Sentences with phrase «onerous terms»

During interviews with senior corporate lawyers from 20 of the largest firms, undertaken by the University of Birmingham and Claire Legal Ltd, about three - quarters of interviewees outlined scenarios where they were forced to accept onerous terms of engagement with little room for discussion on fees, conflict of interest requirements and IT security.

Chicago Park District officials are preparing to negotiate in earnest with the Chicago Bears for a Soldier Field lease extension, but they will not try to impose onerous terms on the team, General Supt. Forrest Claypool hinted Tuesday.

That doesn't mean you have to accept onerous terms, of course.

Aside from higher interest rates, Internet lenders are known for onerous terms and poor transparency, so be sure you really need the money — and can pay it back — if you go this route.

But joining the TPP also meant effectively renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with the United States under onerous terms of entry that put Canada's other traditional defensive areas on the negotiating table (including Canadian content in media, intellectual property regime preferences, telecommunications ownership policies, and remaining investment restrictions), with little prospect of any valuable concessions from the United States.

When credit is scarce, investors are apt to get greedy, saddling startups with all sorts of onerous terms like liquidation preferences.

Sub-prime mortgages are for individuals who may not qualify for other more conventional types of loans and their only option is to have higher interest rates under more onerous terms.

We'd then confront two equally grim scenarios: a high quality free service competing aggressively with booksellers and largely paid for by onerous terms thrust on publishers and authors by legislation.

The second argument is that BP's brand and reputation have been so tarnished, or the rumors about BP filing for bankruptcy have so spooked folks, that drivers will shun BP's gas stations and BP's counterparties won't do business with BP or demand onerous terms like cash prepayment.

If the other party refuses to alter onerous terms, consider taking your business elsewhere.

The loans often come with extreme interest rates and feature onerous terms and limited transparency.

Through their core funds, VCs may decide to participate in cram - down rounds that would have onerous terms typically at the expense of Mainstream SPVs that invested in a prior round but that did not participate in the cram - down.

For me as an author, this would mean that they stop using contracts with incredibly onerous terms, such as owning the rights for the life of the copyright with no hope of reversion, no - compete clauses, option clauses, and most especially the infamous 25 % royalty rate.

The bill effectively preempts state usury laws for non-bank finance companies like payday lenders in the name of ensuring access to credit, even if on extremely onerous terms.

It's awful, and it's got onerous terms of service.

There is nothing more frustrating than working extremely hard to negotiate and close a real estate deal, only to have the buyer complain afterwards about missing or broken appliances, or onerous terms contained in rental items that were not explained.

But it turned out they had financed two other used trucks from local dealers at far more onerous terms: 19 percent interest.

It was an insurance policy in case Kindle wasn't very good, or Amazon demanded onerous terms, or they didn't make the app at all, or something.

That doesn't mean you have to accept onerous terms, of course.

For example, today New York Personal Injury Lawyer Eric Turkewitz voiced an objection to what he characterizes as the service's onerous terms of use).

By 2000, after a telecom bust and the bursting of the tech bubble in New York, Joe's company was taking on capital on onerous terms to sustain the company's growth.

Jobs, in contrast, told tech reporter Kara Swisher that Facebook demanded «onerous terms that we could not agree to.»

The onerous terms of the deal suggest Wag does not have significant leverage in fundraising negotiations, perhaps a sign of troubled finances at the company.

Ms. Clifford's initial deal has struck legal experts for its onerous terms, including its provision that she would be responsible for «liquidated damages» of $ 1 million for each breach of the agreement.

Payday loans, no - credit - check loans and title loans: The extremely high interest rates and onerous terms that are usually associated with these types of loans make it practically impossible to save money.

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award doesn't include the onerous terms that Amazon Studios is imposing.

* What exactly are the «onerous terms» for self - publishing on Amazon?

Payday loans, no - credit - check loans and title loans: The extremely high interest rates and onerous terms that are usually associated with these types of loans make it practically impossible to save money.

Even if you do get a loan, it will have above market interest rates and onerous terms.

But under the onerous terms imposed by the aristocracy, debtors who could not pay their debts could be enslaved.

That put Spotify's total potential cash intake at $ 2.56 billion, but it came with some onerous terms if the company did not go public quickly.

Jobs said that it was Facebook's «onerous terms» that broke down the Facebook / Apple partnership, despite the fact that Jobs was seen hanging out with Zuckerberg shortly after Ping's (failed) launch.

At The Token Fund, there are no requirements for minimum investment sizes or onerous terms.