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Material Breach of Contract: What You Need to Know
By Brian Hall
A material breach of contract can change the other party’s obligations under the agreement. When one party fails to perform an important contractual duty, the other party may have grounds to stop performing, seek…
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What is an Arbitration Agreement?
What is an arbitration agreement? An arbitration agreement is a contract provision, or a separate agreement, in which parties agree to resolve covered disputes through arbitration instead of a court proceeding. The agreement can establish the disputes subject…
Jotwell
What is in a Label? The Problem of Imitation Agreements to Arbitrate
Myriam Gilles, Arbitration in Name Only, 121 Nw. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN.Arbitration in Name Only seeks to resolve the many issues generated by current-day arbitration agreements between…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Tips: New and Notable from SSRN
Stephen M. Bainbridge Merger Agreement Anomalies: A Case Study in Incomplete Contracts Abstract This article uses the ABA's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Study to interrogate a puzzle…
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Finally, a Court Rules on a Challenge to the Enforceability of College Sports League Transfer Fees
We reported two years ago about Clemson University’s challenge to the $140 million exit fee that the Atlantic Coast Conference wanted to charge for Clemson to jump ship to a…
SpotDraft Blog
Why Slow Contracts Aren’t Just an AI Problem
By SpotDraft
We asked four legal leaders why contracts stall—and why process, ownership and AI all play a role in fixing the problem.
SpotDraft Blog
Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software Ranked 2026
By SpotDraft
The best contract lifecycle management software of 2026, ranked and compared by team fit, AI review, go-live speed and pricing. Book a demo to see it live.
SpotDraft Blog
AI contracts, eSignatures, clickwrap and smart contracts
By SpotDraft
Learn how AI contracts enrich workflow across the contract lifecycle, their legalities, what makes them enforceable and how eSignatures and clickwrap support scale
ContractsProf Blog
Plea Bargains as Contracts
I mentioned in Friday’s post that today’s post is indebted to the Divided Argument Podcast. I try to follow the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) pretty closely, but sometimes if the…
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Channel Partner Agreements: How a Software Vendor Protects Itself When It Never Meets the Customer
You sell through resellers, managed service providers, and distributors. Your partner signs the customer, deploys the software, runs the console, and holds whatever data exists. You have no contract with…