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Here’s How Commercial Contracts Can Ease the Cost Burden of New Tariffs Impacting Manufacturers

Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are important, but no one actually reads. When COVID-19 struck, manufacturers...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How Businesses Can Prepare Now for an Evolving Tariff Future

As the adage goes, you can’t change the wind, but you can adjust the sails. Manufacturers and other businesses engaged in cross-border transactions should adjust their sails to proactively address the uncertain tariff...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Text Message Emoji Was Sufficient to Agree to Contract

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Agreeing to a contract does not require everyone sitting around a table signing documents; sending a “thumbs up” text message emoji was sufficient to agree to a contract according to a recent Canadian court decision....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Thumbs-Up Emoji Conveys Acceptance of Commercial Contract, Saskatchewan Court Rules, as Plaintiff Gets the Last LOL

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In South West Terminal Ltd. v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023 SKKB 116, the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan (the “Court”) ruled that a “thumbs-up” emoji can convey acceptance of a contract. The ruling, which has garnered...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts—An Assessment of Ontario Judgments Three Years On

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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged, either permanently or temporarily relieve the...more

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