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What Parties Need to Know About Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Circumvention Provisions

Non-competition, non-circumvention, and non-competition provisions don’t only appear in employment contracts; they also are common in contracts for the sale of a business or real estate. This article is part of a series on...more

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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s...

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On September 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressed the perennially thorny issue of whether the courts or arbitrators retain the authority to resolve questions involving the enforceability of...more

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California Employers: Another Reminder to Review Your Employment Arbitration Agreement

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A recent Court of Appeal decision reminds California employers to review severability provisions within employment arbitration agreements. In Nichole Kec v. Superior Court, a former employee (Kec) brought individual, class...more

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First CICC rulings recognise severability of arbitration agreements

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On 18 September 2019, the China International Commercial Court (“CICC”) of the Supreme People’s Court of China published its first three rulings regarding the validity of arbitration agreements. The arbitration agreements in...more

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Pennsylvania Superior Court: Separate Consideration for Operated and Unoperated Acres Does Not Render an Oil and Gas Lease...

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The recent boom in natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin has led to a concomitant boom in litigation, as landowners who are lessors in long-standing oil and gas leases seek declarations that the leases are no longer...more

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