Contracts
Webinar: Collaborative Contract Management
EVENT: Feb. 18, 11 a.m. EST
Ardent Partners has teamed up with Iasta, a Selectica Company, to offer a free webinar, Collaborative Contract Management: Procurement’s Role in Enhancing Compliance and Mitigating Risk, on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. Eastern time.
Benchmarking Your Contract and Commercial Management Organization
Survey
The International Association for Contracts and Commercial Management (IACCM) is updating its largest benchmarking study to help participants learn where their organization stands, relative to others.
Union Says U.S. Refinery Strike Widened; Cites Unfair Labor Practices
NEWS
The United Steelworkers union said Feb. 7 the strike by U.S. refinery workers is expanding to two more plants early on Sunday due to unfair labor practices by oil companies, reports Reuters.
How to Effectively Negotiate a Business Associate Agreement
EVENT: Feb. 19, 2 p.m. EST
Compliancy Group will present a free webinar about the terms and conditions of business associate agreements that require your attention, and which ones you shouldn’t lose any sleep over.
Contract Principles Apply to Lifetime Contribution-Free Retiree Health Care Question
White Paper
Applying ordinary principles of contract law, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit’s ruling that provisions in expired collective bargaining agreements created a right to lifetime contribution-free health care benefits for retirees, their surviving spouses, and their dependents.
Contract as Automaton: The Computational Representation of Financial Agreements
White Paper
The fundamental legal structure of a well written financial contract follows a state-transition logic that can be formalized mathematically as a finite-state machine (a.k.a. finite-state automaton), write Mark D. Flood and Oliver R. Goodenough.
Contract Management Trends and Solutions
On-Demand
Patrick Stakenas of Selectica and Lloyd Alexander of Seal presented a live webinar to hundreds of General Counsel, Procurement, HR, IT and Sales professionals, and that webinar is available now on-demand.
Union Asks Refinery Workers to Strike After Talks Break Down
NEWS
The United Steelworkers Union called for its refinery workers to stage their largest walkout in more 30 years Sunday, saying its negotiations with Shell Oil Co. broke down less than two weeks after they began, the Associated Press reports.
China Contracts: How They Should Be Signed
NEWS
Dan Harris, a founding member of Harris Moure, has posted a piece on “Above the Law” describing how a lawyer’s client should ensure a proper signing by its Chinese counterpart.
Determining Requirements for a Contract Management Solution
White Paper
Merrill DataSite is offering a complimentary report designed to help take the guesswork out of choosing a contract management system.
Top Reasons to E-Sign Contracts
White Paper
Silanis Technologies has posted online a free white paper on the benefits of a fully electronic contracting process, extending beyond a streamlined workflow.
Ruling May Help Employers Reduce Union Retiree Health Benefits
NEWS
Courts weighing whether union retirees have vested lifetime health-care benefits should apply ordinary contract principles, rather than special inferences or presumptions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, Bloomberg BNA reports.
How to End the HR Document Pile-Up
On-Demand
Exari presents a free on-demand webinar discussing how document automation can alleviate the burden of creating HR documents.
Best Practices for a Contract Management RFP
On-Demand
Corridor Company presents a free on-demand webinar aimed at anyone ready to issue a request for proposal, as well as those just starting the process.
GAO: Performance-Based Contracts Are the Way to Go
NEWS
Performance-based contracting received a boost when the Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Department of Transportation is making progress in moving toward a national performance-based approach.
The Demise of the ‘Meeting of the Minds’ in Contract Law
White Paper
The American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation has posted a free white paper about the concept of “meeting of the minds” during contract negotiations.
Using English-Language Contracts in China
Q&A
Ken Adams of the blog Adams on Contract Drafting has published online a question-and-answer exchange with the China Law Blog on the role that English-language contracts play in Chinese commercial life.
Supply Contracts: Beyond the Basics
On-Demand
Practical Law and Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP present a free on-demand webinar focusing on common supply contract negotiating and drafting errors and challenges.
Top 10 Federal Contract Set-Aside Opportunities for 2015
White Paper
GovWin has published a free white paper on the top government contract set-asides for the current fiscal year.
SBA’s Proposed Rule Regarding Limitations on Subcontracting
White Paper
Piliero Mazza has posted a free white paper analyzing the Small Business Administration’s proposed rule to implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013.
