This article lists the key issues in a manufacturing agreement from the manufacturer's perspective.
This article provides a quick description and practical tips regarding 10 key contract clauses in professional services agreements.
Partnering with universities is key to many research endeavors. Understanding the issues that both public and private universities encounter is crucial to ensuring great partnerships. This session will seek to address some of the recurring legal issues from the viewpoint of the universities and those organizations that contract with them.
This is a sample software assignment agreement, under which a consultant provides software and technology development consulting services, and assigns the rights to the software and other deliverables to the client company (including "work made for hire"). The sample includes a choice of Pennsylvania laws.
This chart contains common statutes of limitations for all 50 states, expressed in years.
This is a sample consulting agreement between a consultant and a Limited Liability Company.
This is a supplemental presentation for the session.
This is a sample consulting agreement between a Delaware corporation and an independent contractor.
A panel of experts will discuss the contract clauses that most often cause disputes, even if the disputes are not over large dollar amounts. These disputes can occur for a variety of reasons, such as ambiguity in the contract language, or a requirement for the business to make exceptions to how it normally operates. The panel will provide a list of clauses that often create contract disputes or misunderstandings, and offer guidance on how to use the negotiation stage to avoid future disputes. The panel will also discuss strategies for working with internal clients to make sure the contract's requirements are realistic and complied with by all parties.
This session will discuss how to handle uncomfortable situations that in-house counsel encounter during contract negotiations that raise ethical questions. The Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) are sometimes unclear and don't necessarily apply when it comes to everyday tasks of a commercial lawyer. This session will review the RPC and answer questions such as: How to deal with non-lawyers who say that they have the authority to negotiate without a lawyer present? What to do if the opposing party has not had legal advice, a contract is signed by an entity that does not exist, or the other side does not understand the implications of what it is agreeing to? Is there a duty to read a draft or redline a final copy to ensure no changes have been made? How to handle situations when a third-party attorney contacts your client without your involvement?