Credit unions are lining up with banks in opposition to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's plan to rein in arbitration clauses, a surprise given their historical reluctance to use them.

Companies and law firms increasingly are inserting noncompete clauses into employment contracts but more of those contracts are winding up in litigation and more states in the United States are ...

An important, but often overlooked, provision of commercial leases is the prohibited use clause. Among other things, prohibited use clauses outline what can and can't be sold and how business can or ...

Notwithstanding the fact that NDAs are commonplace in M&A transactions, breaches of NDAs are rarely litigated. Parties may be reluctant to make the dispute public and damages for breach of an NDA can ...

Health insurers are introducing a new 'material change' clause in policies. This clause allows them to alter premiums and ...

A bill introduced in the Senate seeks to set rules on how the federal government can adopt laws that override certain parts ...

The European Commission adopted new versions of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) on June 4, 2021. The new SCCs finally replace the original SCCs adopted under the 1998 European Data Protection ...

3:32 Poilievre vows 1st federal use of notwithstanding clause to pass law on consecutive murder sentences The proposal has raised concerns about respect for court precedent and the rule of law in ...