In September 2009 he signed a new 12-month rolling contract and took on the title of manager rather than first-team coach.
The Ninth Circuit rejected this, holding that the key test is whether as a matter of contract the software provider retained title.
The 62-year-old Smith extended his second hugely-successful spell at Rangers by signing a new one-year contract after retaining the Scottish title and winning the Co-operative Insurance Cup.
Crozier helped guide Derry to this year's National League title but his three-year contract is now up and he is not expected to seek an extension.
Respect from the Chinese, categorically, will never come from a job title, an org chart, or a contract.
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The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.
First the Londoner must hope that Nikolay Valuev, the man he beat to win his title last November, will not enforce a rematch clause in their contract.
And given that Chelsea is likely to embark on another rebuilding campaign by hiring a new manager this summer the current boss, Rafa Benitez, still has the word interim in his job title it might make sense to shed Lampard and his contract.
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The event previously had Samsung Mobile as a title sponsor since 2002, but the company didn't renew its contract after last April's race.
The title story, of a man who tried to hold God to a contract, had echoes of both the Book of Job and, more distinctly, of the parables of the Talmud and Midrash.
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