"In most cases, the only way out of a contract is if a contingency has not been met," Mr. Nihamin said, adding, however, that it may be possible for a party to get out of a contract if circumstances change significantly after a contingency has been met.
An intermediate way of allowing a contract-based client to monitor and intervene in the development of a project is the meetings-flow approach (MFA).
So Rodriguez, a quarter of the way into a contract that made him the highest-paid athlete in sports history, sounded as if he were trying to race out of Texas gracefully.
Now that it isn't seen as the main way of contracting a life-threatening illness, loads of guys seem to be obsessed with exchanging loads.
The decision came after a review that began in March, when The Wall Street Journal Europe and the Düsseldorf, Germany, office of BBDO Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group, parted ways with the expiration of a contract.
The Rams have an odd way of handling contract extensions.
"It's the total package," said De Jong, who bought his way out of a $9-million 9-millionextension in Italy to sign a $500,000 deal with Major League Socontract
Jeff Moorad, Jones's agent, said that he had been contacted by the Mets and that he had told them that Jones's preference was to remain with the team and that he was basically willing to wait until the Mets got other, bigger issues out of the way before negotiating a contract.
Business leaders say labor unions typically resort to greenmail, threatening to press for repeated environmental review on pending projects as a way of winning favorable contract provisions.
