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Contracts
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Davidoff on The Failure of Private Equity
The Failure of Private Equity, by STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF, University of Connecticut School of Law; Ohio State University - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. …
ContractsProf Blog
Further, on Consideration
When it comes to the doctrine of consideration, Tulane University School of Law's Mark Wessman (pictured) is a one-man wrecking crew. His latest assault on the doctrine, Recent Defenses of…
ContractsProf Blog
Idiosyncratic Terms a la Monty Python
Groom: We want to buy a bed, please.Mr. Lambert: Oh, certainly. I'll get someone to attend to you. Mr. Verity!Mr. Verity: Can I help you, sir?Groom: Ah, yes. We'd like…
ContractsProf Blog
Limerick of the Week: Botticello v. Stafanovicz
This is the case I use to teach the doctrine of ratification, even though in this case the court found no ratification. It's a fun case to teach, and students…
ContractsProf Blog
The Antioch College Contract
Antioch College held its last commencement ceremonies (for a while) this month. The school's Board of Trustees announced in 2007 that it would close this year, with plans to re-open…
ContractsProf Blog
The Army Lawyer: Special Contracts Issue
The Army Lawyer's January 2008 issue is a special issue devoted to "Contracts and Fiscal Law Developments of 2007 -- The Year in Review. As the Table of Contents indicates,…
ContractsProf Blog
Handwritten Letter of Intent Worth $10.5 Million
According to Newsday.com, a jury has awarded $10.5 million to internet executive Alfred West in his suit to enforce a handwritten agrement with IDT Corp. According to the report, West…
TortsProf Blog
Med Mal: Torts v. Contracts
Jennifer Arlen (NYU) has posted to SSRN a new paper, "Contracting over Malpractice Liability," discussing the recent trend towards advocating for a contractual resolution of medical malpractice rather than a…
ContractsProf Blog
Best Efforts in Base Ball (Circa 1919)
Speaking of best efforts, consider the following standard-form language from the 1919 contract between "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the Chicago White Sox (more precisely, Charles Comiskey, who owned the White…
ContractsProf Blog
ContractsProf Isn’t Chicken
One of the seller's witnesses in Frigaliment Importing Co. v. BNS Int'l Sales Corp., 190 F. Supp 116 (1960), testified that "'Chicken is everything except a goose, a duck, and…