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Contracts
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Contracts Songbook
From the archives of the Department of Contract Musicology comes another classic from Cheryl Preston (BYU), this one about everyone's favorite unnaturally hirsute appendage. (To hear the tune, click here.)…
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Real life exam question of the day
Singer Jennifer Lopez likes white rooms—we mean, really white rooms. The singer/actress’s contract rider specifies that she must be provided: “White room, white flowers, white tables and/or tablecloths, white drapes,…
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Yet another contract suit against Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson’s legal woes continue to mount. The entertainer (left, in happier times) has been sued by a Los Angeles antique dealer for the unpaid balance due on $380,000 worth…
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Google sues customer for breach of pay-per-click deal
A Google advertising customer who allegedly sought to increase its profits by clicking repeatedly on its own links is now on the wrong end of a law suit by the…
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1493: Christopher Columbus makes his first landing on Puerto Rico. Columbus is best known as the namesake of of the first modern contracts professor, Christopher Columbus Langdell.1944: President Roosevelt launches…
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David W. Carroll (1932-2004)
The faculty news publication from Southern Cal notes the death of longtime contracts teacher and scholar David W. Carroll.Carroll, who was 72, overcame childhood polio that left him a triplegic,…
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Idaho college won’t breach Taco Bell contract
Despite faculty concerns, Boise State University will not breach its $4 million dollar contract with Taco Bell, under which the school’s basketball complex is called "Taco Bell Arena." Faculty had…
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Don’t bogart that joint, my friend
Randy Barnett (Boston U.) will give the 2004-05 Brennan Lecture at Oklahoma City University School of Law on November 18. This year's lecture will be a little different—Barnett will present…
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“Rocky Mountain high” in Colorado
Worried about its reputation as a party school, the University of Colorado has opened negotiations with Coors Brewing Co. over whether to extend a $2.1 million contract, under which Coors…
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Cases—Indefiniteness—Varney v. Ditmars Redux
A former employee who sued to recover a promised "fair" bonus based on the employer's "profits" could not recover because the promise was too indefinite, according to the Georgia Court…