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 ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Pay-to-Delay Agreements and the Supremes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019103898150970c 2013-06-19T16:01:42-07:00 2013-06-19T23:01:42Z 2013-06-19T23:01:42Z On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis that permitted the Federal Trade Commission to sue pharmaceutical companies for potential antitrust violations when they enter into “pay-to-delay” agreements. (Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog has... Kprofs2013 Current Affairs Recent Cases New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910385780d970c 2013-06-19T06:30:25-07:00 2013-06-19T13:30:25Z 2013-06-19T13:30:25Z Justin DuClos, The Etiology of a Malfunction in Democratic Processes. 45 Ariz. St. L.J. 53 (2013) Hilary Kao, Beyond Solyndra: Examining the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program. 37 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 425 (2013) Amy... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191037a9bb1970c 2013-06-18T04:14:47-07:00 2013-06-18T11:14:47Z 2013-06-18T11:14:47Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal April 19, 2013 to June 18, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 228 The Hague Principles on Choice of Law... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship A Victory for Interns Everywhere! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d6b9f09970b 2013-06-17T04:00:00-07:00 2013-06-17T04:16:31Z 2013-06-17T11:00:00Z I don't know if this recent case will help Hall's Mentho-Lyptus with the Triple-Colling Action Presents Jay the Intern, but it might help some of our law students. As The Atlantic reports here, Federal District Judge William H. Pauley III... Kprofs2013 In the News Recent Cases Scholarship Highlight: Sex* Matters tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192ab168cba970d 2013-06-14T05:36:00-07:00 2013-06-14T12:36:00Z 2013-06-14T12:36:00Z I just finished reading contracts prof Amy J. Schmitz's article, Sex Matters: Considering Gender in Consumer Contracting, 19 CARDOZO J. LAW & GENDER 437 (2013) which I thought was particularly timely given all the interest in consumer contracts. As Schmitz... Kprofs2013 Contract Profs In the News Miscellaneous Recent Scholarship Jack Graves on The Supreme Court, Arbitration, and Implied Contract Terms tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191034ce310970c 2013-06-13T07:36:20-07:00 2013-06-13T14:39:46Z 2013-06-13T14:36:20Z The United States Supreme Court rarely has occasion to opine on contract law, the contours of which are largely left to state courts. However, a couple of recent arbitration cases provided the court with a unique opportunity to point out... Kprofs2013 Contract Profs Recent Cases New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d4f7163970b 2013-06-12T12:51:21-07:00 2013-06-12T19:51:21Z 2013-06-12T19:51:21Z Robert W. Emerson, Franchise Goodwill: Take a Sad Song and Make It Better, 46 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 349 (2013) Orit Gan, Promissory Estoppel: A Call for a More Inclusive Contract Law, 16 J. Gender Race & Just. 47 (2013)... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Steven Feldman Reviews Boilerplate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d48503b970b 2013-06-12T04:37:40-07:00 2013-06-12T11:29:32Z 2013-06-12T11:37:40Z For those of you who cannot get enough input on Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law, we have yet another review. This one is from friend of the blog Steven Feldman. Links... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901d421a04970b 2013-06-11T08:55:00-07:00 2013-06-11T15:55:00Z 2013-06-11T15:55:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal April 11, 2013 to June 10, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 214 The Hague Principles on Choice of Law... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Dean Irma S. Russell, A Review of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191033360ea970c 2013-06-11T04:11:00-07:00 2013-06-11T11:11:00Z 2013-06-11T11:11:00Z Irma S. Russell is Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Montana School of Law. Kenneth Adams’ recently released third edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, is a hefty volume. When I opened the package... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Daniel Barnhizer Reviews Ken Adams' Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (3d ed.) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191031b652f970c 2013-06-10T03:52:00-07:00 2013-06-10T12:39:38Z 2013-06-10T10:52:00Z Daniel D. Barnhizer is Professor of Law & The Bradford Stone Faculty Scholar, Michigan State University College of Law. Kenneth Adams’ third edition to the Manual of Style for Contract Drafting[1] (“Contract Drafting”) delivers invaluable advice to any attorney or... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Cell phones, copyright and contracts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191030865bf970c 2013-06-07T09:41:49-07:00 2013-06-07T16:41:49Z 2013-06-07T16:41:49Z 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 in breach of any contract) switch carriers. Some of... Kprofs2013 Commentary In the News Web/Tech Coming Next Week: Two Guest Posts on Kenneth Adams' Contracts Drafting Style Manual tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aad8ff83970d 2013-06-07T07:10:05-07:00 2013-06-08T15:53:47Z 2013-06-07T14:10:05Z Next week, we will have two guests posts reviewing Kenneth A. Adams, A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (3d ed.). From the book's website: With A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Kenneth A. Adams has created a uniquely... Kprofs2013 About this Blog Books Recent Scholarship Weblogs New in Print, Including Three (Count 'em!) New Books from Larry DiMatteo tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102f9ae44970c 2013-06-05T09:08:59-07:00 2013-06-05T16:09:51Z 2013-06-05T16:08:59Z Larry DiMatteo, of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, has three new books to crow about: Global Challenge of International Sales Law Larry A. DiMatteo, Editor Cambridge University Press 2013 Contributors Camilla Andersen Franco Ferrari Ingeborg Schwenzer Lisa... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901cf84ece970b 2013-06-04T07:11:00-07:00 2013-06-04T14:11:00Z 2013-06-04T14:11:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal April 4, 2013 to June 3, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 206 Can an Arbitrator Conduct Independent Legal Research?... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Nadvorney & Zalesne, Teaching to Every Student tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901ceba605970b 2013-06-04T04:03:00-07:00 2013-06-04T11:03:00Z 2013-06-04T11:03:00Z Legal education is being transformed before our eyes. In part, this transformation has been so gradual that it has gone unappreciated. I routinely read critiques of legal education that seem to be based on the assumption that we all still... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Teaching Boilerplate Symposium Conclusion (for now): Peggy Radin Responds to Week Three tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa99e322970d 2013-06-03T07:55:00-07:00 2013-06-01T20:38:14Z 2013-06-03T14:55:00Z 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 few scholars who would like to weigh in,... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Radin Meets Readers (and a Packed Audience) at Law & Society Annual Meeting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102e21a02970c 2013-06-03T03:04:00-07:00 2013-06-03T10:04:00Z 2013-06-03T10:04:00Z [Editor's note: We interrupt our Boilerplate Symposium to bring you this report from Shubhs Ghosh on another discussion of Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. A panel of five contracts law scholars... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Conferences Recent Scholarship We Salute Our New (Singular) Overlord tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901cba2bbe970b 2013-05-29T11:05:59-07:00 2013-05-29T18:05:59Z 2013-05-29T18:05:59Z As many of you may already have noticed, Blog Emperor Paul Caron has announced a signfiicant change at the Law Professor Blogs Network, of which the ContractsProf Blog is a part. Here is the announcment: Law Professor Blogs LLC announces... Kprofs2013 About this Blog Boilerplate Symposium Part XVI: Guy Rub on Market Solutions to the Boilerplate Problem tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c979e33970b 2013-05-29T08:05:01-07:00 2013-05-26T13:02:06Z 2013-05-29T15:05:01Z This is the sixteenth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Guy A. Rub is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship