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ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.comNY Court Dismisses Law Student’s Attempt to Challenge Legal Writing Grade, Finding No Implied Contracttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875bec450970c2009-11-20T15:58:01-05:002009-11-20T22:24:16Z2009-11-20T20:58:01ZOver at Adjunct Prof Blog, Mitchell H. Rubinstein reports on Keefe v. New York Law School, ___Misc. 3d___(N.Y. Co. Nov. 17, 2009), which dismissed a student’s claim that New York Law School breached an implied contract by giving him a...lpbncontractsIn the NewsRecent CasesJon & Kate -- But Wait!! It's a Different Kate!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6bb41cd970b2009-11-20T10:58:02-05:002009-11-20T15:58:02Z2009-11-20T15:58:02ZIt is very hard to keep up with all the law suits swirling around the celebrated parents, Jon, at left, & Kate. And it's probably not worth trying to do so, but an image of a handwritten contract is simply...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsTrue ContractsWeekly Top Tentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b229d9970c2009-11-18T11:12:47-05:002009-11-18T16:12:47Z2009-11-18T16:12:47ZTOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law September 19, 2009 to November 18, 2009 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 485 Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgage Lending, and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System Christopher Lewis Peterson, University of Utah -...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipA Dickensian Contracttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a1f791970b2009-11-17T07:52:00-05:002009-11-17T13:32:25Z2009-11-17T12:52:00ZI was amused to come across this 19th-century account of how "refined" people concluded contracts in the 19th century. It comes from Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens (left). The exchange is between William Dorrit, recently released from the debtors prison...lpbncontractsLabor ContractsMiscellaneousContract or Extortion?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875a0c8ca970c2009-11-16T07:27:00-05:002009-11-16T12:27:00Z2009-11-16T12:27:00ZLast month, we speculated a bit on the relationship between blackmail and contract. Last week, Am Law Litigation Daily reported on a case in point. Plaintiff Robert Eringer is suing Prince Albert II of Monaco (pictured) for $60,000 that plaintiff...lpbncontractsCommentaryIn the NewsRecent CasesAALS Program and Print Symposium on Teaching Contractstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875a17e5b970c2009-11-14T15:52:47-05:002009-11-14T20:52:47Z2009-11-14T20:52:47ZThe AALS Section on Contracts invites you to attend our Annual Meeting program on New Approaches to Teaching Contracts: A Teach-In and solicits additional proposals for a companion symposium issue to appear in the Washington Law Review. The Topic: Responding...lpbncontractsConferencesLaw SchoolsMeetingsTeachingAALS Program and Print Symposium on the Principles of the Law of Software Contractstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a69f2afd970b2009-11-14T14:48:26-05:002009-11-14T20:06:11Z2009-11-14T19:48:26ZThe AALS Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law invites you to attend our Annual Meeting program on The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes of Article 2B and UCITA? and solicits additional...lpbncontractsConferencesE-commerceMeetingsNow in Print: Catching Up (Round 1)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5e5ad73970c2009-11-14T14:37:42-05:002009-11-14T20:59:48Z2009-11-14T19:37:42ZI began drafting this post on September 22, but delayed sending it because several new items had just come across the transom. As other responsibilities kept interfering with returning my attention to this post, more time passed and more new...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipA Corollary to the Totten Doctrine: Wilson v. CIAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a69492f2970b2009-11-13T08:50:52-05:002009-11-13T13:50:52Z2009-11-13T13:50:52ZAs previously discussed on the blog, the Totten doctrine requires dismissal of a case when "the very subject-matter" of the case is a state secret. Today's New York Times reports that the Second Circuit has dismissed Valerie Wilson's suit against...lpbncontractsCurrent AffairsGovernment ContractingIn the NewsRecent CasesActivision Avatar Update: I'm Just a.... Honky Tonk Womantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875964b80970c2009-11-13T08:30:43-05:002009-11-13T13:30:43Z2009-11-13T13:30:43ZWe had previously mentioned Courtney Love’s threatened lawsuit against Activision for breach of contract – namely, for creating a game “Band Hero” that allows players to use a Kurt Cobain avatar to sing other artists’ songs. Now, the band No...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsWeekly Top Tentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128757aed75970c2009-11-11T11:03:21-05:002009-11-11T16:03:21Z2009-11-11T16:03:21ZTOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law September 12, 2009 to November 11, 2009 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 611 The Death of Big Law Larry E. Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipCelebrities, Sex Tapes, Contracts and a Public Service Announcement [Also: JLo Gets a TRO]tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128757a87e6970c2009-11-11T08:59:41-05:002009-11-11T13:59:41Z2009-11-11T13:59:41ZLast week, Carrie Prejean settled her lawsuit against Miss California USA (previously mentioned here and here) for next to nothing. Why? A sex tape surfaced. This week, ContractsProf Blog reads that Jennifer Lopez has sued her ex-husband for attempting to...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsReview Sessionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875669630970c2009-11-09T08:52:33-05:002009-11-09T16:20:53Z2009-11-09T13:52:33ZI hold two two-hour review sessions for my four-credit contracts course. I spend most of the time just outlining the course for my students. The last half hour is spent walking them through a model answer to a practice essay...lpbncontractsTeachingTribute to Professor Richard E. Speideltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b2aa4f970c2009-11-06T15:13:55-05:002009-11-14T19:28:06Z2009-11-06T20:13:55ZThe University of San Diego School of Law and the San Diego Law Review have published a tribute issue for Professor Richard E. Speidel. The authors and their topics included in the tribute issue, in alphabetical order, are as follows:...lpbncontractsContract ProfsRecent ScholarshipWeekly Top Ten tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a8b5b5970c2009-11-04T12:31:52-05:002009-11-04T19:10:36Z2009-11-04T17:31:52ZFollowing are the ten most-downloaded new papers from the SSRN Journal of Contract and Commercial Law for the 60 days ending November 4, 2009. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 493 The Death of Big Law Larry E. Ribstein, University of...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipTribute to the Onion: 21 Stinking Yearstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64ee02d970b2009-11-03T10:22:13-05:002009-11-03T19:13:48Z2009-11-03T15:22:13ZWe often start or conclude our posts with something like "We couldn't make this up if we tried," and believe me we couldn't. So, I think it's only fitting that we recognize an organization that has been making stuff up...lpbncontractsIn the NewsMichelle Triola Marvin, Mother of Palimony, Dead at 76tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a69974ba970c2009-11-02T07:26:00-05:002009-11-02T12:26:00Z2009-11-02T12:26:00ZMichelle Triola Marvin, who lived with Lee Marvin for six years and then sued for her share of the income he had earned during the relationship, has died at the age of 76. Ms. Marvin was the plaintiff in the...lpbncontractsFamous CasesIn the NewsContracts Icebreaker: Bowlingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6442595970b2009-11-02T07:04:00-05:002009-11-02T12:04:00Z2009-11-02T12:04:00ZThere is nothing like teaching students in the first semester of law school. They are excited to be there and eager to learn. They are not shy about sharing their knowledge and their opinions, and crucially, as they have not...lpbncontractsTeachingThe New Yorker, Blackmail & Contracttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a63a0505970b2009-10-29T19:14:43-04:002009-10-29T23:14:43Z2009-10-29T23:14:43ZThe October 19, 2009 issue of The New Yorker had an interesting little “Talk of the Town” item by Lizzie Widdicombe on the whole David Letterman blackmail issue. Northwestern Law School’s James Lindgren (unfortunately not a ContractsProf) wonders why blackmail...lpbncontractsCommentaryIn the NewsCosmic Contracts: Forever and Throughout the Universetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a68a1aef970c2009-10-29T10:04:31-04:002009-10-29T14:09:43Z2009-10-29T14:04:31ZGreat article in today's WSJ titled "Lawyerese Goes Galactic as Contracts Try to Master the Universe." Read it. Here's a taste: Decked out in sequined black and gold dresses, Anne Harrison and the other women in her Bulgarian folk-singing group...lpbncontractsContract ProfsIn the News