Corporate & Securities Law

Force Majeure: an issue in the SAG/AMPTP negotiations
One of the issues in the impasse between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers  is the Force Majeure Clause...

Force Majeure clauses - ABC terminates overall deals as result of lengthy WGA strike
Last week, Variety reported that ABC has invoked the Force Majeure clauses in nearly  two dozen writer’s overall deals,  terminating those contracts on grounds that the WGA strike (now in its 3rd month)...

A Force Majeure Clause for the New Millennium
Next time you review an onerous contract, make sure to include this force majeure provision in your mark-up...

Force Majeure clauses (on firemark.com)
In the wake of contract terminations at ABC last week, I’ve  posted a short discussion of Force Majeure clauses on my other website at firemark...

Delays by a Contractor’s Supplier Do Not Fall Within the Prime Contract's Force Majeure Clause
During the construction of a tower and fiber optic line, the contractor was delayed by its supplier, causing the contractor to incur an assessment of liquidated damages...

Recession = ?Force Majeure???
I don?t think I?ve dealt with a force majeure issue since first year Contracts but I am always on the lookout for some old fashion creative lawyering...

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can the so-called proprety manager enter my duplex without permission?
The manager (sister of owner) has NO right to be in the apartment unless there w...

Must I refinance my house aftering taking full ownership after a divorce via a quit claim?
When financing there are at least two documents...the mortgage and the note. The...

Should I return a phone call from a collection agency that doesn't name their client in the message?
In the county of the state where I live in the US, I am able to go to the websit...

NCAA and Ticketmaster
alleging they have a monopoly on college sports events and charge non-refundable fees to enter a lottery for the rights to purchase tickets to the sporting events.

Excessive Force
Washtenaw County pays family $4 million wrongful death settlement.