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Sports Law: Contracts & Negotiation: Publications

• Alternative Dispute Resolution Developments: Hooters of America v. Phillips & Haghighi, Randolph v. Green Tree Financial, P&P Industries v. Sutter Corp., Keymer v. Management Recruiters International by Sidley & Austin. A series of articles discussing recent cases that have shaped alternative dispute resolution techniques and their use.
• Arbitration Clauses in Employment Disputes: Staying Out of Court by the Hawaii State Bar Association. Specifically aimed at the use of arbitration clauses under Hawaii law but some tips and tricks are valid in other jurisdictions as well.
• Electronic Documents and Digital Signatures: Changing the Way Business is Conducted and Contracts are Formed by Paul R. Katz, esq. of Perkins Coie LLP. A look at the way digital technologies are changing the way contractual relationships are formed.
• Keeping Contracts Simple - and Enforceable from Nolo Press
• Letters of Intent: Let the Signer Beware by Mark L. Morris. Information about when signing a letter of intent creates an enforceable contract.
• Renegotiation of Agreement Revisions by Harold Brown, New York Law Journal. Discussion of how lawyers are becoming involved in the renegotiation of franchise contracts.
• Supreme Court's Ruling Re: Binding Arbitration of Statutory Discrimination Claims by Tahl Tyson & Henry Farber. A look at how the Supreme Court is hinting it will handle attempts to make arbitration mandatory and binding on discrimination claims. Applies to Title VII and Title IX claims.
• Top 10 Categories of Collateral That May Not be Subject to Liens, Attachments, & Assignments by Susan B. Hall & Andy Winchell. Outline of common types of collateral that are not subject to security interests
• What Does "Best Efforts" Really Mean? by Heather Gaede. Discussion of the express or implied obligation to use best efforts in performance of a contract