How do you Know you Have an Enforceable Online Contract?

Ecommerce is Up. So is Class Action Litigation.

I recently took a continuing legal education program from the global law firm of Morgan, Lewis. https://www.morganlewis.com/

How did Force Majeure Clauses Suddenly Become “Sexy?”

Dusty Boilerplate no Longer.

The Force Majeure (“FM”) clause has long been regarded as one of those boring old boilerplate clauses that rarely get much attention during contract negotiations. I speak from personal experience!

Fair Housing Act Compliance in the era of COVID19

The Intermountain Fair Housing Council, located in Boise, is a nonprofit organization that (among other things) provides education and training on complying with the federal Fair Housing Act. https://ifhcidaho.org/

Your Business Interruption Insurance May Not Pay for COVID19 Problems

Many of us have had our businesses interrupted as a consequence of government actions to curtail COVID19.  Many of us also have insurance that purports to cover Business Interruption (“BI”).

How can we Mitigate COVID19 Supply Chain Risk?

A New Tool for Supply Chain Risk Analysis.

COVID19 is causing people in industry and government to take a hard look as the subject of Supply Chain Management Risk.

Construction Project Design – Who Owns it?

Frank mentioned that the A.I.A. contract forms provide that the architect the owner of the copyright in the design of the project, even though the Project Owner (PO) is paying for the design. This means that the PO could face copyright infringement claims from the architect if the PO uses the design elsewhere.

Construction Project Risk Management – the Sooner, the Better!

I participated in the Idaho State Bar Real Property Section’s annual CLE program last week, and got even more value than I expected. Kudos to the section’s officers and to the ISB CLE staff.