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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Pre-Funding Woes
Clients have reported increasing pressure from vendors to pre-fund transactions. In some instances, this constitutes a requirement by the vendor that transactions be funded when equipment is shipped, rather than when it is accepted. In other cases ...
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Precision in Protests Required
COURT FINDS IMPRECISE PROTEST INVALIDMost importers and Customs Brokers know that an importer can contest a Customs' decision relating to the tariff classification and valuation of imported merchandise, assessment of duty, and other issues by filing ...
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Preparing Your Business For The Year 2000
By the date of this article, there are fewer than 500 days remaining to prepare for the much anticipated beginning of the 21st Century and potential problems that may be experienced with computer systems as part of the "Year 2000 Problem." Experts ...
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Problems Remain with New Rules Liberalizing Export of Software Products Incorporating Encryption Functionality
Technology & Intellectual Property Department The Clinton administration released new regulations on January 14, 2000 governing the export of software products incorporating encryption functionality.2 Although these rules are a major step forward ...
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Proposals: Part I The Proposal Document
Over the course of the past two decades, Canadian lawyers have been pushed by their markets toward an increasing use of formal proposals as a vehicle for marketing their services. For certain kinds of work-typically, predictable work of significant ...
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Proposed Changes to UCC Article 9 Clarify Various Issues
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws has approved revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Article 9 governs most types of secured transactions. Revised Article 9, including conforming amendments to other ...
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Protecting Intellectual Property
Years ago, the most important assets of a business were often limited to land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and although manpower was important, it was also fungible. Employees could easily be replaced without jeopardizing the value of the ...
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Protecting Trade Secrets: Part II (Using Non-Compete Agreements)
In last month's legal alert memo, we explained how employers can prevent trade secret theft by requiring employees with access to confidential information to sign non-disclosure agreements and covenants not to compete. We devoted last month's memo ...
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Protecting Your Business Against the Renegade Employee
At one point or another, nearly all businesses will be forced to deal with issues such as theft, workplace violence or drug use by employees, or damaging post-employment conduct such as the pirating of customers and/or employees, or unauthorized ...
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Protecting your Business through Noncompetition and Confidentiality Agreements
As you walk into your office one morning, you notice a letter on your desk. One of your key sales employees has announced that he is resigning and going to work for one of your fiercest competitors.As you read the letter, you realize that your ...
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