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Contract Drafting
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Buying a Contract Problem
You can find almost anything on eBay, even an interesting contract interpretation problem. Take, for example, the 1960 contract between actor Cliff Robertson and Paramount Studios regarding how Robertson's name…
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Let’s be clear here
For those who complain that companies are often bad about hiding the bad terms in a contract, the NASDAQ stock exchange is refreshingly blunt. Here are the headnotes to the…
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Bowers on formalism
We recently got two interesting reprints in the mail from James W. Bowers (LSU). In Murphy’s Law and the Elementary Theory of Contract Interpretation: A Response to Schwartz and Scott,…
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Transactional Trend
For the first time, UPenn Law School will be offering an elective course in contract drafting. Most schools provide instruction in legal writing, but the focus of these courses is…
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Cases: A condition is a condition
Where a contract requires written notice as a condition for the exercise of a right, that notice is a condition precedent and will not be excused unless it is "incidental…
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How do we know what words mean?
Evolving Business and Social Norms and Interpretation Rules: The Need for a Dynamic Approach to Contract Disputes" by NANCY KIM, California Western School of Law Document: Available from the SSRN…
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Cases: Texas law applies to Texas policy
Texas law governs an automobile insurance agreement between a Texas insured and a Texas insurer, even though the vehicle was garaged in Louisiana, the driver claiming reimbursement was a resident…
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Recent Decisions Instruct on Contract Drafting and Interpretation
In VLIW Technology, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company, the Chancery Court was recently called upon to address claims involving an agreement by a software company for the sale of a perpetual…
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Intent versus Language – The Debate Continues in the Global Marketplace
Kim, Nancy ,"Evolving Business and Social Norms and Interpretation Rules: The Need for a Dynamic Approach to Contract Disputes"http://ssrn.com/abstract=713962 The growing diversity of the parties to contracts – including the…
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Interpretation: “Personal use”
A car accident in Colorado has given rise to an interesting little contract interpretation question. Lakewood City Manager Mike Rock’s contract provides that he is to get a city-owned car. …