Commercial Contracts

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• Employee Benefits and Compensation: Stock-Based Employee Compensation Plans

  The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans. Measuring the fair market value of these plans is often the the most difficult aspect of compensation for employer and employees to understand.

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• Short Overview of European Competition Law

  Over the years, there have been significant changes in European Competition Laws. Changes in the regimes governing distribution and purchasing agreements, the regulations on research and development, and on specialization agreements meant that companies doing business in Europe would need to review their present agreements for enforceability.

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• Mergers & Acquisitions: Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants In the Acquisition Context

  Post-employment restrictive covenants prohibit employees from competing with their employer’s business after the two sever ties. There is a balance that must be struck in order to make these types of covenants valid. Read on to learn how these covenants work in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

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• General Motors Pickup Trucks Settlement Update June 21, 1999

  It is finally over. $5,500,000,000 in certificates to purchase GM vehicles will soon be ready for claiming by members of the truck owner class. A description of who qualifies is contained in the settlement terms found ...

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• Navigating the Web of Rules Governing Internet Advertising

  Internet advertising revenue totaled $5.5 billion in 2001, compared with a mere $20 million in 1995.1 Advertising online is predicted to reach $20 billion by 2010, accounting for 5.3 percent of all media ad billings.2 Internet advertising offers ...

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• Managing Cross-Border Litigation

  All project planning involves the setting of defined goals, their scheduling and control. Thedifficulty with litigation, unlike any other commercial project, is the existence of an opponentwho is seeking to defeat your plans at every step. As ...

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• Bankable Deals: A Question & Answer Guide to Trade Finance for U.S. Small Business

  BANKABLE DEALS: A Question & Answer Guide to Trade Finance for U.S. Small Business Cosponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and AT&T This publication is the product of a public/private sector initiative be- tween the U.S. Small Business ...

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• How The Government Buys

  The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 significantly changes how the govern- ment does business. For a summary of this legislation please go to the Office of Advocacy's Procurement Section on this BBS and enter the character found beside ...

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• A Passport Through Issues in Global Outsourcing

  Belt-tightening in technology spending is bad news for hardware and software vendors but not always for technology service providers. Vendors in the outsourcing industry whose services can provide strategic cost-cutting often see a spike in demand ...

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• An Oounce of Prevention . . .

  Any business, whether it is just starting out, growing by leaps and bounds or well-established, should take the time to carefully consider and analyze the terms and provisions of contracts it intends to execute. Too often a situation that might ...

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