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From the Washingtonian:Charles Carroll, who would grow up to be a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in 1737 into one of Colonial Maryland’s most prosperous Roman Catholic…
The Faculty Lounge
Legal Issues in the Salaita Case
Robin Kar, of the University of Illinois, has put up a very informative post about the legal issues -- especially contracts -- in the Salaita case. Read it here.
ContractsProf Blog
Contractual Curiosity in the NFL
By Mike Morbeck via Wikimedia CommonsYesterday's New York Times included a report on the odd case of Jason Pierre-Paul (pictured), a New York Giants lineman who injured himself in a fireworks…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Macey-Dare on an 1856 Transfer Pricing Case
Post v. Jones (US Supreme Court 1856) – A Protype Early Transfer Pricing Type Case (at SSRN)Rupert Macey-Dare University of Oxford - Saint Cross College; Middle Temple; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP;…
Real Estate & Construction
Court Upholds Monetary Fines Ordered by Trial Court for Violation of Williamson Act Contract
The action in County of Humboldt v. McKee, 2015 Cal. Unpub. LEXIS 4177, began when plaintiffs Humboldt County (County) sued Robert McKee and Buck Mountain Ranch Limited Partnership (collectively McKee).…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts News that Hits Home
There but for fortune . . . . I spent three happy years teaching in the history department at the College of Charleston. Having studied in New York for nearly…
ContractsProf Blog
Class Action over Yahoo Email Scanning May Proceed
Over the past couple of years, several lawsuits have cropped up over the legality of email scanning for targeted advertising purposes. I blogged about a case against Google last year. Those…
PropertyProf Blog
Ziff on Specific Performance in Canada
Bruce Ziff (Alberta) has posted Death to Semelhago! (Dalhousie Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In the 1996 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Semelhago v. Paramadevan, Justice…
ContractsProf Blog
Seventh Circuit Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration Where Underlying Contract Has Been Assigned
Ronald and Anna Andermann had had cell phone service through US Cellular since 2000. Their service contract provided for arbitration of all claims. The contract also provided that US Cellular…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 19 – 22, 2015)
Hello everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. Topics covered include investigative receivership orders, reconsideration of a denied leave to appeal, summary judgment, extension of…