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626855http://www.feedburner.comThe Importance of Appropriate Word Choicetag:typepad.com,2003:post-497898742008-05-13T08:48:32-04:002008-05-13T12:48:32Z2008-05-13T12:48:32ZThis isn't much of a contracts story, but luckily most things can be connected to contract law. Contractual obligation distills to what it appears the parties intended to promise to do. And, the first indicator of what the parties intended...lpbncontractsIn the NewsMiscellaneous"No Damages for Delay" Clause Enforced in Coloradotag:typepad.com,2003:post-497380022008-05-12T11:31:54-04:002008-05-12T15:32:19Z2008-05-12T15:31:54ZA Colorado appellate court recently held that a "no damages for delay" clause in a construction subcontract was enforceable. The general contractor had a highway construction contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation. The general contractor entered into a subcontract...lpbncontractsRecent CasesLimerick of the Week: Watteau v. Fenwicktag:typepad.com,2003:post-497375202008-05-12T11:23:47-04:002008-05-12T15:24:41Z2008-05-12T15:23:47ZIt is worth teaching Business Associations just for this case. It is the perfect illustration of the doctrine of inherent authority. It has all of the necessary ingredients: a general agent for an undisclosed principal who exceeds his authority by...lpbncontractsFamous CasesLimericksTeachingKill Lancome!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-497022742008-05-11T11:32:53-04:002008-05-11T15:33:38Z2008-05-11T15:32:53ZUma Thurman is mad. In fact, I haven't seen her this mad since Michael Madsen shot her in the chest, took her samurai sword and buried her alive. She is no longer mad at Bill. No, no, that's all in...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the NewsRumors from the Campaign Trail IItag:typepad.com,2003:post-496641962008-05-10T09:22:00-04:002008-05-10T13:22:22Z2008-05-10T13:22:00ZHere's another rumor that is circulating: At the height of the Lewinsky scandal, Bill Clinton (pictured saying "I did not have sex with that woman . . . " -- well, no, not really) promised Hillary that if she stuck...lpbncontractsIn the NewsRumors from the Campaign Trailtag:typepad.com,2003:post-496638422008-05-10T09:02:42-04:002008-05-10T13:03:23Z2008-05-10T13:02:42ZI have heard many versions of a rumor of a contract between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The deal is that she will get out of the race if he will get her campaign out of its debt . ....lpbncontractsIn the NewsCongress May Close Loophole for Defense Contractorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-496317842008-05-09T10:48:17-04:002008-05-09T14:49:03Z2008-05-09T14:48:17ZAccording to the Associated Press, as reported in the Orlando Sentinel, Congress is moving to close a loophole that until now has permitted military contractors to avoid paying taxes and evade the strictures of U.S. employment law by setting up...lpbncontractsGovernment ContractingIn the NewsLegislationDrafting Conference at Emory Law Schooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-496307922008-05-09T10:24:45-04:002008-05-09T14:30:32Z2008-05-09T14:24:45ZOn May 30-31, 2008, Emory Law School will be hosting a conference entitled "Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills: The Basics and Beyond." Given recent discussions on this blog (here) and recently scholarship on the subject (noted here) and scholarly interest...lpbncontractsConferencesMore International Contracts Law Scholarshiptag:typepad.com,2003:post-495003482008-05-06T20:08:48-04:002008-05-07T00:11:29Z2008-05-07T00:08:48ZFlorida Coastal School of Law's Charles Martin (pictured) recently published The Electronic Contracts Convention, the CISG, and New Sources of E-Commerce Law in 16 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 1 (Fall 2007). Here's the abstract: Although no non-European...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipLimerick of the Week: Gay Jensen Farms Co. v. Cargill, Inc.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-494203042008-05-05T10:31:50-04:002008-05-05T14:32:33Z2008-05-05T14:31:50ZGay Jensen Farms Co. v. Cargill Inc. is a great case for teaching the very important principle that contractual relations, including agency relations, can be implied through conduct. In this case, the Warren Grain & Seed company defaulted on contracts...lpbncontractsFamous CasesLimericksPeople Is Stoopid: $5 Million Baby Picturestag:typepad.com,2003:post-494163762008-05-05T08:53:14-04:002008-05-05T12:58:57Z2008-05-05T12:53:14ZQuestion: What kind of person would expose her children to ruthless paparazzi just in order to make a few bucks? Answer: The kind of person who doesn't need the money in the first place. Today's New York Times reports that...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsCommentaryIn the NewsThe Army Lawyer: Special Contracts Issuetag:typepad.com,2003:post-493992802008-05-04T20:05:41-04:002008-05-05T00:05:56Z2008-05-05T00:05:41ZThe Army Lawyer's January 2008 issue is a special issue devoted to "Contracts and Fiscal Law Developments of 2007 -- The Year in Review. As the Table of Contents indicates, much of the issue is taken up with developments in...lpbncontractsGovernment ContractingRecent ScholarshipPeter Alces in University of Illinois Law Reviewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-493999582008-05-04T20:00:09-04:002008-05-05T00:00:28Z2008-05-05T00:00:09ZPeter Alces (pictured) of the William and May School of Law has just published Unintelligent Design in Contract, in the University of Illinois Law Review. Here is the abstract: Scholars have expended considerable energy in the effort to “discover” a...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipNew Contracts Scholarshiptag:typepad.com,2003:post-493950562008-05-04T16:32:58-04:002008-05-04T21:48:04Z2008-05-04T20:32:58ZJody Kraus's: From Langdell to Law and Economics: Two Conceptions of Stare Decisis in Contract Law and Theory, has just come out in the Virginia Law Review. Here's the abstract: In his classic monograph, The Death of Contract, Grant Gilmore...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipThe CISG: The Rodney Dangerfield of Treatiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-493353102008-05-02T15:43:20-04:002008-05-03T19:53:18Z2008-05-02T19:43:20ZIn their new case comment, All Quiet on the CISG Front: Guiliani v. Invar Manufacturing, the Battle of the Forms, and the Elusive Concept of Terminus Fixus, James M. Klotz, Peter Mazzacano and friend of the Blog, Antonin I. Pribetic...lpbncontractsRecent ScholarshipThe General Services Administration: A Victim of "Terrorism"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-493170542008-05-02T08:33:05-04:002008-05-02T12:46:03Z2008-05-02T12:33:05ZAccording to the Wall Street Journal (see story "The Ousting of Lurita Doan"), Lurita Doan (pictured), as chief of the General Services Administration, oversaw "tens of billions of dollars in government contracts" with the help of inspectors general. In her...lpbncontractsGovernment ContractingIn the NewsNew Topical Category: Limerickstag:typepad.com,2003:post-492768082008-05-01T10:35:00-04:002008-05-01T14:35:33Z2008-05-01T14:35:00ZThanks to Joe Hodnicki of the Law Professors Blog Network and to Frank Snyder, whose limitless indulgence permits me to post here, we now have a new topical category for the Limericks fans out there. It has not yet been...lpbncontractsAbout this BlogFamous CasesLimericksTeachingWSJ: Meet the New Boss tag:typepad.com,2003:post-492468162008-04-30T21:14:31-04:002008-05-01T01:15:22Z2008-05-01T01:14:31ZWhen The News Corporation bought Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, the Bancroft family, which held a controlling interest in Dow Jones, put up a fight in an attempt to protect the Journal's independence. The News...lpbncontractsIn the NewsLimerick of the Week: Gorton v. Dotytag:typepad.com,2003:post-491752182008-04-29T12:00:58-04:002008-05-01T14:09:49Z2008-04-29T16:00:58ZAfter a long hiatus from Limerick posting, I have decided to share with the blog's readership a selection from Volume II of my collection of Limericks for Lawyers. Volume II summarizes cases covered in my Business Associations course, but many...lpbncontractsFamous CasesLimericksTeachingGirls Gone Litigious?!?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-491661682008-04-29T09:08:02-04:002008-04-29T13:10:11Z2008-04-29T13:08:02ZWhat do you get when you cross Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the woman with whom former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer allegedly had some very expensive private encounters, with the Girls Gone Wild franchise? a. A law suit. b. A perfect...lpbncontractsIn the NewsAlamo and National Sue Orbitztag:typepad.com,2003:post-491483982008-04-28T20:36:29-04:002008-04-29T10:58:18Z2008-04-29T00:36:29ZAccording to the St. Louis Business Journal, Alamo Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental are suing Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. for breach of contract, alleging that Orbitz has violated its online listing agreement with the two companies and has and improperly removed...lpbncontractsIn the NewsNo Punitive Damages in Genentech Casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-491142042008-04-28T14:12:30-04:002008-04-28T18:15:37Z2008-04-28T18:12:30ZLast week, the California Supreme Court upheld a $300 million verdict on a breach of contract claim against the biotechnology company Genentech (HQ pictured) but struck the $200 million award of punitive damages, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The...lpbncontractsIn the NewsRecent Scholarship"Greed Is Good" Guy Suedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-490756102008-04-27T08:01:23-04:002008-04-27T12:10:51Z2008-04-27T12:01:23ZAs TMZ.com puts it, "A guy that once starred in a movie with Michael Douglas, then became his business partner, is suing the Oscar winner, claiming he got screwed out of millions." Now that's good reporting. Want to know the...lpbncontractsCelebrity ContractsIn the News"Family Guy" Writers Sue Foxtag:typepad.com,2003:post-489905902008-04-24T21:05:00-04:002008-04-25T01:05:47Z2008-04-25T01:05:00ZAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Seth MacFarlane and 15 other writers of the animated sitcom "Family Guy" are suing 20th Century Fox TV,alleging breach of contract and other claims. The writers allege that Fox has violated its contract with the...lpbncontractsIn the NewsSenate to Employees: You're on Your Owntag:typepad.com,2003:post-489509782008-04-24T11:17:55-04:002008-04-24T15:28:33Z2008-04-24T15:17:55ZIn Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that Title VII required that a plaintiff allege that defendant acted with discriminatory intent in making adverse pay decisions during the 180 days prior...lpbncontractsCommentaryIn the News