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ContractsProf Blog
NY Times Reports Tragedy: 21-Year-Old May Have to Work for Only $6 Million
The New York Times wants to be able to tell a feel-good story about a local kid, Pedro Alvarez, who grew up in poverty, worked hard and is going to…
ContractsProf Blog
Fault in Contract Law
Here's the updated programmatic schedule for the symposium on "Fault in Contract Law" later this month at the University of Chicago School of Law:Friday, September 269:00 Opening Remarks9:15–10:45 Panel IChair:…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: The difference between a contract action and an admin law action (New York)URL: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adminlaw/2008/09/the-difference.htmlIP: 10.0.23.103BLOG NAME: Administrative Law Prof BlogDATE: 09/08/2008 09:53:39 PMPosted on the Contracts Prof Blog: N.Y. Trial Court Holds that Dental Students’ Claims against NYU Not Properly Fashioned as Breach of Contract Action. …[T]he student’s action was not timely because it should have been fashioned as an Article 78
We all know the type of personality that chooses a career in dentistry (which happens to claim both my father and brother in its ranks):Well, today's New York Law Journal…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Legality of “Rolling Contracts”
Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, New York University School of Law, has published "Are 'Pay Now, Terms Later' Contracts Worse for Buyers? Evidence from Software License Agreements," in volume 38 of the Journal…
Death Care Compliance Law
NPS Installment Contracts and the Liquidation Plan
By Bill Stalter
While approval of the SDR’s Liquidation Plan is imperative to providing funds for NPS contracts that are being serviced, and will be serviced during the next few years, funeral directors…
ContractsProf Blog
NY Codifies “Professor Review Copy Not for Resale”
I vaguely recall a discussion on the Contracts Listserv about the legal weight (if any) of the publisher's stamp on textbooks proclaiming: "Professor Review Copy Not for Resale." Well, New…
Media Law Prof Blog
Producer Sues “High School Musical” Star
Music producer Johnny Vieira is suing "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens for fraud and breach of contract, claiming she has not paid him the percentage of earnings due him…
ContractsProf Blog
Contract Issue in “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
If you are the sort of blog reader who prefers posts about happy resolutions to unsolved mysteries or about dutiful litigants winning large judgments or about smart people doing smart…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Class-Action Reading
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Blum v. General Electric contains an interesting blend of procedure and contract law. There, some class members had earlier entered into a "Stipulation of Dismissal of Certain Plaintiffs' Claims Without…
ContractsProf Blog
Rush, You’re No Howard Stern
The Wall Street Journal reports that Rush Limbaugh (pictured) and Clear Channel have agreed to an eight-year $400 million contract, entailing a salary of $38 million/year plus a $100 million…