Interesting Contracts Case Appears in Adams Drafting.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Suppose that a newly-hired executive deliberately signs a non-compete contract on the company’s signature line. After his employment is terminated, he argues that the contract is invalid because he signed the wrong line on purpose and the company submitted a new document that was never signed. Enforceable? [...]
The Greenbrier is on the Block
Posted by Cliff Tuttle
The Greenbrier, one of the finest resorts in America, was recently purchased by Marriott. Or was it?
Read about it in the West Virginia Business Litigation Blog, added to the blogroll today.
CLT
Contracts: Negotiating Attorneys Fee Awards
The good news is that this benefit is often available for the asking. When the parties are feeling friendly and there are no disputes on the horizon, a contract provision that awards attorneys fees when a litigant has to go to court to collect money or assert other contractual rights will often attract no attention at all. It may even seem fair to the adverse party, who thinks that such a circumstances is so remote that it doesn’t matter.