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contract law
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Florida Construction Legal Updates
AGREEING ON THE ESSENTIAL TERMS OF A CONTRACT TO HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT
To have an enforceable contract, the parties need to agree on essential terms. This typically includes price and scope of work. A recent case demonstrates how the lack of essential…
Louis Meyer Law
A Rule Written After Your Policy Cannot Be Used to Kill Your Case
Picture a Florida homeowner in 2019. A pipe lets go inside a wall, and by the time anyone finds it, the kitchen cabinets are swollen and the floor is ruined.…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Tips: New and Noteworthy on SSRN
Boris N. Mamlyuk Against Self-Enforcement: Smart Contracts & Superintelligence Abstract “Smart contracts” were sold as contracts that enforce themselves. They do not, and cannot. The claim confuses three different ideas.…
ContractsProf Blog
Common Law Judging and the Great Tradition
The following is guest post by Richard Hyland (below), Distinguished Professor at Rutgers Law School In his contracts course, Friedrich Kessler often discussed cases in pairs. As I taught from…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Tips: New and Noteworthy from SSRN
Orit Gan Redefining Consent to Contract Abstract This Article examines contractual consent through an epistemic lens, bridging contract law scholarship and epistemic theory. It demonstrates that judicial decisions frequently misunderstand…
Foley & Lardner LLP
Digging into Rollover Equity: A Recent Delaware Chancery Ruling Is a Cautionary Tale for Business Owners Taking Rollover Equity in M&A Deals
By Holly Kane
At a Glance In Feeney Brothers Excavation Trust v. Artera Services Holdco, LLC (Del. Ch. July 31, 2026), the sellers of a utility construction business turned down a higher all-cash…
Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations Report
Ninth Circuit Rejects FCA “Materiality Condition” Imposed on Federal Grant Recipients
By Abraham Souza, Tanner Cook, Sydney Sznajder
On August 25, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a consequential opinion on the enforceability of “materiality conditions” in government contracts. The Ninth Circuit found…
ContractsProf Blog
New and Noteworthy from SSRN
Tomer Stein Epistemology at the Marketplace Abstract People acquire knowledge from others, but the epistemic impact of the laws governing marketplace transactions is not directly studied. This Article groups together…
China Law Insight
新能源电力争议解决实务（一）：发电量损失索赔之道
By King & Wood
作者：王欣 欧玉洁 本文针对新能源项目在建设或质保阶段发生的发电量损失争议，从争议类型、法律分析和实务建议三个层面进行了系统梳理。在争议类型部分，本文以表格形式归纳了业主方与施工方、核心设备供应商之间常见的争议场景，并将业主方的主要索赔类型概括为项目逾期竣工、核心设备缺陷或延迟交货、系统效率或可利用率不达标三大类型。在法律分析部分，本文重点分析了四个影响业主索赔的核心因素：一是可预见性规则对损失认定的影响，以及合同中责任限制条款的效力与突破路径；二是因果关系证明的复杂性，包括“弃风弃光”、自然条件变化等多因一果抗辩的应对；三是损失电量的量化计算标准，包括合同约定标准与合同无约定时的替代计算方法；四是业主方减损义务及合同效力对索赔的影响。在实务建议部分，本文从合同签订阶段的事前防范、建设与运营阶段的事中证据保全、诉讼或仲裁阶段的事后维权三个维度，为业主方应对发电量损失争议提供了参考。 阅读更多
China Law Insight
承包人可以基于发包人的哪些违约行为要求解除建设工程施工合同？
By King & Wood
作者：陈鑫 程世刚 李东骏 王悦 康震 王帅 《最高人民法院关于审理建设工程施工合同纠纷案件适用法律问题的解释》（法释〔2004〕14号）曾规定了在发包人存在三种违约行为的情形下，承包人可以依法解除建设工程施工合同。自2021年1月1日《民法典》施行后，上述司法解释的相关规定因被《民法典》吸纳而失效，目前就承包人可以基于发包人的哪些违约行为要求解除合同，司法实践中存在一些争议，本文就相关问题进行讨论。 阅读更多