If you read your contract carefully, you may find a clause that reads something to the effect of: Automatic Renewal. This Agreement shall be automatically extended for one additional year, unless on or before [DATE] (for the initial term), either Party provides to the other written notice of its desire not to terminate this Agreement […]
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Contracts are an essential part of both our professional and personal lives. As humans, we deal with contracts almost daily, often without even realizing it. Whether a company wants to come and provide a service to our home or we are in the process of closing a business deal we review, negotiate, and sign contracts
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Contracts are an essential part of both our professional and personal lives. As civil contract lawyers, we deal with contracts almost daily, often without even realizing it. Whether a company wants to come and provide a service to our home or we are in the process of closing a business deal, we review, negotiate, and
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As a Chicago small business attorney, negotiating skills are paramount to my practice. If you listen to or read work by negotiation thought leaders, you will find, like in any field, differences of opinion. Two of the most well-known books about negotiation are Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In and The Mind and
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Clients often come to me with many misconceptions about lawsuits. For one, they tend to think that lawsuits do not last very long. I blame this largely on TV legal drama which shows attorneys fighting for their clients in a full courtroom within a week of being hired. I usually tell my clients to prepare
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By Ronnie Farhat, Esq. In a perfect world, all contracts we enter into would go accordingly to plan. Unfortunately, the world isn’t perfect and breaches happen. Whether you are dealing with a contract issue as an individual or as a business, it is important to have a basic understanding of what tends to happen when
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