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In MTA Canada Royalty v. Compania Minera Pangea, Judge Abigail LeGrow considered whether an agreement's anti-assignment clause operated to void an assignment that occurred as a result of a subsequent ...

Q. My small business is negotiating with a vendor who has asked to remove our contract’s “assignment” clause entirely. Is it worth the time to argue over whether to include an assignment clause? A.

It is common practice for lenders to sell their loans after closing on them -- and this is especially true when it comes to mortgages and auto loans. If your loan contract has an "assignment without ...

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 ...

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