Law, Strategy, and Risk in Commercial Disputes
A contract dispute over building a child-development center at Fort Hood, in central Texas, today spawned a ruling that will bring joy to firms that put forum-choice clauses in their contracts in hopes of making lawsuits too costly to pursue.
The agreement between Atlantic Marine Construction Company and J-Crew Management, Inc., stated that all disputes between the…
Blawgletter likes choice of forum clauses in contracts. We think parties to pacts will do themselves a favor if they provide in advance for where they'll sort out any fights over what they agreed to. And, while we admire those who make the effort, we wonder why they so often do a poor better job…
The Strait of Gibraltar pinches the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea into a 7.7-mile slit of water that joins the two great saltwater masses. Ancient writers called mounts on each side of the channel — including the Rock of Gibraltar — the Pillars of Hercules. The Pillars marked the far point of Hercules's wide…