Selected cases and materials related to limitation on liability.
Selected cases and materials related to forum selection.
Selected cases and materials related to arbitration.
A contract contains a forum selection clause in State X. Plaintiff brings suit in State Y, requiring Defendant to incur unwarranted fees and expenses. Will Plaintiff be required to pay Defendant’s attorney’s fees for breach of this seemingly miscellaneous provision? The answer may vary based on state law and the language in the contract. In New York, despite strong enforcement of the American Rule, courts have awarded attorneys’ fees for breach of miscellaneous provisions. In California, however, fees for breach of a miscellaneous provision may be denied if the fee-requesting party does not ultimately prevail. You will draft miscellaneous contract provisions from various jurisdictions for your fantasy contract and earn points based on the strength of your draft clauses, incorporating suggestions from the panelists. Earn the most points to be crowned best fantasy contract drafter.
This article defines the term copyright, who can claim copyright, what works are protected, how to secure a copyright, etc.
Panelists will review common pitfalls when transacting with foreign governments, including governing law/dispute resolution, tax issues and intellectual property, and will discuss strategies for avoiding those pitfalls.
An insightful article regarding emotional intelligence and how you can work to improve it.
Panelists will review common pitfalls when transacting with foreign governments, including governing law/dispute resolution, tax issues and intellectual property, and will discuss strategies for avoiding those pitfalls.
Anybody can supervise people, tell them what to do and, in the end, get the work done. But that is not leading. Read the author’s take on what true leadership takes and where it starts.
He won the European championship of American football as a strong safety ... two times. For several years, he was a constant envoy to North Korea. More recently, he offered assistance to the Japanese after the Fukushima nuclear disaster and facilitated the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria during a vicious civil war. Karim Hammoud, senior legal officer of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is a lawyer on a macro level.