By Eric Pritchard, Esquire, Klenbard Bell & Brecker Contract due diligence related to an acquisition or financing cannot be undertaken lightly. What may seem like a perfectly fine limitation of liability clause to the untrained eye may actually present significant enforcement issues or have other fatal limitations. A contract may not comply with all applicable [...]

By Eric J. Pritchard Video is an increasingly important component in the overall security mix–particularly given the ever-improving sophistication of video technology and its continued decline in cost. Video can be profitable, but poses a number of liability-related issues, most of which can be dealt with in an effective, enforceable contract, adequate insurance coverages and [...]

Things you must know in order to create contracts that are enforceable and will protect you from liability and damages. By Eric Pritchard We spend an awful lot of time and effort in the electronic security and life-safety industries focusing on subscriber contracts. That makes sense given the nature of the risk providers undertake in [...]

Or, what you should already know, but maybe don’t, about PERS contracts By Eric Pritchard, security practice head, Kleinbard Bell & Brecker; managing partner, Ascendant Strategy Partners Lawyers so rarely get to deliver good news. This will be fun for me. But first, what I usually have to do – deliver the bad news: We [...]

By Eric Pritchard Six years into the War on Terrorism, facilities that either manufacture or store chemicals in the United States remain among the most significant potential targets, if only because they have the potential to become what some have referred to as “stationary weapons of mass destruction.” A new federal regulation, finalized at the [...]

By Eric Pritchard Owners and operators of alarm companies in New Jersey are probably sleeping more soundly at night following the appeals court opinion in Synnex Corp. v. ADT Security Services, Inc. The appellate court’s decision is a victory for ADT and the latest in a series of legal precedents supporting the alarm industry’s allocation [...]