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Allens Insights
WIP: ESG contract clauses
By Allens
Designing contracts to manage your ESG risk 6 min read Interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, including ESG-related goods and services.…
Policyholder Pulse
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Washington Supreme Court Rejects Insurers’ Efforts to Sell Illusory Insurance Coverage
By William C. Miller, Robert L. Wallan
Courts don’t look kindly upon insurance company shell games. In Preferred Contractors Ins. Co. v. Baker & Son Construction, the Washington Supreme Court slapped down an insurer’s attempt to manipulate…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekend Frivolity: Who’s Attacking Me Now?
Back when Stephen Colbert was heroically hosting The Colbert Report, he had a segment called "Who's Attacking Me Now." Here's an example. I would love to have a similar segment on…
ContractsProf Blog
Will Artificial Intelligence Make Contract Interpretation Easier?
In case you've been on a Barbieheimer binge for the last few weeks and missed it, Yonathan Arbel (below, left) and David Hoffman (below, right) have posted Generative Interpretation on…
Energy & the Law
“Harmony” in a Texas Mineral Reservation
In Smart v. 3039 RNC Holdings LLC, the court reminds us that it will harmonize all parts of a contract, even one that “is not a model of clarity”, to…
BuildSmart
The Basics of Contract Interpretation: A Primer for Non-Lawyers in the Construction Industry
Every first year law student in the U.S. takes a course on the Law of Contracts. It’s a rite of passage where lawyers-to-be learn all about things like consideration and legally-enforceable…
ContractsProf Blog
Contract Drafting Conference at Emory Law School!
As the summer winds down and the fall ramps up, please consider taking a refreshing break by traveling to Atlanta on October 6-7 for Emory’s 8th Biennial Conference on the…
ContractsProf Blog
The (Belated) Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for August 2, 2023
By Mark Burge
Filed this week under B for "better late than never," we turn our attention to the SSRN download charts in our favorite scholarly areas.Top Downloads For:Contracts & Commercial Law eJournalRecent…
Energy & the Law
Supreme Court of Texas Tackles the Meaning of “Predecessors”
The plain, ordinary, and generally accepted meaning of a word doesn't mean "anything goes". It depends on context, says the Supreme Court of Texas in Finley Resources Inc. v. Headington…
ContractsProf Blog
Guest Post from Michael Blasie on Plain Language Waivers
Which Contract is Better?By Michael A. BlasieIf presented with two contracts with wildly different language about the same transaction, how would you tell which is better? To work towards an…