Contracts are an undeniably important part of protecting both yourself as the business owner or entrepreneur and your client. They set clear expectations for both parties, keeping everyone on the same ...

Discover how subordination clauses protect lenders in loans and mortgages, ensuring debt priority and secure repayments in refinancing, foreclosures, or bankruptcy.

Discover how civil authority clauses in insurance policies protect businesses from income loss when government actions restrict property access due to disasters.

A discussion of the antitrust implications of non-compete clauses in agreements between employers and employees.

No-contest clauses, also called in terrorem or forfeiture clauses, can be invaluable tools to deter disgruntled beneficiaries from waging costly and divisive litigation after the death of the testator ...

Draftsmanship is one of the quiet strengths of legal practice. A well-crafted sentence can prevent a dispute; a poorly drafted clause can create one. Nowhere is ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide between two competing visions of the First Amendment this term in a pair of cases out of Oklahoma. Under one theory, the religion clauses (“Congress shall ...

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering signing a bill passed in June that would ban all non-compete clauses in the state—which would make it the sixth state to pass a broad ban on the practice ...