Rising use of “no contact” and “no hire” clauses in agreements often overreach, can cause disputes, and are increasingly viewed unfavorably by courts and regulators. Courts are scrutinizing these ...

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Identify the purpose of the transaction, which dictates its structure. Determine whether the transaction: involves the provision of goods (for more information, see Sale of Goods Agreement (Pro-Buyer) ...

Courts can generally hear clergy contract disputes because these are civil, secular agreements. The Ministerial Exception mainly protects churches from interfering in spiritual matters, not secular ...

Statutes and regulations require contracting officers (COs) to promote full and open competition through the use of competitive procedures when soliciting offers and awarding government contracts (10 ...

A family law ruling filed last week by the Maryland Supreme Court confirmed marital settlement agreements are contracts, but the decision may ultimately have more of an impact on contract law and ...

“The right to repair is not a statutorily granted right, and thus, the question remains as to whether contracts altering the right to repair are preempted by the patent exhaustion doctrine, which is ...

The Knesset plenum approved last week, in its second and third readings, a significant amendment to the Contracts Law, which limits the Aprofim doctrine - a 30-year-old legal principle that allowed ...

A family law ruling filed last week by the Maryland Supreme Court confirmed marital settlement agreements are contracts, but the decision may ultimately have more of an impact on contract law and ...