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ContractsProf Blog
Empirical Study Shows Diagrams Made a Contract Easier to Use and Understand
By Mark Burge
This guest post highlights some fascinating empirical scholarship relating to business contracts and is written by my soon-to-be colleague, Brian N. Larson (at left). Brian will join Texas A&M University School…
ContractsProf Blog
Prince’s Music: More Contract Disputes
I've already blogged about the contractual disputes around the music that the late artist Prince left behind when he died unexpectedly. They continue with another case in the District of…
Sports Law & Practice
An Insight into the World of Football Transfers
By lawtop20lawtop20-blogspot-com
This is an interesting, unique and controversial area of modern sport that deserves further examination. Football transfers are, of course, not a new phenomenon. A series of important developments, however,…
New Jersey Law Blog
NJ S181-Act Concerning Snowplow/De-Icing Service Contracts in Community Associations
The New Jersey state Senate passed the bill 181, authored by Senator Christopher Bateman(Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset), by a vote of 35-0 on January 23, 2017. The bill, if…
ContractsProf Blog
Weekly Top Ten SSRN Contracts and Commercial Law Downloads (May 11, 2017)
By Mark Burge
SSRN Top Downloads For Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days 12 Mar 2017 through 11 May 2017 RankDownloadsPaper…
ContractsProf Blog
A Mistake Case Results in Rescission of a Contract
Sometimes rights can get passed along like a game of telephone. A recent case out of California, M.U.S.E. Picture Productions Holding Corp. v. Weinbach, B261146 (behind paywall), deals with a mistake…
Minding Your Business
Arbitration Clauses Extending to Non-Signatory Affiliates: Are They Enforceable?
A recent decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division considered the enforceability of arbitration agreements by non-signatories. In Foti v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., the plaintiff filed a putative…
Minding Your Business
Enforcing a Jury Trial Waiver in California: An Impossible Task?
By Kelly Curtis
It is not uncommon for parties to enter into agreements containing jury waiver provisions. However, enforcing such provisions in California courts may be a losing battle. California has a strong…
ContractsProf Blog
“Losses” in an Expense-Shifting Clause Includes Diverted Staff Time
A recent case out of Maryland, Under Armour, Inc. v. Ziger/Snead, LLP, No. 802 September Term 2016, offers an interpretation of an expense-shifting clause in a contract. The clause in…
The Right Coast
French rail company order 2,000 trains too wide for platforms – Telegraph
France s national rail operator SNCF - which runs its prestigious TGV fast trains - has sparked hilarity, anger and ridicule after building a new generation of regional trains that…