A premarital agreement is an unusual contract. It is an agreement between marrying persons that, at least in part, contemplates the breakup of the marriage. The subject matter of the agreement is unique: no other contract can address such matters as Child Custody, child education, and spousal maintenance. The relationship of the parties is special: [...]

The legislative findings contained in section 2(a) of the FGCA Act stress the pre-act confusion concerning the choice of legal instruments, and the need to clarify the appropriate use of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts for specific kinds of relationships in order to promote consistent choices are government agencies. The purposes of the Act in [...]

The law is clear in California that in the absence of sale of all or substantially all of ones ownership interest, one cannot prohibit an employee from engaging in competitive actions once the employment is terminated. One can protect trade secrets and confidential information and require the employee to agree to reasonable restrictions to achieve [...]

As we explain in more detail here, ECI (or ‘Early Contractor Involvement’) engagements can be structured in different ways. An ECI agreement is normally used where the project is divided into an ECI phase and a construction phase. Some principals refer to this type of contracting as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (or ‘GMP’) arrangement, again [...]

However, there are risks for both the employer and the employee in giving notice unilaterally. If the employer gives notice, this is effectively a dismissal and could give rise to an unfair dismissal claim if the settlement agreement is not ultimately agreed. If the employee gives notice, this is a resignation. The risk for the [...]

Amicable refers to a friendliness or goodwill between people or groups. Amiable refers to one person’s friendly disposition. A group might have an amicable meeting, because the people there are amiable. Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin amcbilis “friendly” more at amiable Through an email, Sala said negotiations have been very amicable and that both [...]

The question is whether you can talk better if you terminate an agreement or if you stay in it … we say you can talk better if you remain in it. But the confident tone brought no response of agreement from Mary. Again, as if by agreement, they looked at one another with one meaning [...]

We regulate trade effluent discharges through the issue of legal documents called consents and by monitoring and undertaking enforcement activities (see Further information below for more details on enforcement). We also raise wholesale trade effluent charges to the retailers operating in our region. Since April 2017 non-household customers have been able to choose the retailer [...]

Las Vegas Sands has entered into new loan agreements that will provide an additional SG$4 billion (US$2.89 billion) in funds for the expansion of its Singapore integrated resort, Marina Bay Sands. The amended loan agreements comprise three facilities, including an extension to the termination date of term loans under the companys Facility A to 31 [...]

Powys said its ability to follow up on section 106 agreements was an “area of weakness” and was recruiting someone to keep track. Local government consultant Jeff Jones said the “golden era” of section 106 agreements providing large new facilities for councils was over due to tough economic conditions. The Council has kept an up [...]