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M&A Viewpoints Blog
Non-Disclosure Agreements: Over-Thought on Occasion?
By Perkins Coie
Yesterday, I met with a friend who is corporate counsel at a large and well-respected private equity fund that, like many financial investors, looks at dozens of potential transactions each…
Rush on Business
Repeat After Me: Get it in Writing
By Rush Nigut
A recent case reported in the Des Moines Register discusses how a handshake deal on the sale of a home went awry for a man that apparently invested over $100,000…
International Law Prof Blog
Greetings to the SEALS Conference
The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) is holding its 62nd annual meeting this week at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Palm Beach Florida. Click here for more information about…
DuetsBlog
Are Your Business Signs and Brand on the Same Page?
By Steve Baird®
Hopefully you enjoy riddles. It is late Sunday afternoon, 4:30 pm to be exact. Too early for valet parking at Fogo de Chao, a wonderful Brazilian steakhouse, so you drive…
ContractsProf Blog
The Coen Brothers on Studio Contracts
I recently watched Barton Fink for the first time in more than a decade and the following scene reminded me of casebook staple Locke v. Warner Brothers, Inc., 66 Cal. Rptr. 2d 921…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Two Interesting Links:
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Two thought-provoking links for the day: Over at his blog, Adamsdrafting, Ken Adams has an interesting post about the admissibility of expert testimony in the context of ambiguous contract terms. …
The Trademark Blog
Indiana Supreme Court On Web Development Gone Wrong
I agree with Prof Goldman and Prof Volokh on this one: this is an excellent intro to true everyday cyber law: website customer has payment dispute with website developer so…
Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law
Flawed ALI Software Contract “Principles”
The proposed draft of the fundamentally flawed ALI Principles of the Law of Software Contracts has been published and, given the in-bred politics of the American Law Institute, will almost…
California Employment Law Update
Fishing Agreement Providing Employment For Only One Trip Was Enforceable
By Tony Oncidi
Day v. American Seafoods Co., 557 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir. 2009) Jesse Day entered into a contract to work for American Seafoods Co. for one fishing voyage. In this lawsuit,…
International Law Prof Blog
Armenia to Become 73rd State Party to the CISG
Armenia has acceeded to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and will become the 73rd State Party to the Convention. (The 72nd State Party, by the way,…