Negotiating & Contracts

The company supplying the Internet connectivity must warrant that your group’s data will be safe, and take measures to ensure that it stays that way.

Today’s bullying and harassment headlines underline the need to have a policy in place for when attendees behave badly.

You might not be able to negotiate them away—but you can try.

Industry attorney Joshua Grimes offers some tips that will keep meeting professionals from feeling at sea when they take their groups on a cruise.

You have your secret strategies to get the most out of every meeting dollar. Hotel sales departments do, too.

What you need to know about the difference between penalties and damages to keep your contract off thin ice and out of the penalty box.

To stay ahead of a weather, civil unrest, or other potential meeting-cancelling situation, your clause should allow you to cancel before your meeting becomes impossible.

Lawyers tell us the rookie mistakes even seasoned negotiators make.

Attorney John Foster says it is better to negotiate than to beg.

The problem with a standard addendum and other meeting contract advice from lawyer Lisa Sommer Devlin.