JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2024

They raised serious concerns about McKinsey’s ties to the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises and questioned whether the firm should continue to be eligible for Department of Defense contracts. Lawmakers expressed concern that these contracts gave McKinsey access to classified or sensitive national security information.

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2025

Contracts are the backbone of commerce, but they often create friction, delay, and unnecessary expense. Heres what we learned about why standard contracts matter and how they can reshape the way we do business. The concept of standard contracts isnt new. Jake sees standard contracts as the free lunch of legal innovation.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 25, 2023

Tower Legal CEO Leslie Firtell says contract staffing will grow in importance this year. The post Contract Staffing: 3 Ways ALSPs Can Support Your Law Firm in Uncertain Times appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

MAY 30, 2025

Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to own their master recordings in their record contract because of this fight, Im reminded of how important it was for all of this to happen,” she wrote in the letter. The post Contract Queen Taylor Swift Regains Control Of Her Master Recordings appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Knowable, a legal technology company specializing in helping organizations bring order and organization to their executed agreements, has announced Ask Knowable, a suite of generative AI-powered tools aimed at transforming how legal teams interact with and understand what is in their contracts.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 19, 2025

That means that lawyers will often not dig into the elements of a specific contract, or learn enough about a topic to ask relevant questions. First off, most vendors know that attorneys are really busy & just want someone else to handle things for them.

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HowAppealing

MAY 20, 2025

“Court Rules for Retired 7th Circuit Judge Posner in Breach-of-Contract Case; The lawsuit alleged unjust enrichment and breach of contract, accusing Posner — who served on the U.S.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced on Sunday that he will hold a referendum to determine the fate of a contentious mining contract. In his national address announcing the citizens’ vote, President Cortizo said, “ I’ve respectfully listened to those who oppose the contract with Minera Panama.”

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LegalSifter

JUNE 6, 2025

As professionals across procurement, supply chain, and operations came together, a surprising and consistent theme emerged: contract review is still a major bottleneck , particularly in complex industries like healthcare, energy, and logistics.

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LegalSifter

MAY 1, 2025

LegalSifter ReviewPro is a new AI-powered solution designed to simplify and accelerate contract review. Built for legal and business professionals, ReviewPro combines contract-specific artificial intelligence with out-of-the-box or customizable playbooks to deliver consistent, attorney-quality results, directly within Microsoft Word.

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Knackly

JUNE 2, 2025

Contract drafting is time-consuming. Contract Express is one of the most recognized names in legal document automation, but its not always the best choice if your goal is to streamline workflows at that scale. What Is Contract Express? Pricing Contract Express doesnt list pricing on its website.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2024

In 2020 and 2021, the Commission signed contracts with major pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Sanofi-GSK, Johnson & Johnson, BioNTech-Pfizer, CureVac, Moderna, and Novavax. The post EU court orders increased transparency in COVID-19 vaccine contracts appeared first on JURIST - News. These agreements, valued at €2.7

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

To understand the challenges legal teams face, our friends at LegalOn surveyed 286 GCs, in-house counsels, contract managers, and legal operations professionals to understand the challenges legal teams face. Legal teams spent an average of 188 working days on contract review last year. The post Overwhelmed By Contracts?

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 12, 2025

Amongst other things, the CISG application does not apply to contracts formed by, inter-alia, auctions under Art. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court had to determine if the bidding process in a tender contract was the same as an auction. However, unlike an auction, in a tender contract, it is the sellers that bid, not the buyers.

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Above The Law

MARCH 25, 2025

In Conflicts, Contracts & Costs: Tuning Up Your Office Systems, Client Relationships & Operating Documents, well dive into the strategic implications of adapting ethical practices to a distributed environment. Remote and hybrid work models pose challenges for law firms. But they also offer new opportunities.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The companies committed to maintaining the workers’ accommodation in hotels until their employment contracts were terminated. BYD Brazil issued a statement announcing the termination of its contract with Jinjiang. The companies are cooperating with authorities, including providing documents and housing details.

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HowAppealing

MAY 14, 2025

“Texas Burn Victim Gets Samsung Suit Reinstated by Fifth Circuit; Business contracts constituted purposeful availment for case; Notion that commercial market and consumer one differed failed”: Shweta Watwe of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Law 360

JUNE 13, 2025

A California state jury has rejected a company's breach of contract case that accused Google of misappropriating information about its digital advertising technology to build similar products, ending the suit that had sought $1.3 billion in damages.

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LegalSifter

JUNE 2, 2025

Learn how to create an effective contract review playbook using AI to standardize processes, reduce legal bottlenecks, and scale institutional knowledge across your organization.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The memo mandates an assessment of "the essentiality of contracts. for the purpose of terminating or descoping contracts for activities that are not essential for the Department to fulfill its statutory purposes."

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LegalSifter

JUNE 9, 2025

Contract review takes time. For many legal, procurement, and finance teams, that time adds up, slowing down deals, increasing legal spend, and introducing avoidable risk. Manual reviews often miss key details or lead to inconsistent decisions, especially when different people handle similar agreements.

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LawSites

JANUARY 16, 2025

LexCheck, a legal technology company specializing in contract review, is launching a new AI-powered contract analysis tool that aims to solve two persistent challenges in contract technology: the ability to handle complex agreements beyond routine contracts such as NDAs, and the creation and maintenance of contract playbooks.

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LegalSifter

MAY 19, 2025

If youve spent enough time negotiating contracts, you know the feeling: dj vu over the same terms, last-minute escalations, misaligned expectations. The question isn't whether your organization needs a contract playbook, its why you havent built or refreshed one yet.

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LawSites

JANUARY 7, 2025

“We created Playbooks […]

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

In return, the former minister “used her influence to steer lucrative oil contracts” in favor of companies owned by the businessmen. The funds were seized under the US Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, which uncovered a conspiracy run by Nigerian businessmen who paid bribes to Alison-Madueke.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

When it comes to contract negotiations, lawyers often find themselves spending countless hours haggling over standard agreements such as NDAs and SaaS contracts, with both sides often saying more or less the same thing, but in different words. What if there was a better way?

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LegalSifter

JUNE 10, 2025

Contract review costs might seem like a cost of doing business: unavoidable, routine, and largely invisible on the balance sheet. But peel back the layers, and you’ll find a surprisingly expensive process, one that eats away at time, productivity, and sometimes even revenue, all while masquerading as “business as usual.”

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Law 360

JUNE 11, 2025

Pickleball paddle producer Joola has urged the Maryland federal court to dismiss the fraud and false endorsement counterclaims in its breach of contract lawsuit against the self-proclaimed U.S. governing body for the sport, arguing the organization has not alleged any real harm.

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JURIST

MAY 24, 2025

Isidores contract to be unconstitutional since the state constitution requires public schools to be free from sectarian control, and it found St. Isidore further contracted with the State to receive complete and direct financial support for a public charter school–funding mandated by the Act Finally, St.

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

In Conflicts, Contracts & Costs: Tuning Up Your Office Systems, Client Relationships & Operating Documents, well dive into the strategic implications of adapting ethical practices to a distributed environment. This program is presented by Affinipay.

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