Sometimes a contracts claim is so small that it falls between the cracks of the mainstream media. But no claim is too small — or too contracts-adjacent — to escape the Friday Frivolity feature.
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After a long hiatus, we are back with our popular feature, the Reefer Brief. Just kidding, it was never popular, but the hiatus has been long.
Justin Givens is a cannabis consultant and the sole member of Apical Biotek, LLC
DraftKings Defeats Class Action on Summary Judgment
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A Comparative Common Law Study on Restitution from the State
Abstract
When should restitution from the State be available? The jurisdictions examined in this paper—England, Canada, Australia—once gave a common answer to this question,
Can AI and Big Data Rescue Disclosure Law?
Uri Benoliel is Professor of Law at the College of Law & Business and author of Disclosure Laws in the Digital Era: The Case of Franchising (Cambridge University Press, 2026).
Another Arbitration Waiver Case
I recently noted that Tamar Meshel, who is partly responsible for my arbitration addiction, did her best Meryl Streep imitation when I asked her to help me choose which arbitration decisions summarized on her Substack I should blog about.
The Eleventh Circuit on the Relation Between General Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation
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Redefining Consent to Contract
Abstract
This Article examines contractual consent through an epistemic lens, bridging contract law scholarship and epistemic theory. It demonstrates that judicial decisions frequently misunderstand or deny marginalized parties’ experiences of consent. This exclusion, the
When Has a Party Litigated Enough to Be Deemed to Have Waived the Right to Arbitrate? Part II
Last week, we posted about two cases in which Circuit Courts tried to figure out when a party will be deemed to have waived its right to arbitrate through conduct inconsistent with the right, such as having “substantially invoked the
Friday Frivolity from the Mind of Dan Barnhizer on Parol Evidence and the Statute of Frauds
Paper-Shaped Paralysis
Listen here stereo headphones recommended; psychedelics optional.The lyrics are a lot more compelling in the context of the song!
[Spoken Intro – low, theatrical, over heavy organ drone]
Ladies and gentlemen,put down the highlighters.
No— put them down.