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Florida Construction Legal Updates
DEFINING CONSTRUCTIVE ACCELERATION
When it comes to the definition of “constructive acceleration,” the case of Fraser Const. Co. v. U.S., 384 F.3d 1354 (Fed.Cir. 2004) is a cited case and contains an instructive…
Musings of Chief Justice Chivenge
BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY: A HEARTBALM LEGAL REMEDY
An engagement is a verbal pactum de contrahendo (a contact to contact or a contingent contract) and there are no legal requirements for a marriage proposal to constitute a valid…
Texas Commercial Litigator
General Contractor’s Breach of Contract Verdict Overturned for Failure to Give Contractual Termination Notice
By Dane Patrick
Introduction. In Chambers County v. Pelco Construction Co., the general contractor unilaterally terminated its contract after the project owner stopped work for 40 days. No. 01-18-00832-CV, 2020 WL 7776078, at…
ContractsProf Blog
Teaching Assistants: I Love Teaching Blaisdell; Teaching Blaisdell Does Not Love Me
The title of this post is an example of chiasmus on the sentence level. My experience of chiasmus in teaching Blaisdell occurs on the more dramatic level. Imagine a two-person theatrical…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for February 2, 2021
By Mark Burge
Welcome, and let's get right to what's happening with our favorite scholarship areas and who is hitting the charts on this fine Groundhog Day!Top Downloads For:Contracts & Commercial Law eJournalRecent…
China Law Insight
职业电竞选手与电竞俱乐部之间是何种法律关系？
By King & Wood
2020年12月16日，电子竞技被第38届亚洲奥林匹克理事会全体大会官宣成为2022年杭州亚运会正式项目，这是电子竞技行业创造历史的时刻。2020年对于电子竞技行业而言，与遭受重创的传统体育不同，电子竞技逆流而上，发展进入快车道。根据《2020年中国游戏产业报告》，2020年中国电子竞技游戏市场实际销售收入1365.57亿元，比2019年增加418.3亿元，同比增长44.16%。[1]中国针对电子竞技的布局也愈发深入、全面，除了扩大头部赛事的影响力，各地均加速打造电竞之都，上海市更是正努力打造“全球电竞之都”，北京、广州、成都、海口也紧随其后。目前，中国的电竞企业数量超过1万家，有超过200个城市发力电竞产业。[2]
ContractsProf Blog
Farshad Ghodoosi, Contractual Allocation of Risk in Times of Crisis, Part I
Farshad GhodoosiAssistant Professor of Business LawDavid Nazarian College of Business and EconomicsCalifornia State University, NorthridgeCovid-19 and the resulting pandemic triggered a series of legal and policy questions. A principal legal…
Zalma on Insurance
A Video Explaining the Use of Standardized Construction Contracts
By Barry Zalma
Standardized Construction Contracts and Insurance Claims See the full video at https://youtu.be/VNMVChK-bMk Purchasing a standardized and industry-accepted form is less expensive than asking an attorney to draft a specific contract…
ContractsProf Blog
More Reasonable Notice
(This post is a continuation of yesterday’s post on “Reasonable Notice”)The second case reflecting the evolving understanding of reasonable notice is Kauders v. Uber Technologies . The plaintiffs sued Uber…
Juro
Tiney integrates with Juro to automate high-velocity contracts
Tiney is implementing Juro to deliver a seamless user experience and free teams from manual processes. Tiney joins a client list that includes Deliveroo, Secret Escapes and Babylon Health.