Topic
Contracts
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New Jersey Family Law
DIVORCE AGREEMENT NEW JERSEY UNSIGNED CONTRACT ATTORNEY ARBITRATION MEDIATION
This New Jersey divorce agreement was not in writing. Instead, it was "placed on the record." How much of the ensuing dispute could have been avoided with a signed contract?…
ContractsProf Blog
Boots on the Ground (or Perhaps on a Shelf in Uganda)
According to this report from the local pages of the Washington Post, a non-profit organization, Bancroft Global Development (BGD), ordered 18,000 pairs of combat boots (actual model not pictured) from…
SDNY Blog
Spider-Man on Contracts
On Friday, producers of the Broadway show, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, opposed the motion to dismiss counterclaims of writer Julie Taymor. Counsel Kirkland & Ellis opened its brief by…
ContractsProf Blog
Insurance Companies Agree to Pay Death Benefits Despite Clear Contractual Obligations
Friend of the blog Alan White, whose whereabouts are currently unknown but who was recently seen in New Orleans and who, according to a Google search, is currently an adjunct…
Ship Law Log
BIMCO launches Charterparty Guarantee
BIMCO has published a standard form Charterparty Guarantee, in respect of the guarantee of Charterers' payment obligations and liabilities under a time charterparty. As well as payments due to Owners…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Issues in Tim Burton’s “Big Fish” (2003)
Last night, I watched Tim Burton's "Big Fish," a film that somehow escaped my notice when it first came out. The film is a collection of tall tales told by…
ContractsProf Blog
Professor DeAngelis on the Mirror Image Rule
We have previously posted links to Professor Mark DeAngelis's "Law Lessongs" on Raffles v. Wichelhaus, the UCC's Battle of the Forms (2-207), substantial performance, offers and mixed contracts from Professor…
ContractsProf Blog
Earth, Wind & Contract
Whenever death, disco and breach of contract are in the same story, it must be shared with others. In this case, the children of Charles Stepney, the now-deceased producer of many…
ContractsProf Blog
Mike Daisey Claims to Have Breached a Contract with His Audience
The backstory:1. A monloguist named Mike Daisey performed a very successful show, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" which purports to be, in part, an account of his trip…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Harvard symposium today
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
The Harvard Business Law Review is holding a symposium this afternoon and tomorrow with a super set of papers. I'm looking forward to the first one in particular: Managing M&A Disputes…