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Contracts
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PropertyProf Blog
Nie on Property Rights and Reputation
Huihua Nie (Renmin University of China) has posted Hold-Up, Property Rights, and Reputation on SSRN. Here's the abstract:By introducing asymmetric information of investors’ abilities and finitely repeated games into the…
ContractsProf Blog
GLOBAL K: Apples and Oranges?
Offshore friends and colleagues are often confused or frustrated by the U.S. approach to resolving financial exploitation or manipulation of consumers. Why is it assumed that private remedies are the…
ContractsProf Blog
Bid Case in Indiana
Last week, we noted Michael Dorelli and Kimberly Cohen's recent article in the Indiana Law Review on developments in contracts law in Indiana. This week, we will be summarizing…
ContractsProf Blog
GLOBAL K: July Conference in Athens
There is a Call for Papers from the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) that readers of Global K might be interested in. The 11th annual International Conference on…
Subrogation & Recovery Law Blog
Ten Questions to Ask in Subrogation Cases Involving Leases, Rental Agreements and Other Contracts
By Kevin Bush
For many years sage advice from legal counsel, consumer advocates, and friends has been to “get it in writing.” In subrogation cases, what is “in writing” can have a substantial…
ContractsProf Blog
Good Luck 1Ls
My contracts students have their exam tomorrow. I held office hours today, since classes just ended on Thursday, and I had quite a bit of traffic. My students seem primed…
ContractsProf Blog
Unconscionability Shui
Unconscionability and the Contingent Assumptions of Contract Theory, 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev. 211 (2013), by Dr. M. Neil Browne and Lauren Biksacky, argues that basic assumptions of liberal contract…
M & A Law Prof Blog
More on MACs
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
OK, so it's that time of year for students all over the country...you're starting to study for exams. I know, I know, if you are my students you have been…
The Legal Whiteboard
If Leadership is About “Unwinding Commitments,” Where Does that Leave Most Lawyers?
By Jeff Lipshaw
Over at Big Think, Nitin Nohria, the dean of the Harvard Business School, talks about three archetypes of business people: entrepreneurs, managers and leaders. His point is that leadership…
ContractsProf Blog
Sixth Circuit Affirms District Court, Rejects Attorney’s Bid for Class-Wide Arbitration
Craig Crockett's law firm had a billing dispute with LexisNexis (Lexis). but his firm's agreement with Lexis had an arbitration clause. Crockett realized that arbitration of his claim against Lexis…