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ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.comNew Year's Greetings from the ContractsProfstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876943f0c970c2009-12-31T10:01:48-05:002009-12-31T15:01:48Z2009-12-31T15:01:48ZOn behalf of my fellow bloggers, I wish our readers a happy and healthy 2010. May all your dealings be mutually beneficial. May all your terms be clear and unambiguous, and May all your odious contractual obligations be avoidable. [Jeremy...lpbncontractsMiscellaneousContract Dispute in My Local Papertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01287694369e970c2009-12-31T09:51:30-05:002009-12-31T14:51:30Z2009-12-31T14:51:30ZI knew my subscription to the local paper would pay off at some point. Today's edition of the Post Tribune includes an account of what looks like an interesting contracts dispute. There are some ambiguities in the report, but making...lpbncontractsIn the NewsRecent CasesSSRN Weekly Top Tentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a78d2fb6970b2009-12-30T08:16:04-05:002009-12-30T13:16:04Z2009-12-30T13:16:04ZSome new titles hit the big time this week. Columbia's Robert Scott must be delighted to have two top-ten hits in the same week. RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipFarewell Post from Alan Whitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a78a8a09970b2009-12-29T14:43:34-05:002009-12-29T19:46:32Z2009-12-29T19:43:34ZDespite all my best intentions, I was not able to post weekly or on any other regular basis about what is still one of my favorite aspects of this job--teaching contracts. My hat is off to colleague Jeremy Telman, who...lpbncontractsTeachingSalahis: Famous for Breach of Contracttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a786431e970b2009-12-28T13:16:24-05:002009-12-29T19:47:36Z2009-12-28T18:16:24ZTareq and Michaele Salahi have become famous for making a surprise appearance at a White House dinner, known as the "gatecrashing incident," but a recent Washington Post report suggests that they really should be famous for breach of contract. According...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsMadoff Mutual Mistake Case Decided in Favor of Ex-Wifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a779953e970b2009-12-24T09:01:14-05:002009-12-24T14:01:14Z2009-12-24T14:01:14ZWe had previously mentioned (here and here) a lawsuit (by a Paul Weiss partner) to unravel a divorce settlement that included a payout to his wife for the right to keep the $5.4 million (or so they thought) Madoff account....lpbncontractsRecent CasesNow in Printtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a7700f7e970b2009-12-23T19:32:27-05:002009-12-24T00:34:50Z2009-12-24T00:32:27ZR. Bruce Allensworth et al., That's Unconscionable: An Update Regarding the Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions in Form Contracts, 42 UCC L.J. 73 (2009). Hilary Delany, Is There a Future for Proprietary Estoppel as we Know It?, 31 Dublin U. L.J....lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipFebruary Contracts Conference: Updatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875f61df0970c2009-12-22T16:00:27-05:002009-12-22T21:53:47Z2009-12-22T21:00:27ZCall for Participation and Proposals Spring Contracts Conference William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV Las Vegas, Nevada February 26 & 27, 2010 In the spirit of the fine International Conferences on Contracts that Frank Snyder launched and helped organize...lpbncontractsConferencesContract ProfsMeetingsRecent ScholarshipTeachingAlways Depend on the Kindness of Colleaguestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876708b28970c2009-12-21T09:15:05-05:002009-12-21T14:15:05Z2009-12-21T14:15:05ZWhen I first started teaching contracts, I relied heavily on the advice of my more-experience colleague, who is now our Associate Dean, Mark Adams. I adopted the same casebook as Mark was using, adapted his syllabus to suit my purposes,...lpbncontractsAbout this BlogTeachingStrategery or Immorality? Underwater Home Borrower’s Quandry: Should I Stay or Should I Go?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a764a6ee970b2009-12-18T16:31:13-05:002009-12-18T23:46:05Z2009-12-18T21:31:13ZOver 5 million U.S. homes are under deep water – that is, the borrowers have outstanding mortgage debt that exceeds the home’s current value by more than 20%. A homeowner in this situation that can afford to make mortgage payments...lpbncontractsIn the NewsWhat Happens When the Buyer of an Apartment Dies Between the Contract of Sale and Closing?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a75d159a970b2009-12-17T10:41:33-05:002009-12-17T15:42:31Z2009-12-17T15:41:33ZHere’s a worst-case-scenario story to take into account when contracting to purchase real estate. Buyer of a $2,300,000 Manhattan co-op apartment dies after contract of sale and approval by the co-op’s board of directors, but before closing. The buyer's estate...lpbncontractsRecent CasesWeekly Top Tentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128765b2977970c2009-12-16T11:14:11-05:002009-12-16T16:14:11Z2009-12-16T16:14:11ZLots of movement this week as last weeks top three fall from the list! Eric Posner is enjoying another #1 smash hit, Adam Levitin leapfrogs from fifth to second, and James Ely debuts at #6, but the others are hot...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipThe New Nexus of Contracts: Assisted Reproductiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a74c6c4d970b2009-12-15T05:50:00-05:002009-12-15T10:50:00Z2009-12-15T10:50:00ZIn light of the Baby M case, we have posted before on the subject of advanced assisted reproduction. Sunday’s New York Times had a lengthy report on page A1 about the tragically confused state of the law in this area....lpbncontractsIn the NewsTrue ContractsNow in Print (Low-Calorie Alternatives to Grading Exams)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a745b559970b2009-12-14T12:00:00-05:002009-12-14T00:42:26Z2009-12-14T17:00:00ZBenjamin Alarie, Mutual Misunderstanding in Contract, 46 Am. Bus. L.J. 531 (2009). Justin L. Browder, Note, The 2007 Private Equity Bust: Re-contextualizing Material Adverse Change Clauses in a Credit-Stricken Market, 63 U. Miami L. Rev. 1151 (2009). J. Robert Brown,...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipCan Tiger Renegotiate His Pre-Nup?!?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a743afa2970b2009-12-14T06:27:00-05:002009-12-14T12:45:06Z2009-12-14T11:27:00ZI would have thought that the answer would be clearly no, but I admit that I am not sufficiently on top of developments in family law and marital agreements to feel at all confident of my gut instinct. In any...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsGoing Firsttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128764271df970c2009-12-10T16:38:20-05:002009-12-10T21:38:20Z2009-12-10T21:38:20ZWhew! My contracts students are taking their exam right now. This year, our registrar scheduled the contracts exam first, which meant that my students' first-year angst was concentrated on my course. The result was probably better exam preparation overall but...lpbncontractsTeachingRecording Review Sessionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a725e066970b2009-12-10T15:15:00-05:002009-12-10T20:15:00Z2009-12-10T20:15:00ZAs I've mentioned before, I hold review sessions at the end of the semester for my contracts courses. I take about four hours (two, two-hour review sessions) to orally outline the course. I also record the sessions so that students...lpbncontractsTeachingSocial Science Research Network's Weekly Top Tentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a735cfa1970b2009-12-09T08:33:41-05:002009-12-09T23:49:42Z2009-12-09T13:33:41ZTOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law October 10, 2009 to December 9, 2009 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 211 The Effect of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 on Consumer Credit David S. Evans,...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipJennifer Lopez Suing Ex-Husband for Breach of Confidentialitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128761b31dd970c2009-12-09T07:36:00-05:002009-12-09T13:23:14Z2009-12-09T12:36:00ZAccording to Wikipedia's entry on Jennifer Lopez, she had a brief marriage with the Cuban-born Ojani Noa, whom she met when he was a waiter in a Miami restaurant. They divorced in 1998, and Lopez filed her first lawsuit against...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsRecent CasesJury Finds Sempra Energy Not in Breach of Contracttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a71883a2970b2009-12-08T07:05:00-05:002009-12-08T12:05:00Z2009-12-08T12:05:00ZBloomberg.com reports on what appears to have been a very interesting contracts dispute between Sempra Energy, owner largest U.S. natural gas distributor and the the California Department of Water Resources, which alleged that Sempra had breached an $6.6 billion agreement...lpbncontractsIn the NewsRecent Cases