Business Contracts in 2025: Straightforward Answers for Nuanced Situations

For business leaders, trusted advisors, and entrepreneurs, the legal landscape is never static—and neither are the risks. That’s why a team of Fennemore attorneys updated Business Contracts in 2025: Straightforward Answers for Nuanced Situations. This is a definitive guide for private practice attorneys, in-house counsel, and business owners, offering practical insights into the evolving landscape of business contracts, with clear guidance on how to navigate complex, real-world scenarios.

The Book provides valuable tools to sharpen your approach and stay ahead in today’s dynamic legal environment, including updates on: 

• Selecting the Type of Business Entity
• Financing the Business
• Purchase and Sale of Goods and Services
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment issues
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Artificial Intelligence
• Corporate Transparency Act 

Business & Finance Attorney Ted White, who co-authored the book: “I have for the past 15 years periodically updated the Business Contracts book. Each edition is launched with an associated CLE program. I am grateful for the hard work of the chapter editors who, with their unique knowledge of the subject matter, provide updates and revisions to the previous edition’s chapters,” he said. “And we look forward to the excellent feedback and questions we receive from lawyers throughout the country who use this material. All royalty proceeds are contributed to the Fennemore Foundation.”

This isn’t just an update to a legal guide; it’s a commitment to delivering smarter, more proactive legal guidance to the clients who count on us. At Fennemore, we believe staying ahead of legal trends is about more than continuing education—it’s about ensuring our clients have every advantage in a rapidly changing world.

Other authors include Fennemore attorneys Caleena Braig, Michael Buckley, Kole Kelley, Charles Luce, David McCarville, Zaki Robbins, Nicholas Thompson, Susan Wissink, and Minna Yang.

Business Contracts in 2025: Straightforward Answers for Nuanced Situations is available for purchase here.

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