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ContractsProf Blog
Email “Signature” Satisfies Subscription Requirement of NY Settlement Agreement Statute
After an ugly three-car accident, plaintiffs sued the other drivers, one driver’s employer (Xerox) and a corporation that owned one of thecars (Gelco). Gelco moved forsummary judgment dismissing the complaint. …
Energy & the Law
When Is the Client Liable for the Acts of the Independent Landman?
Co-author Brooke Sizer PanAmerican Operating Inc. v. Maud Smith Estate highlights the perils of working through independent landmen: maintaining enough control to be sure the work is done as you…
ContractsProf Blog
One-Day Contracts
Today's New York Times features an article on a relatively recent sports phenomenon -- the one-day contract. In a nutshell, the one-days permit a retired player to re-sign with the team…
PropertyProf Blog
Quasi-Property in NFL Jersey Numbers
By propertyprof
The NFL has a very complicated system of assigning jersey numbers. More or less, players in certain positions can only be issued numbers within certain ranges. Punters, for example, must…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Stark & Stark Attorney Bianca Roberto Authored Article in U.S. 1
Stark & Stark attorney Bianca A. Roberto, member of the firm’s Business & Corporate group authored an article titled, “Instruments Under Seal: The More You Know, The More You Can Enforce,” published in U.S. 1 on July…
ContractsProf Blog
Tracking and Data Collection – Coming to a Store Near You!
As Jeremy Telman noted in his post, the OUP website which sells my forthcoming book on wrap contracts contains a wrap contract that requires users to the site to accept cookies. …
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
O’Connor and Drahozal on Carve-Outs and Contractual Procedure
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Erin A. O'Hara O'Connor and Christoper R. Drahozal have posted on SSRN their article, "Carve-Outs and Contractual Procedure."Abstract:The burgeoning literature on private contractual choice of procedure has run up against…
Texas Construction Law Blog
Important Contract Clauses for Subcontractors and Suppliers
By Joe Virene
Because of time constraints and the desire to get the business, subcontractors and suppliers routinely sign lengthy subcontracts and master service agreements without closely reading the terms and conditions. Below…
ContractsProf Blog
Cell phones, copyright and contracts
Ajit Pai, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission,wrote an interesting op-ed in yesterday's NYT. He argues that consumers should be allowed to unlock their phone when they permissibly (i.e. not…
ContractsProf Blog
Boilerplate Symposium Conclusion (for now): Peggy Radin Responds to Week Three
Although this is the last official post in the our online symposium on Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law, I have heard from a…