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ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.comCall for Proposalstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570ba6656970c2009-07-03T16:16:26-04:002009-07-03T20:16:26Z2009-07-03T20:16:26ZCall for Proposals AALS Section on Contracts New Approaches to Teaching Contracts: A “Teach-In” 2010 AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana The Section on Contracts solicits proposals for its Annual Meeting program, New Approaches to Teaching Contracts: A “Teach-In,” scheduled...lpbncontractsConferencesMeetingsTeachingNow in Printtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570af208f970c2009-07-02T14:19:18-04:002009-07-02T18:19:18Z2009-07-02T18:19:18ZJ. Edward Allen, Comment, Insurance Carriers v. Construction Industry: A Texas-sized Showdown to Come? A Closer Look at the Implications of Lamar Homes, 50 S. Tex. L. Rev. 505 (2009). Oren Bar-Gill & Omri Ben-Shahar, An Information Theory of Willful...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipMid-Year Legislative Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157196d524970b2009-07-01T03:22:19-04:002009-07-01T07:22:19Z2009-07-01T07:22:19ZWith most state legislatures having concluded their business for the year, here is the 2009 mid-year legislative update. Revised Article 1 As of January 1, 2009, Revised Article 1 was in effect in thirty-four states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,...lpbncontractsE-commerceLegislationThe Coen Brothers on Studio Contractstag:typepad.com,2003:post-683005392009-06-23T00:49:44-04:002009-06-23T04:50:52Z2009-06-23T04:49:44ZI recently watched Barton Fink for the first time in more than a decade and the following scene reminded me of casebook staple Locke v. Warner Brothers, Inc., 66 Cal. Rptr. 2d 921 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997), in which the...lpbncontractsFamous CasesFilm ClipsNow in Printtag:typepad.com,2003:post-682979432009-06-19T20:17:42-04:002009-06-19T23:35:16Z2009-06-20T00:17:42ZRachel S. Arnow-Richman, Employment as Transaction, 39 Seton Hall L. Rev. 447(2009). Allen Blair, A Matter of Trust: Should No-Reliance Clauses Bar Claims for Fraudulent Inducement of Contract?, 92 Marq. L. Rev. 423 (2009). Ian Brereton, Note, The Beginning of...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipALI Principles of the Law of Software Contractstag:typepad.com,2003:post-682993972009-06-19T20:16:55-04:002009-06-20T00:16:55Z2009-06-20T00:16:55ZSpeaking of the recently-approved Principles of the Law of Software Contracts (the subject of our sister section's call for proposals below), here's an overview and remarks from Reporter Bob Hillman for the benefit of those who have not already read...lpbncontractsE-commerceIn the NewsMeetingsCall for Proposalstag:typepad.com,2003:post-673956812009-05-29T02:09:53-04:002009-05-29T06:12:22Z2009-05-29T06:09:53ZCall for Proposals AALS Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law “The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes of Article 2B and UCITA?” 2010 AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana The Executive Committee...lpbncontractsConferencesMeetingsNow in Printtag:typepad.com,2003:post-673952772009-05-29T01:46:21-04:002009-06-01T23:45:27Z2009-05-29T05:46:21ZM. Neil Browne & Jennifer Coon, The Impact of Market Ideology on Transnational Contract Law, 30 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 91 (2008). Kenneth M. Casebeer, Of Service Workers, Contracting Out, Joint Employment, Legal Consciousness, and the University...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipPlaudits for (Mostly Dead) Contracts Scholarstag:typepad.com,2003:post-670392492009-05-20T04:08:45-04:002009-05-20T08:08:45Z2009-05-20T08:08:45ZAlso appearing recently on Brian Leiter's Law School Reports: the results of a poll of the blog's readers to name The Most Important Legal Thinkers in American Law of the Past Century. The poll and the results were both skewed...lpbncontractsMiscellaneousPlaudits for (Living) Contracts Professorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-668497612009-05-15T19:43:26-04:002009-05-20T07:02:46Z2009-05-15T23:43:26ZBrian Leiter's Law School Reports, a reliable source of information about moving and shaking in legal academia, reported yesterday that Contracts professor and current dean of the Seattle University School of Law Kellye Testy will become the new dean at...lpbncontractsContract ProfsIn the NewsLaw SchoolsA Lesson in Contract Drafting to Trump All Otherstag:typepad.com,2003:post-667611292009-05-14T08:03:30-04:002009-05-14T12:06:07Z2009-05-14T12:03:30ZWhat is the drafting lesson to trump all others? The usual: one size does not fit all. AmLaw Daily reports that Trump Corporation leases space in one of the co-op buildings it constructed in New York in the 1980's. The...lpbncontractsIn the NewsIs Miss California in Breach of Contract?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-666867492009-05-12T12:21:00-04:002009-05-12T16:22:07Z2009-05-12T16:21:00ZMiss California - Carrie Prejean - has been getting a lot of press play lately. Just recently, at the Miss USA pageant, she got into a little bit of a jam when responding to Perez Hilton's question about same-sex marriage....lpbncontractsIn the NewsAfter a Home Short Sale, Lender May Still Seek the Differencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-665334432009-05-08T07:53:05-04:002009-05-08T11:53:05Z2009-05-08T11:53:05ZFor underwater homeowners who opt for the short sale, this WSJ article suggests that they still might have to tread water. In a short sale, a seller facing foreclosure can work out a deal with the lender to sell the...lpbncontractsIn the NewsNow in Printtag:typepad.com,2003:post-662888592009-05-02T20:12:35-04:002009-05-03T00:11:06Z2009-05-03T00:12:35ZPaula D. Baron, Confused in Words: Unconscionability and the Doctrine of Penalties, 34 Monash U.L. Rev. 285 (2008). Omri Ben-Shahar, A Bargaining Power Theory of Default Rules, 109 Colum. L. Rev. 396 (2009). Curtis Bridgeman, Contracts as Plans, 2009 U....lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipHappy Law Day!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-662371752009-05-01T06:32:42-04:002009-05-01T10:32:42Z2009-05-01T10:32:42ZHappy Law Day! [Meredith R. Miller]lpbncontractsYour Public Interest Auction Donationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-661280652009-04-28T17:43:00-04:002009-04-28T21:43:00Z2009-04-28T21:43:00ZOver at PrawfsBlawg, Rose Cuison Villazor asks: what do you donate to your law school's public interest auction? Here's my answer. Each original print is signed by the undersigned, and they are pictured in the home of the 2008 auction...lpbncontractsAnother Benefit of Contract-Based Warranties: Class Certification?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-661065252009-04-28T08:54:15-04:002009-04-28T12:55:45Z2009-04-28T12:54:15ZThis blog's illustrious editor, Prof. Snyder, recently pointed out that tort law provides much better remedies than contracts-based breach of warranty claims, but students nevertheless need to know about contracts-based remedies because of the longer statute of limitations. It seems...lpbncontractsRecent CasesMan claims campground had contract duty to protect him from water balloontag:typepad.com,2003:post-660245632009-04-28T08:20:31-04:002009-04-28T12:20:31Z2009-04-28T12:20:31ZA New Hampshire man who suffered injuries when he was hit by a water balloon fired by a slingshot is suing his campground, claiming that the facility owed a duty to protect him from being attacked. Things apparently get rowdly...lpbncontractsIn the NewsContract law: the last resort of the tardytag:typepad.com,2003:post-660243392009-04-26T13:19:17-04:002009-04-26T17:19:17Z2009-04-26T17:19:17ZTeaching contract remedies for breach of warranty, whether common law or UCC, often seems like a waste of time, since in many cirucmstances tort law provides superior remedies for defective products or services that cause injuries. But, as we often...lpbncontractsRecent CasesThe case of the wry-faced llamatag:typepad.com,2003:post-660243892009-04-26T13:17:30-04:002009-04-26T17:17:30Z2009-04-26T17:17:30ZKarl Llewellyn liked to make fun of 19th century contract law as being based on the arms' length horse trade between two strangers. But two centuries later animal cases still come up with some frequency. Like this Georgia case, in...lpbncontractsToday in history: April 26tag:typepad.com,2003:post-660240572009-04-26T13:13:15-04:002009-04-26T17:13:15Z2009-04-26T17:13:15ZOn this date in 1607, English employees of the privately held Virginia Company of London (left: the company seal) land at Cape Henry, Virginia, with the intent of founding a gold-mining operation. A month later they will found the first...lpbncontractsToday in HistoryWhen promisors' intent to perform is conditionaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-660242052009-04-25T23:30:11-04:002009-04-26T03:30:11Z2009-04-26T03:30:11ZWhen a contracting party makes a promise, does it intend to keep that promise, "no matter what"? Gregory Klass of Georgetown says no. Every promise, he says, is conditional -- that is, the promisor intends to perform under what it...lpbncontractsToday in history: April 25tag:typepad.com,2003:post-660240072009-04-25T23:15:34-04:002009-04-26T03:15:34Z2009-04-26T03:15:34ZOn this date in 1938, the United States Supreme Court shocked just about everyone with the release of Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, a decision that wiped nearly 100 years of federal common law off the books and became a permanent...lpbncontractsToday in History"Payday lender" squeezing defenseless . . . banks?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-659529272009-04-24T13:29:15-04:002009-04-24T17:29:15Z2009-04-24T17:29:15ZGuess who's feeling what it's like being in the clutches of a predatory lender? Yep, Americas's banks, who are suddenly discovering what a lot of consumers have discovered over the years: the peril of fine print in loan agreements. Here...lpbncontractsUS News First: No law school sees ranking declinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-659814792009-04-24T13:27:16-04:002009-04-24T17:27:16Z2009-04-24T17:27:16ZThe recent U.S. News rankings are out, and apparently every law school either rose in rankings or stayed the same, according to a survey of news releases by the schools. Announcing their highers rankings were, among others, William & Mary,...lpbncontractsLaw Schools