Topic
Contracts
1,403 published works
ContractsProf Blog
Cubs Pitcher Faces Contract Suit
Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Prior won’t be in the World Series this year, so he’ll have plenty of time to prepare for a breach of contract action brought against him…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts, Treaties and the Like
This article is useful in reorienting ourselves to remember that contracts are a subset of agreements which are themselves a type of promise. The status of contracts is related to…
ContractsProf Blog
Bengals Bite Fans
Season ticket holders for the long-hapless Cincinnati Bengals have sometimes talked about suing the team -- maybe for fraud, in claiming to be an NFL team -- but with the…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: Bill Cosby’s Wacky Contract RiderURL: http://www.inhouseblog.com/inhouseblog/2005/10/bill_cosbys_wac.htmlIP: 66.151.149.25BLOG NAME: InhouseBlog – News for Inhouse CounselDATE: 10/07/2005 03:58:29 AMContractsProf blog points to a rider for a contract for Bill Cosby that contains a number of unusual demands – including the types of toilet paper and latte that must be provided. Start making your wishlist now – it could
Entertainer Bill Cosby has a number of unusual clauses in his performance contract. First, you can't advertise his concerts in either the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, or the…
ContractsProf Blog
Monty Python on Substantial Performance
From the "Last Supper" sketch. Michelangelo is played by Eric Idle; the Pope is played by John Cleese.Michelangelo: Good evening,your Holiness. Pope: Evening, Michelangelo.I want to have a word with…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: Allegheny AgainURL: http://greyhame.org/archives/2005/09/allegheny_again.htmlIP: 67.15.24.5BLOG NAME: Greyhame: Law and Law SchoolDATE: 09/21/2005 09:47:38 AM I feel sort of smart and like I actually know a little bit. The reasoning given by the New York Appellate Division in Drexel University v. Wirth, one of those evergreen cases about the enforceability of a donative promise,…
Wirth v. Drexel University, a New York case involving Pennsylvania law, raises the seemingly timeless issue whether consideration exists to bind a donor's pledge to make a charitable contribution.Raymond P. Wirth…
ContractsProf Blog
More Boilerplate, Please
Contracts professors are one of the few groups who find boilerplate fascinating. (Left, a classic boilerplate from the U.S.S. Mullenix.) The Boilerplate: Foundations of Market Contracts conference next week in…
ContractsProf Blog
J. Greeley McGowin, 80 years ago
Eighty years ago today, on September 1, 1925, James Greeley McGowin allegedly promised a lifetime pension to Joe Webb, a promise that will ultimately lead to that staple of contracts…
ContractsProf Blog
Spinal Tap on record labels, part 1
From: Spinal Tap: The Guitar World Interview (April 1992): GUITAR WORLD: Where's Ian Faith, your manager? ALL: Dead. NIGEL TUFNEL: Yes, Ian died. GW: How did…
ContractsProf Blog
What does love have to do with it: the resolution of the mailbox rule?
Goodrich, Peter, "The Posthumous Life of the Postal Rule Requiem and Revival of Adams v. Lindsell" . FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON CONTRACT LAW, London: Glasshouse Press, 2005 http://ssrn.com/abstract=760377 This article claims…