Commercial Contracts
The term commercial law describes a wide body of laws that govern business transactions. The primary authority that governs commercial transactions is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). By definition, commercial contracts represent a combination of commercial and legal factors. For businesses and organizations, the key requirement is to ensure that the legal arrangements allow the full commercial benefits to be realized. This is FindLaw’s collection of Commercial Contracts articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Commercial Contracts Articles
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Increasing Mobility of Technical Employees Raises Intellectual Property Stakes
Some of your company's most important assets may be locked in the minds of key technical employees. If you do not want to lose those assets when employees leave, you need to protect your company with appropriate employment agreements. Because of the ...
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Industrial Revenue Bonds in South Carolina 2000
This brochure provides an overview of financing with industrial revenue bonds ("IDBs" or "bonds") and presents the basic facts and concepts in simple terms. Persons interested in pursuing bond financing should seek advice of bond counsel specific to ...
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Information on the Flordia Lemon Law
The Florida Lemon Law applies to the purchase or lease of new motor vehicles sold in the state of Florida. Motor vehicles include cars, vans, recreational vehicles (motor homes or R.V.'s) and trucks with a GVW of 10,000 lbs. or less. The lemon law ...
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Insurer Must Show Due Diligence Before Court May Vacate Default Judgment Against Insured
Insurers frequently are presented with questions as to whether their insured has been validly served and at what point in time counsel must be retained to defend the insured. The case of Lee R. Stafford v. Toan Mach (Allstate Insurance Company ...
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International Franchising Agreements for Theme Restaurants
Theme restaurants are now among the single fastest growing sectors of the restaurant industry, and much of this growth has taken place outside of the United States under the provisions of international franchising agreements. Planet Hollywood, for ...
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Investment and Operating in Restricted Industries in China
There are a number of business sectors in China such as telecommunications services, online commerce and advertising in which direct foreign investment is restricted.1 Limits are placed on the percentage amount of foreign ownership of companies ...
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Investment Manager’s Non-Compete is Litigated
Non-compete clauses are common in investment adviser employment contracts and partnership agreements. Although they are widely used, the enforceability of these clauses is sometimes challenged.An interesting twist on the issue has arisen in a case ...
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IRS Change Encourages
A common scenario faced by tax and insolvency attorneys is the client who has incurred substantial tax liability to the Internal Revenue Service. The client very often is a small entrepreneur who is operating a business at a loss. The business ...
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ISNI to Oppose GE/Innoserve Settlement
If I recall my American history correctly, one of our founding fathers said of the colonies before the revolution something to the effect that we should all hang together or else we will surely hang separately. Unwittingly that founding father was ...
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Kansas, North Carolina Split on Whether Design Professionals Face Liability Under Unfair Competition Laws
Two cases recently addressed when a design professional can be found liable for unfair or deceptive trade practices. While both cases addressed the same issue, they applied different statutory frameworks and, therefore, reached different ...
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