Before a farmout dispute gets to questions of earned acreage, designation requirements, or payout calculations, there is a threshold question that ...

The shortest clauses in technology agreements can be among the most important. This article considers one such clause that appears in most technology contracts: the assignment clause. It appears in a ...

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Assignment and other dealings clauses typically seek to control who can perform the contract and who can receive any benefit under the contract. Note that for the purposes of this alert we have not ...

If you are not effectively negotiating the assignment and subletting cause in your lease, you are not leveraging one of the most important benefits of being a franchisee. Ninety percent of startup ...

Most business owners focus on the commercial points in a contract first: price, scope, timing, and deliverables. That makes ...