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ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts and Commercial Law Downloads (April 6, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads For Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days 5 Feb 2017 through 6 Apr 2017 RankDownloadsPaper…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Defines “Commercially Reasonable Efforts”
The Delaware Supreme Court recently analyzed, for the first time, a common contractual standard in business agreements. The legal meaning of the phrase “commercially reasonable efforts” does not enjoy clarity…
Colin S. Levy
Defining Terms
How many times have you read through an agreement only to find that certain defined terms appear to be undefined? Perhaps instead you have read a definition of a defined…
South Florida Trial Practice
Forum Selection Clauses: Mandatory or Permissive? No Magic Words Required!
By David Greene
Contractual forum selection clauses may be “mandatory” or “permissive”. However, there are times when a forum selection clause that appears to be permissive is actually mandatory. Florida’s Third District Court…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Contract Interpretation in Maritime Law
As I sit in what is currently a frozen tundra (the New York/ New Jersey Metropolitan area) my dreams of the spring and summer boating season were aroused by a…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Rejects Post-Closing Adjustment Claim
The Court of Chancery recently explained in a post-trial opinion why a post-closing adjustment claim seeking a milestone payment was rejected in light of a careful examination of the meaning of an…
The Right Coast
Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute
A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded or totally necessary Oxford comma, perhaps…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts Downloads (March 9, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads ForContracts & Commercial Law eJournal RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days 8 Jan 2017 through 9 Mar 2017 RankDownloadsPaper Title…
ImmigrationProf Blog
News from Texas: Deportation Threat in Conference Contracts, Boycott to Follow?
As they say, everything is bigger in Texas. Here is some big news from the Lone Star state.Indie-pop band Told Slant announced it was cancelling its performance at the SXSW Conference…
LawSites
AI Contract Review Platform LawGeex Raises $7M in Funding Round
Another day, another investment in a legal startup. Yesterday, I reported that cloud-based litigation management platform Allegory had raised over $500,000. Today brings news that LawGeex, a contract review platform…