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M & A Law Prof Blog
Private Equity’s Option to Buy
In times of market stress, agreements that at the time seemed reasonable can cause dilemma for the parties. Perhaps the most interesting of these right now is the one associated…
M & A Law Prof Blog
TXU’s Choice of Law Clause
I was flipping through the TXU merger agreement last night, and I noticed the following choice of law clause in section 9.5 (caps are in the original):THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE…
ContractsProf Blog
1-800-Promises
We might be a little late on this one, but here's a tale to begin the semester: A man orders flowers for his girlfriend from 1-800-FLOWERS. Because the man lives…
Adjunct Profs Blog
What Law Applies to American Contractors In Iraq?
The August 11, 2007 USA Today has an interesting story about the legal status of Americans working in Iraq which is available here.USA Today reports that there are just about…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
ArticlesStephen Plass, Reconcliling the Public Policy Exception to Enforcing Contracts with Title VII's Public Policy on Disciplining Harassers, 19 S. Thomas L. Rev. 407 (2007).Robert Hockett (left), What Kind of…
La Revue
Vente : attention à ne pas faire d’erreur sur le prix !
Cass. 3ème civ. 17 janvier 2007, pourvoi n°06-10.442L’on savait depuis l’arrêt BALDUS rendu par la 1ère chambre de la Cour de cassation le 3 mai 2000, qu’« aucune obligation d’information…
ContractsProf Blog
Perillo on Goldberg
BOOK REVIEWVictor Goldberg, Framing Contract Law: An Economic Perspective(Harvard Univ. Press 2006)by Joseph M. Perillo (Fordham) Economists and lawyers trained in economics invaded what had been the relatively autonomous discipline…
Legal Profession Blog
Darian Ibrahim’s Paper on Angel Investor Contracts
The Conglomerate Junior Scholars Workshop continues, with a neat paper from Darian Ibrahim on angel investors and a series of responses from luminaries like Larry Ribstein, Barbara Black, George Dent,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Fischl on The Other Side of the Picket Line
Michael Fischl (Connecticut) has posted on SSRN his forthcoming piece in the NYU Review of Law and Social Change: The Other Side of the Picket Line: Contract, Democracy, and Power…
Family Law Prof Blog
Fiance Can’t Recover Cost of Vasectomy
By Family Law
"Lost love carries no refund, even if you have a receipt. The Utah Court of Appeals rejected an ex-fiance's request to recover thousands of dollars spent during his engagement on…