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Contract Drafting
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Rejects Request for Specific Performance of Indenture Terms
In Law Debenture Trust Company of New York v. Petrohawk Energy Corp., 2007 WL 2248150 (Del. Ch., August 1, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court rejected an attempt to specifically enforce…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Agreement Limited Rights to Books and Records Demand (added bonus: primer on contract interpretation principles)
In Nama Holdings, LLC v. World Market Center Venture, LLC, 2007 WL 2088851 (Del. Ch., July 20, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court ruled that the right to inspect…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Alltel and How to Draft a Governing Law Provision
I was flipping through the Alltel merger agreement this morning, when the following clause caught my eye: Section 8.4. Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Applies Contract Principles to Interpret Vague Terms
In Seaford Golf and Country Club v. E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co., (Del. Supr., May 15, 2007), read opinion here, the Delaware Supreme Court reviewed a trial court decision…
Legal Profession Blog
More on Similarities Between Programming Language and the Language of Law
Posted by Jeff LipshawJames Grimmelmann (NYLS) has posted a sequel over at PrawfsBlawg to his earlier post on the similarities and differences between programming language and the language of law. …
New Jersey Law Blog
Pacifico v. Pacifico
In the recent New Jersey Supreme Court case of Pacifico v. Pacifico, the contract doctrine of contra proferentem was discussed. This doctrine provides that when a contract term is ambiguous,…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Contract Interpretation Principles Applied
In Matria Healthcare, Inc. v. Coral SR, LLC, (Del. Ch., March 1, 2007), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court provided a very instructive primer on fundamental contract interpretation principles…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
modifier placement and resultant ambiguity
By legalwriting
Here's a case about a negotiated settlement provision, the interpretation of which turns on "a classic case of confusion caused by the placement of a modifier. And we conclude that,…
Legal Profession Blog
More on Professorial Star Power
As Alan would say, aproposner of his post on basking in the charisma of the celebrity law professor who is added to the brief, there is also the question whether…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: Contracts Prof Weekly Spotlight: George W. KuneyURL: http://www.universityupdate.com/ACC/Tennessee/95700.aspx?src=blogIP: 71.127.135.222BLOG NAME: University UpdateDATE: 11/16/2006 06:10:19 AM
George W. Kuney (University of Tennessee College of Law)B.A., University of California, Santa CruzJ.D., Univerisity of California, Hastings College of LawM.B.A., University of San DiegoGeorge W. Kuney is an Associate…