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The Anti-Assignment Act, referring to both the Assignment of Contracts Act and Assignment of Claims Act, which prohibits the assignment of government contracts and claims, respectively, has had a ...

Kenneth M. Block explains how carefully drafted assignment clauses in construction contracts can help project owners maintain control when ownership changes, contractors are replaced, or project ...

In his Financing column, Jeffrey Steiner warns mortgage lenders not to not rely on assignments of leases and rents, whether as a clause in the mortgage or as a separate agreement, to protect their ...

The Delaware Court of Chancery in Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC v. Roche Diagnostics GmbH (Feb. 22, 2013), [1] ruled that under Delaware law a reverse triangular merger did not violate a provision in a ...

After a business owner, vendor, merchant, consumer or another party signs a legally binding business contract, any party to the agreement may have a reason to want a rescission that sets aside the ...

Depending on the terms of the employment contract, the contract may or may not be binding after the sale of a company. The continuation of the employment contract depends on the existence of a ...