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California Employment Law Update
“Inclusion Riders” On The Storm
By Tony Oncidi, Pietro Deserio
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="348"] Image: Craig Sjodin/ABC[/caption] Last night, Oscar-winner Frances McDormand ended her acceptance speech with a reference to two words – “Inclusion Rider” – that sent many…
The Faculty Lounge
How do you enforce an unenforceable contract for freedom? (Part 2)
In a prior post, I related the facts of the freedom petition of Beverly Dowling. Briefly stated, Dowling had struck an oral agreement with his mistress, Sophia Bland, to purchase…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (FEBRUARY 5 – FEBRUARY 9)
Good afternoon, Below are this week’s Court of Appeal summaries. Topics included Medmal, breach of contract, and several procedural decisions. We have summarized a criminal decision this week, R v.…
ContractsProf Blog
“Whenever That Might be” is Illusory Promise
Toll Processing, LLC, plans to have Kastalon, Inc., fix some very large industrial machinery for it at some point in time. Kastalon stores the machinery in the meantime, thinking that…
China Law Blog
Why Contracts with Your China “Friends” Are So Necessary
By Dan Harris
Not a month goes by without a company telling one of our China lawyers how great their relationship is with their Chinese counter-party, be it the Chinese company with which…
ContractsProf Blog
Starbucks Wins: Enough Coffee in Cup
As we all know, there is a lawsuit for everything, including whether Starbucks deliberately underfills its lattes to save on the cost of milk. This could constitute a breach of…
ContractsProf Blog
The 13th Annual International Conference on Contracts (KCON XIII) is Looking Great!
By Mark Burge
KCON, the annual International Conference on Contracts, is a favorite of this blog, having been associated with us since its inception. The 13th Annual International Conference on Contracts will be held…
ContractsProf Blog
If you’re going to release your right to pursue unknown claims, you’d better mean it
A recent case out of the Seventh Circuit, ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. v. SGA Pharm Lab, Inc., Nos. 16-2331 and 16-2953, reminds us all that signing a release of unknown…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 11- DECEMBER 15, 2017)
Good evening, Below are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. There were two decisions of note this week. The first was Willowbrook Nurseries Inc.…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts & Commercial Law Scholarship: Weekly Top Ten SSRN Downloads (December 7, 2017)
By Mark Burge
Top Downloads For: Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal Recent Top Papers (60 days) as of 08 Oct 2017 - 07 Dec 2017 RankPaperDownloads 1.Deterring Holdout Creditors in a Restructuring of PDVSA…