Weighing pros, cons of arbitration clauses in construction contracts
Explore the benefits and drawbacks of mandatory arbitration clauses in construction contracts, including cost, confidentiality, finality, and mediation alternatives.
Contract – Statute of Frauds – Equitable Estoppel
The master in equity erred in finding appellant equitably estopped from asserting the Statute of Frauds. We reversed. Rudy Lamar Pearson appealed from the Master in Equity’s order granting specific […]
Arbitration provisions bind insured seeking to enforce contract
Insureds seeking to enforce contracts between their providers and a health insurer are estopped from avoiding the application of the arbitration provisions in those contracts, the South Carolina Court of […]
Settlement ends grant program for Black businesswomen
NEW YORK — A venture capital firm has closed grant contest for Black female business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a […]
Is there a legal forest behind the tech buzzword of trees?
While AI tools such as ChatGPT can generate contracts, summarize court decisions and even draft legal opinions, do these capabilities genuinely enhance the legal process or simply offer a more efficient way to do the same old things without necessarily improving outcomes?
Commentary: Is your contract actually binding?
Contracts are foundational to law and society, but their enforceability depends on variables such as consequences for breach, litigation costs, writing quality and business risks.
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- The third option: Why your best employees are quietly losing their edge
- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
- When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Where is she now, this model who was so beautiful?
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
- Your best people are not leaving for more money — they are leaving because you stopped paying attention
- Best at Work Insights: The choice we’re making about AI
- Beyond burnout: The case for workplaces where people thrive
- The December question every leader should anticipate
- Best at Work Insights: Don’t Import 996: Why America Should Reject Overwork Culture









