I know I’m supposed to be on hiatus, but I finished grading so I am treating myself to a blog post, and this post may be irrelevant (I hope) by the time my hiatus ends. Although the Department of Justice
The So-Called Settlement Agreement
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Friday Frivolity: Hiatus
I just posted yesterday about no-bid contracts in Washington, DC, so I think I should come clean and admit that I have been awarded a no-bid contract to write a chapter on Hans Kelsen in the U.S. for a forthcoming
Another No-Bid Contract: The Mall’s Reflecting Pool
Last month, we posted about the no-bid contract given to the event planning company hired for the President’s rally on January 6, 2021. That company has now been awarded an additional $13 million in government contracts, often in no-bid contexts.
Penn Carey Law Hosts 10th Annual Empirical Contracts Workshop, June 10th
Tenth Annual Empirical Contracts WorkshopPenn Carey LawSilverman 280
Breakfast 9:30-10:00
Session 1 10:00-11:20
Are Federal Courts Crowding Out State Court Law Making? An Insurance Law Case Study
Tom Baker & Lindsey Parungo
Platform Republics: How Platform Rules Shape the Content
Tuesday Tips: New on SSRN for the Week of May 11th
Monika Leszczyńska
Think Twice Before You Sign! An Experiment on a Cautionary Function of Contractual Formalities
Abstract
Legal scholarship has long maintained that contractual formalities, such as written signatures, serve a cautionary function by protecting individuals from entering into ill-considered
Resident Care Facility Cannot Compel Arbitration of Wrongful Death Action
Since Ruiz v. Podolsky (Ruiz) was decided in 2010, California law has allowed for the compelled arbitration of wrongful death actions by the survivors of people who had agreed to arbitrate their medical malpractice claims. In Holland v. Silverscreen Healthcare, Inc.
Friday Frivolity: Implied Contracts in Curb Your Enthusiam
In Episode 1 of the Eighth Season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David (below) and some friends are at an upscale L.A. restaurant which, for some reason, has a buffet. Larry gets the buffet; his friends order off the menu.
A New Expansion of Arbitration
This one escaped my notice until Matt Levine’s Money Stuff column from April 22nd (subscription required) called it to my attention. Matt Levine frequently quips that “everything is securities fraud,” by which he means that almost any piece of bad
Texas Tech’s $5 Million Quarterback Reportedly Has a Gambling Addiction
We posted about this transaction before here. Here’s the short version:
Texas Tech is paying up to $5 million to Brendan Sorsby (below), who played last season for the University of Cincinnati and was committed to playing for them
Tuesday Tips: New Scholarship from SSRN for the Week of May 4th
Brian Bix and Francesco Parisi
Professor Brian Bix
Professor Francesco Parisi
Punishment and Its Relative Absence in Contract Law
Abstract
The conventional view rejects punitive damages for breach of contract on the ground that expectation damages adequately protect the promisee