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		<title>One-sided contracts are a bad deal for ALL parties (or getting greedy will get ya&#8217;)</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/one-sided-contracts-are-a-bad-deal-for-all-parties-or-getting-greedy-will-get-ya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals just released a decision that shows that getting greedy will get ya&#8217; in the end.  Despite precedents that show that contracts substantially favoring the party with the greater power often are deemed unconscionable (so unfair as to not be enforceable), lawyers stiff draft them and companies still like them.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franchisor vicarious liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a case of first impression (first time an issue has been ruled upon) in Kentucky, the state&#8217;s Supreme Court addresses franchisor vicarious liability in Papa John&#8217;s Int&#8217;l, Inc. v McCoy, 2005-SC-000614-DG (Jan. 24, 2008)(to be published).  Frainchisor vicarious liability is like having a first cousin once removed.  
The first cousin of liability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garnishment: where business law &#38; family law intersect</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/garnishment-where-business-law-family-law-intersect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post captures the final lessons learne from the recently released Kentucky Court of Appeals case of Mickler v. Mickler, 2006-CA-001313-MR (Jan. 25, 2008)(to be published).  Many other lessons related to family law exist in the underlying facts and procedure and can be found at this post at Lexington Family Law blog.  Suffice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arbitration provisions: if you have to sneak it in, it probably is not enforceable</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/arbitration-provisions-if-you-have-to-sneak-it-in-it-probably-is-not-enforceable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G.A. Napier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arbitration provisions are found everywhere these days.  Retailers and service providers are quite smitten with arbitration because they anticipate it will reduce litigation costs considerably.  This overriding desire to  arbitrate can lead to creative measures to secure a contract provision requiring arbitration.  However, it is more important that any such provision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get it in writing (or where&#8217;s the beef)</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/get-it-in-writing-or-wheres-the-beef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G.A. Napier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is true that a contract can be formed orally; no writing is required to create a contract.  Some contracts, though, are unenforceable as a matter of law without being in writing.  For example, a contract for the sale the real estate is unenforceable unless it is put in writing.  Many contracts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look Before You Release II</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/look-before-you-release-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G.A. Napier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A recently released opinion from the Court of Appeals, Larkins v. Miller,  2006-CA-002043-MR (October 26, 2007)(to be published), gives a concise synopsis of the steps courts are to take in determining is a release of liability will hold up.  In this case, the Larkins purchased a residential lot in Hebron, Kentucky, from Akin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is business litigation like making stew?  When all else failed:</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/when-is-business-litigation-like-making-stew-when-all-else-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Kentucky Court of Appeals decision provides a veritable grocery list of business related causes of action and their elements:  Kenney v. Hanger Prosthetics &#38; Orthotics, Inc., (2006-CA-000939-MR)(to be published).  
In the case, John M. Kenney had been an employee of Hanger Prosthetics, but ventured out on his own.  He alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charge back of commissions in &#8220;bill validation&#8221; provision</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/charge-back-of-commissions-in-bill-validation-provision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An opinion of the Kentucky Court of Appeals rendered September 14, 2007, rules in favor of AT&#38;T on enforcing charge back of commissions based on a &#8220;bill validation&#8221; provision in the agreement with the sales reps.  In AT&#38;T Corp. v. Fowler et al., (2006-CA-000402-MR, 2006-CA-000535-MR)(to be published), Mr. Fowler worked for AT&#38;T selling high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When being busy is a mixed blessing</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/when-being-busy-is-a-mixed-blessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G.A. Napier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to take a moment to let readers know that I have not been on sabatical.  Rather, this has been a period of increased business.  This has been a blessing, but I miss having the time to write.  Hope to be back soon.
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		<title>When alternative dispute resolution agreements meet agency law</title>
		<link>http://troutmanhays.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/when-alternative-dispute-resolution-agreements-meet-agency-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses often rely on arbitration agreements in their contracts with clients/customers to reduce the expense of potential litigation.  When done correctly, these are legally binding contracts and, as noted in Kindred Hospitals Limited Partnership v Luttrelly, 2006-CA-000221-MR (July 27, 2007)(to be published), Kentucky law favors enforcement of such agreements.  In fact, the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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