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Planning Your Contract Management System

Paralegal Bootcamp

When paralegals are looking at alternative paralegal careers outside the popular litigation paralegal field, contract management does not usually come to mind. However, there seems to be an increase in paralegal job opportunities in the field of contract management. But what exactly is contract management? Retrieved 2008-07-10].

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US appeals court rules Uber drivers subject to employment contract arbitration clauses

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The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows federal courts to enforce private arbitration agreements commonly found in employment contracts. These agreements are included in the standard contract Uber drivers agree to. This opinion is consistent with a 2021 ruling from the Ninth Circuit that reached the same decision.

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EU court orders increased transparency in COVID-19 vaccine contracts

JURIST

In 2020 and 2021, the Commission signed contracts with major pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Sanofi-GSK, Johnson & Johnson, BioNTech-Pfizer, CureVac, Moderna, and Novavax. The post EU court orders increased transparency in COVID-19 vaccine contracts appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Lex Machina Releases 2021 Contracts Litigation Report

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Contracts case filings over the last three years showed a slight but steady increase through the pandemic, while franchise case filings fell sharply and damages awarded continued to climb.

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Kira Spin-off Zuva Unveils New Contract Review AI For In-house Legal Teams, Zuva Analyze

LawSites

Zuva, the company that spun off from AI contract review pioneer Kira when it was acquired by Litera in 2021, today released its own AI contract review tool, Zuva Analyze, which it says will enable in-house legal teams to review contracts 2-3 times faster than reviewing them manually.

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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

Attorney at Work

Contract attorneys have made it possible for legal organizations to level up their teams’ expertise without increasing headcount. . In many cases, this meant that they, like their law firm counterparts, hired contract attorneys to fill in gaps, provide niche expertise and keep costs in check. Here are some lessons they learned.

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Zuva Launches Free AI-Powered Contracts Review Tool

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Zuva , the company that spun off from Kira Systems after Kira was acquired by Litera in 2021, is offering a completely free version of its AI-powered contract review technology, which can be used by anyone just by uploading contracts to Zuva’s website. You can access the tool directly from the Zuva home page.

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