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ContractsProf Blog
Let there be light…
In just one short week, we will re-initiate the weekly Contracts Prof spotlight. Each week, ContractsProf Blog will shine the spotlight on a contracts teacher -- presenting the individual stories…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Rules on Specific Performance; Equitable Fraud; Intentional Misrepresentation; Rescission; Uncertain Damages and Unrebutted Expert Testimony
Williams v. White Oak Builders, Inc., (read opinion here.) In this Chancery Court case, a homeowner sought specific performance of an alleged covenant, or alternatively rescission of a contract for the sale of…
New Jersey Law Blog
Legal Tips for Livestock and Exotic Animal Breeders
The recent trend of niche, hobby and artisan breeders raising exotic animals can be riddled with legal pitfalls, including disputes on the terms of the contract of sale, arguments over…
ContractsProf Blog
UH Taps Nimmer
Contracts and intellectual property law scholar Raymond T. Nimmer has been tapped to serve as interim dean at the University of Houston Law Center. It's the second time around for…
ContractsProf Blog
The Replacements’ SNL Contract
This contract tale about the Replacements from anecdotage.com:"Saturday Night Live" producers were so worriedabout an appearance by Paul Westerberg and the Replacements (who once sangtheir song "Shut up!" with a…
ContractsProf Blog
City, Developer to Go to Mat
Even the longest-running contractual relationships can go sour, as evidenced by a soap opera going on in West Covina, California, where a real estate developer and car dealer’s 25-year “partnership”…
ContractsProf Blog
Pickfords: The Careful Movers
For those of you who like visual aids for famous cases, we're pleased to bring you this ad for Pickford & Co., Carriers & Railway Agents, from the 1850-51 Post…
ContractsProf Blog
Modeling Contracts
As everybody knows, parties in contractual relationships rely not merely on legal enforcement mechanisms, but on a range of sanctions that can be brought to bear on parties who are…
ContractsProf Blog
Two New Contract Suits Bite the Dog Whisperer
Cesar Millan has a prodigious ability to calm, train or re-condition even the most difficult of canines. On the National Geographic Channel's show -- The Dog Whisperer -- Mr. Millan…
ContractsProf Blog
Leonard v. Pepsico Redux
Granted, this story has nothing to do with either advertising or purported offers. But the subject matter of the contract, i.e. fighter planes, is certainly the same. This news report…