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Contract Drafting
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North Carolina Business Litigation Report
It Depends On The Meaning Of The Word “With”
The contractual interpretation issue before the Business Court in Schultheis v. Hatteras Capital Investment Management, LLC, 2014 NCBC 23, turned on the meaning of the word "with." Well, actually on…
ContractsProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Rejects Contract-Based Challenge to eBay’s Automatic Bidding System
In Block v. eBay, Inc., Marshall Block contended that eBay's automatic bidding system violates two provisions of its User Agreement as well as California's Unfair Competition Law. The District Court dismissed…
Wiley Executive Summary
Contract Exclusion Does Not Apply to Breach of Settlement Agreement
An Idaho federal court has held that a contract exclusion does not bar coverage for purported wrongful acts that resulted in the breach of a settlement agreement under Idaho law. Idaho…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Addresses Notification Requirement of Indemnification Provision
I/Mx Information Management Solutions, Inc. v. Multiplan, Inc. and HMA Acquisition Corp., C.A. No. 7786-VCP (Del. Ch. Mar. 27, 2014). An associate of Eckert Seamans prepared this synopsis. While framed in…
Technology's Legal Edge
Contract Drafting Tip
By Jeff Aronson
The next time you review a contract that refers to a "breaching party" and a "non-breaching party" in the ‘Termination for Breach’ section, keep in mind a recent California case…
ContractsProf Blog
KCON 9: Friday Afternoon Session: Contract Interpretation
Shawn Bayern presented his work in progress on Meta-contextualist Contract Interpretation. Although Professor Bayern began by suggesting that, non-withstanding his previous presentations at this conference in which he denounced formalism and…
Technology and AI
How Machine Learning Can Vastly Improve the Contract Review Process – Noah Waisberg
In bringing a real live law student (and soon-to-be lawyer) on stage for his presentation, Noah Waisberg made clear who his product aimed to help. During his session at ReInvent…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Marketing Trends, Trademark “Genericide,” Drafting Contracts
Today marked the last day of LegalTech New York 2014, so be sure to swing by our section on LXBN covering the event. In the Top 10, Ronald Urbach has…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Get it Right the First Time: Drafting Contracts with Precision (Revisited)
[caption id="attachment_5407" align="alignright" width="231"] The law is mightier than the pen?[/caption] Rather than tell you the result of a new Connecticut Supreme Court case first, let's play along with the…
Ship Law Log
Court rules on issues of contract interpretation and measures of damages in contract for the sale of fuel oil
Galaxy Energy International Ltd v Murco Petroleum Ltd (M/V “Seacrown”) [2013] EWHC 3720 (Comm). The Claimant buyer claimed against the Defendant seller for alleged late delivery of a cargo of…