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		<title>Waivers of Arbitration Clauses in Employment Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can a party waive an arbitration clause in an employment agreement if there has been no prejudice to the other party? The U.S. Supreme Court says, "Yes!"]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>If the Other Side Breaches the Contract, Can You Too?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When is a party legally excused from performing its promises because the other party breached the contract first?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Liability Waivers Need to Be Obvious</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Washington, preinjury contractual releases and waivers of liability are permitted. Whether or not they are actually enforceable depends on several factors, one of which is the conspicuousness of the contract language.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Small Businesses Need to Know About Forum Selection Clauses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 02:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In their contracts, businesses can preselect certain states, counties, or courts to host a future lawsuit between the parties. Doing so has its pros, and occasional cons.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Kind of Dispute Did We Agree to Arbitrate?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you're considering adding an arbitration requirement to a contract, you can choose which types of disputes to leave in court and which types of disputes to ship off to private arbitration.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judges Cannot Intervene During Private Arbitration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arbitration is an alternative venue to court. If a party could seek a judge midcourse, there would be increased delays and expenses for all parties.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>At-Will Employment: How Are Job Positions Valued?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some employment roles have value beyond wages. An employment offer that overpromises or is not well-drafted can be just as risky, if not more so, than having no employment offer at all.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Your Small Business Overpromising in Written Employment Offers?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fundamentally changing an at-will employee's job duties after employment begins may result in a claim for breach of contract.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington&#8217;s Consumer Protection Act: No Materiality Required</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By understanding that even minor, unintentional marketing mistakes can lead to consumer protection claims, business owners can better manage the risks of their various marketing efforts.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Arbitration Agreements: Don&#8217;t Put the Cart Before the Horse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacia Hofmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An agreement to arbitrate requires that the parties actually agree to arbitration.]]></description>
		
		
		
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