Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements


Book Description

Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on creating agreements that suit todays employment environment. Written by partners from some of the nation's leading law firms, this book analyzes the provisions and covenants necessary for protecting both employers and employees. These experienced authors discuss key issues such as class action waivers, arbitration clauses, and non-competition provisions. Additionally, these experts examine the role the economic crisis plays in the agreement negotiation process and the increasing impact of medical issues and disability claims on contract terms. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-changing field.




Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements


Book Description

Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements is an authoritative, insiders perspective on best practices for developing and negotiating complex employment agreements. Featuring partners from some of the nations leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through the different phases of negotiations and the key considerations for each phase. These top lawyers reveal their advice on how to structure each section of the agreement, and explain the most important terms and how to address challenges related to each. From considering the enforceability of certain provisions to complying with key laws, these authors detail how to establish an effective agreement that meets the clients goals and maintains a positive employer-employee relationship. Additionally, these leaders outline a negotiation timeline, describe the benchmarks of successful agreements, and provide an in-depth discussion of loyalty provisions, including non-competes and restrictive covenants. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this ever-evolving area of law.




Commercial Contracts


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In two comprehensive volumes, Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating, Second Edition presents the insights and guidance of over 30 leading specialists, all experts in their fields. These noted authorities examine the growing influence of New York law on multi-jurisdictional transactions, discuss the general expectations of parties to commercial transactions, and identify critical issues that drafters and litigators need to consider when dealing with different types of agreements, from joint ventures and strategic alliances to government contracts, from employment agreements to shareholder agreements, and many others. By putting the expert analysis, practice tips and illustrative forms needed to draft or negotiate a contract in just hours within easy reach, Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating makes laboring over voluminous contract law references a thing of the past. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of contract law or a particular kind of commercial agreement. The reference provides an extensive array of time-saving drafting tools for preparing transaction documents or closing the deal more quickly and with less effort, including: In-depth drafting suggestions and sample documents Practical guidance from seasoned experts in each area of the law Quotes from rulings, citations to cases, law reviews and other works Detailed checklists and forms Extracts from relevant laws and regulations Case and statutory references And much more




The Contract Negotiation Handbook


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Many books have been written on negotiation tactics and a few books have been written on contract drafting, but no book has combined the two disciplines into one-until now. Resulting from over 10 years of actual negotiation experience as both buyer and seller, author Stephen Guth offers insight into a world of negotiations and contracts that few ever see. This book isn't a feel-good book on win-win negotiations. It's an insider's view into real life negotiation tactics and ploys. Readers will learn how to use negotiation tactics such as the Columbo, the Price Slice and Dice, and the Signature Limit Lasso. Readers will also learn how to spot and counter vendor ploys such as the Pop-Tart, Mirroring, and the Only Game in Town. To put it all together, readers are instructed on contract drafting tricks such as Expressly Implied Warranties, the Endless Indemnification, and the Unlimited Limitation of Liability. Readers will never look at contracts the same way again.




Negotiating a Labor Contract


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Labor negotiation is like no other negotiation. This book tells you how to plan your strategy, approach difficult topics, and conclude successfully. In step-by-step chapters, the author tells you how to prepare the management team, present your agenda, cost out demands and offers, draft contract language, and more. You get important background facts on negotiating health and welfare benefits, pension plans, and other volatile issues. Plus, the book includes successful approaches for negotiating joint union-management programs such as stock-option plans and gainsharing. The author explains the law with real-life examples to guide you to a cooperative, mutually beneficial agreement.




Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate


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This resource serves to educate lawyers and business professionals on how to draft the many types of "boilerplate" provisions, a legal term that refers to the standardized, one-size-fits-all provisions of a contract. Each chapter tackles one of 20 provisions and analyzes why it is important, the key legal and business issues raised, and how to draft the provision to suit a particular transaction. Such analysis not only helps readers better understand how to draft these provisions in their contracts, but also helps them better understand the other party's process.