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Texas Business Court Watch
Houston Business Court Enforces Contractual Indemnification Deadlines in Pipeline Asset Sale Dispute
By Alan W. Hersh, Madelyn Gerrald
A May 2026 Texas Business Court ruling in Plains Pipeline v. Arrowhead Gulf Coast Holdings reinforces that survival period deadlines and exclusive remedy clauses may be enforced as written under…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Bach’s Coffee Cantata and Contracts as Relationship Design
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Coffee Cantata is not what most people expect from Bach. It’s not a Passion, a fugue, or solemn church music composed for performance under the vaulted ceilings…
Jotwell
Collaboration and Cooperation Under Contract Law
By Hila Keren
Sarah Dadush, Shared Responsibility in American Contract Law, Tennessee L. Rev.(forthcoming), available at SSRN (March 1, 2026).Emily J. Stolzenberg, Toward a Private Law of Intimates’ Obligations, 111 Iowa L. Rev.…
Business and Legal Insights Blog
Representations, Warranties, and Warranty Disclaimers
Representations and warranties define parties’ factual assumptions and assurances and allocate risk when those assumptions prove false, making them heavily negotiated provisions in commercial contracts. In litigation, representations and warranties…
SourcingSpeak
Key Consumer Protection Update in Europe: The New “Cancel Contract” Button
By Steven Farmer, Scott Morton, Mark Booth, Samson Verebes
Under Directive (EU) 2023/2673, online traders must provide a dedicated, user‑friendly withdrawal function—often described as a “cancel contract” or “withdrawal” button—allowing consumers to exercise their 14‑day right of withdrawal as…
Chicago Business Attorney Blog
Your Business Contracts Were Written for a Different World. That Is a Problem.
Most business disputes do not start with bad intentions. They start with contracts that were written for a business environment that no longer exists. The vendor agreement you drafted three…
Jotwell
Ordinary Contract Law
By Orit Gan
Law students study landmark contract law cases; scholars write law review articles on contract law precedents and influential judicial decisions (typically from states’ appellate and supreme courts); and the media…
ContractsProf Blog
Penn Carey Law Hosts 10th Annual Empirical Contracts Workshop, June 10th
Tenth Annual Empirical Contracts WorkshopPenn Carey LawSilverman 280 Breakfast 9:30-10:00 Session 1 10:00-11:20 Are Federal Courts Crowding Out State Court Law Making? An Insurance Law Case Study Tom Baker &…
Construction Law in North Carolina
Engineering Seals versus Contracts ‘Under Seal’ (two very different things)
By Publisher
Recently, I was asked by a reader to explain the difference between a document that is ‘sealed’ by an engineer (or architect) and one that is signed ‘under seal’. This…
Law Web
What is part performance of specific contract as per S 12 of the Specific Relief Act?
By Law Web
Part performance in the Specific Relief Act means specific performance of only a part of the contract, and the general rule is that the court does not order performance of…