In-House Counsel

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...

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)...

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...

Lenz v. Universal: DMCA Smackdown!
Hat tip to David Kravets at Wired for his piece on yesterday's courthouse dispute which centered on a rarely used clause in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)...

Davidoff on Sec Reg in the New Millennium
Paradigm Shift: Federal Securities Regulation in the New Millennium, by STEVEN M...

Hamilton on the Guarantee Clause
In a Findlaw column on Lopez Torres, Marci Hamilton revisits California Democratic Party v...

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

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

Does this clause enable my landlord to raise my rent in the middle of the lease (PA)?
No, If the lease term has not expired the rent will remain as specified original...

Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...

Does an employer have an obligation to honor a two week notice from an employee?
It is customary to submit a two weeks notice--it is not a legal requirement to d...

Can a landlord break a lease to sell the property?
Your lease will contain a clause that it is "binding on all successors and ...

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