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Recently, resolving an insurance-coverage dispute, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that "for a contract to be considered a renewal, it must contain the same, or nearly the same, terms as the original contract."

A person reviewing a screenplay, script, or other creative work might understand the risk of a future copyright claim if the copyright holder believes his material was used without permission.

Most technology-related contracts have provisions that seek to protect the seller or licensor’s intellectual property rights.

As a thank you to our valued readers, we are pleased to announce the webinar "Enforcing Non-Compete Provisions in Franchise Agreements" is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.

Nearly every US in-house counsel has faced the task of tackling an impending overseas deal when only US State law governed terms are at hand.

Engagement letters and billing guidelines may seem like routine paperwork, but they constitute binding agreements that go to the heart of a law firm's representation and its relationship with a client.

Alison Nadel and Erika Pont wrote this bylined article on whether parties to a transaction should share legal advice among themselves to save money and time.

The landscape of court decisions is witnessing an alarming rise in verdicts – not just in the millions, but soaring into the billions of dollars. Join Jeffrey Melcher (Member, Nashville)...

The essence of the claim by the deceased flight student's parents was that the instructor struck power lines while hot-dogging.

Rule 9 of 22 NYCRR § 202.70(g) will permit contracting parties to agree to submit disputes to accelerated adjudication in New York’s Commercial Division.

Two recent New York decisions have fundamentally altered the landscape of contractual indemnification in construction litigation. The cases shift focus from a worker's general connection to a project to the specific condition that caused the injury, requiring practitioners to reassess their approach to indemnity disputes, discovery strategies, and contract drafting.

Applying Washington law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a California federal court's ruling that Amazon's Conditions of Use (COU) created a valid contract between Amazon...

An increasing number of businesses incorporate escalation clauses (or "multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses") in their contracts as a means of encouraging early settlement.

Plaintiffs had entered into various au pair agreements which contained arbitration provisions, which defendants sought to enforce when a class action was filed.

When a prime contractor-subcontractor dispute emerges in government contracting, the initial response can determine the entire trajectory of the case. This analysis explores the critical actions in-house counsel must take within the first 72 hours, from identifying time-sensitive deadlines to building a contemporaneous record that can make or break your position in what are often the most complex disputes in the industry.

Spoliation of evidence has, for some time, remained an important topic relating to the discovery of electronically stored information.

A unanimous panel of the Sixth Circuit recently rejected a manufacturer's attempt to compel arbitration under an expired contract in Linglong Americas, Inc. v. Horizon Tire, Inc.