Deals
COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part One)
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In the last edition of Under Construction, we offered a basic introduction to Arizona’s mechanics and materialmen’s liens. This time, we discuss the issues related to timing of such liens...more
Acquisition agreements in M&A transactions frequently include provision for payment to be made at closing based on estimates of certain financial metrics that are later subject to a purchase price adjustment based on a final...more
Many construction contracts used in the industry include clauses mandating that any disputes be decided by binding arbitration rather than a jury or bench trial. The standard AIA forms provide the parties with the option of...more
Since 1974, “baseball arbitration” has been used to resolve salary disputes between ballplayers and team owners. Its primary purpose is to determine the arbitrating player’s salary based upon specific criteria to...more
Market Trends: What You Need to Know - As shown in the American Bar Association’s Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies: Overall, alternative dispute resolution provisions are becoming less...more
Executive Summary: It is quite rare when a three-judge panel on a court of appeals overrules prior precedent. Yet, that is exactly what happened on March 30, 2022, in Pittsburgh Mailers Union Local 22 v. PG Publishing Co....more
The life sciences space is ever-growing and dynamic as the industry witnesses more companies and, therefore, more collaboration, licensing and M&A agreements, come into the spotlight. While these deals are exciting...more
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (also known as the “PRO Act”) is back with its laundry list of organized labor’s most-wanted government handouts. After decades of declining membership, unions see the PRO Act...more
It’s midnight and you’re in the final stages of negotiation in a complex international transaction. It’s probably a safe bet that the one thing that is not keeping you awake is a concern over what law governs the arbitration...more
What can we learn from past contracts, good and bad, and how they played out in the courtroom? In this presentation, seasoned-in-house counsel, trial attorneys, and a jury consultant will examine lessons learned in litigation...more
The last thing a party wants is a construction claim rising to the level of needing a mediator, judge, or arbitrator to find a resolution. The cost of the claims process can be detrimental to a company, not only in the...more
During this webinar, attorneys Doug Currier and Scott Connolly discussed best practices for putting in place effective executive employment agreements, including inbound agreements and separation agreements. Topics discussed...more
Pre-contract negotiations, such as prior drafts of agreements, are generally inadmissible as part of "surrounding circumstances" when interpreting a contract, and parties' subjective intentions are always inadmissible, the...more
While being a defendant in a lawsuit is no fun, being a defendant in a class action lawsuit is especially painful. If you are in-house counsel in a service business, you may be particularly vulnerable to such actions and, no...more
Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change” Master Class. This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline...more
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the summer 2019 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This edition examines the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new...more
Who wouldn’t want to be able to dictate the terms of a contract rather than having to negotiate them with someone whose interests are not completely aligned with your own? If you ever find yourself in such a position,...more
Last year, the Iowa legislature made significant changes to Iowa Code Chapter 20, the Public Employment Relations Act. One of the most significant is the scope of bargaining for certain public sector employees....more
• An agreement reached at the conclusion of a mediation session typically represents an abbreviated version of a formal settlement agreement that will be entered into by the parties at a later date. • Occasionally,...more
There are many legal issues to consider when bidding on and building projects in American Indian Country. Which labor and employment laws apply? Are there contracting or hiring preferences that apply? Do the Prompt Pay Act...more
Owners and contractors involved in large-scale energy and manufacturing projects face unique challenges in bringing projects to fruition. One challenge is negotiating and drafting a contract that places the parties in a fair...more
Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. (“Changzhou”) is a Chinese company that develops fonts. Changzhou and Los Angeles-based investment firm Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII (“Rockefeller”), entertained the...more
In today’s competitive marketplace, most companies either cannot afford or do not wish to incur the time, expense and adverse business consequences of traditional litigation. Unfortunately, in every business relationship...more
Eugene Water & Elec. Bd. v. MWH Americas, Inc., 2018 Ore. App. LEXIS 879 (July 25, 2018) On July 25, 2018, an Oregon appellate court concluded that a pair of subcontractors could not compel an owner to arbitrate its claims...more
Ever wonder about a superfast arbitration procedure in a contract that you have been given? An arbitration clause requiring an arbitration panel to issue a decision within 30 days of being selected for the panel was recently...more