The major deal points for the sale of my client’s company were set. But we still needed to negotiate terms and conditions (Ts and Cs). And both sides needed it done quickly. As a result, my client insisted that we send a draft “final” contract, with very little room...
Years ago, a potential client asked me to help him negotiate and sell some commercial real estate in Phoenix. After he agreed to my fee, I sent him my standard two-page consulting contract to review and sign. Several days later, he suggested we just do this on a...
The bread and butter of a corporate/transactional lawyer’s professional life involves negotiating contract terms and conditions (“Ts & Cs”). They spend hours every day drafting, analyzing, comparing, discussing, evaluating and then negotiating Ts & Cs....
I recently came across an article about my grandfather Rubin Latz’s death on the front page of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune on December 25, 1948. A long-time Minnesota labor leader and close friend of former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, I’m told he was...
I recently contacted a landscape designer to get a bid on our backyard and he came out to explore our thoughts. After checking everything out, he said he would put together his suggestions. He called a few days later and asked me to come to his nursery so he could...
How long has it been since you were speaking with a colleague and they glanced at their phone to check a text, notification or email? I bet this has already happened to you multiple times today. Or maybe it was your phone that buzzed while you were drafting an email. ...
No one is perfect. And everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes are minor, but other times we really mess up. It’s human. Of course, companies mess up, too. So, what can we do, especially if you and/or your company need to repair the relationship and rebuild...
I have an average memory. But I’m always looking to improve. So when my son suggested I read Joshua Foer’s New York Times bestseller “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything,” I was intrigued. It was a fascinating book, largely because...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently engaged in one of the most consequential negotiations in U.S. history, as NBC News reported her as the one “fanning the flames” who “played a critical role in delicately nudging” President Joe Biden to withdraw his candidacy...
