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 ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com A $16 Million Dollar Typo [File this in: Whoops!] tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e62191e5970c 2012-01-26T13:47:12-05:00 2012-01-27T19:56:09Z 2012-01-26T18:47:12Z Yesterday’s NYLJ reported on a NY trial court decision ordering a condo developer to return a total of $16 million in down payments to 40 condo purchasers. The offering plan and purchasing agreement for The Rushmore, a luxury Upper West... lpbncontracts In the News Recent Cases Garth Brooks wins breach of contract case and punitive damages tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163002a15db970d 2012-01-26T12:27:20-05:00 2012-01-26T17:28:31Z 2012-01-26T17:27:20Z Country singer Garth Brooks recently won a breach of contract case against an Oklahoma hospital that the jury found promised to build a women's center in honor of the singer's mother in exchange for $500,000. The jury concluded that Brooks... lpbncontracts Celebrity Contracts Current Affairs In the News New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e60e27fd970c 2012-01-25T11:42:45-05:00 2012-01-25T16:42:45Z 2012-01-25T16:42:45Z Mary Anne Case, Enforcing Bargains in an Ongoing Marriage, 35 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 225 (2011) Amanda Harmon Cooley, A Contractual Deterrence Strategy for User-Generated Copyright Infringement and Subsequent Service Provider Litigation, 64 SMU L. Rev. 691 (2011). Stefan... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5ff87d7970c 2012-01-24T14:56:00-05:00 2012-01-24T19:56:00Z 2012-01-24T19:56:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal November 25, 2011 to January 24, 2012 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 352 The Scope and Implications of Stern v.... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Contracts in Salazar v. Raman Navajo Chapter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fff78d36970d 2012-01-24T06:31:00-05:00 2012-01-24T11:31:00Z 2012-01-24T11:31:00Z On January 6th, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter. SCOTUSblog provides a summary of the issues here and provides links to key documents in the case here. The Petition for Certiorari,... lpbncontracts Government Contracting Recent Cases Lady Duff Gordon Redux tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5fc5187970c 2012-01-23T22:16:24-05:00 2012-01-24T03:18:55Z 2012-01-24T03:16:24Z When I teach Wood v. Lucy I attempt to put Lady Duff Gordon in context by describing her as a Martha Stewart of her time. Now this parallel, as reported in the Washington Post: NEW YORK — Macy’s Inc. has... lpbncontracts Celebrity Contracts Famous Cases Recent Cases Teaching News flash: Fine print gets smaller and wordier tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbc6b42970d 2012-01-23T12:52:00-05:00 2012-01-22T23:30:21Z 2012-01-23T17:52:00Z Forget the Republican primaries, the real news this week is fine print. As Jeremy Telman blogged, there are some troubling contract issues relating to the Costa Concordia disaster. The Wall Street Journal noted the prevalence of fine print everywhere, and... lpbncontracts Current Affairs In the News More on the Blood Contract tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5b2261e970c 2012-01-23T12:49:00-05:00 2012-01-23T19:14:43Z 2012-01-23T17:49:00Z A few years ago, the story of a "blood contract" between two Korean businessmen caught the attention of contracts profs. In that case, one of the men made a promise to the other to repay money -- and made the... lpbncontracts Contract Profs Famous Cases Recent Scholarship Contracts Issues in Big Love, Season 5 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5e482db970c 2012-01-23T06:55:00-05:00 2012-01-21T12:58:48Z 2012-01-23T11:55:00Z At the end of Season 4 of Big Love, protagonist Bill Henrickson wins election to the state senate and decides that this is the time to reveal his plural marriage (depicted at right). What could possibly go wrong? Tune in... lpbncontracts Commentary Television Contracts Issues in the Costa Concordia Wreck tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760dac346970b 2012-01-20T11:01:04-05:00 2012-01-23T17:11:41Z 2012-01-20T16:01:04Z When I was a teenager, I used to read Mad Magazine (when I wasn't reading Dostoevsky, Kafka or Sartre, of course). I retain very few memories of my childhood, but one Mad feature stuck with me, although only vaguely. The... lpbncontracts Current Affairs In the News Travel True Contracts New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5bd48c8970c 2012-01-18T11:14:59-05:00 2012-01-18T16:14:59Z 2012-01-18T16:14:59Z This week's installment includes two articles that apply theoretical constructs developed in contract law to other doctrinal areas. Aditi Bagchi, Separating Contract and Promise, 38 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 709 (2011) Eric A. Posner & Alan O. Sykes, Efficient... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5afd10c970c 2012-01-17T09:16:13-05:00 2012-01-17T14:16:29Z 2012-01-17T14:16:13Z A hit! A palpable hit! At the top of the SSRN list, we have a new article that has vaulted to #1 out of nowhere. 312 downloaders can't be wrong! RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship A Puzzler from Ken Adams tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffae730e970d 2012-01-17T07:13:38-05:00 2012-01-17T12:13:38Z 2012-01-17T12:13:38Z Over at the Koncision Blog, Ken Adams poses the following question: In this post I refer to “bills of sale, instruments of assignment, releases, deeds, powers of attorney, stock powers, and the like, in other words short documents, usually signed... lpbncontracts True Contracts Web/Tech Only Two Weeks Remaining Before the Polls Close tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e58a42e8970c 2012-01-16T11:03:00-05:00 2012-01-16T16:03:00Z 2012-01-16T16:03:00Z Now that folks are back from AALS and gearing up for a new semester, we remind all fans of contracts scholarship to get out and vote for the best contracts law article to appear in 2011. We would really love... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Recent Contracts Scholarship Available on SSRN tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff921b41970d 2012-01-16T06:41:00-05:00 2012-01-14T19:18:12Z 2012-01-16T11:41:00Z Interested in the latest contracts scholarship available on the SSRN Contracts and Commercial Law eJournal? You can find it here. In addition, we would like to call attention to some recent scholarship by friend of the blog, Steven Schooner and... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Professor Craswell's Song for Rose (Sherwood v. Walker) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e575476a970c 2012-01-13T06:19:24-05:00 2012-01-13T11:19:36Z 2012-01-13T11:19:24Z And here it is: the last in our series of links to Professor Richard Craswell's series of first-year contracts cases put to song. Previous installments in the series from Professor Craswell have included his takes on Frigaliment, Lumley, Wood v.... lpbncontracts Contract Profs Famous Cases Music Teaching A Song for Wartzman v Hightower Productions, Ltd tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676066ad45970b 2012-01-12T07:25:59-05:00 2012-01-12T12:25:59Z 2012-01-12T12:25:59Z We continue our series of postings of Professor Richard Craswell's contracts songs with this number about "Woody Hightower" and his pole-sitting gambit. Other installments in the series from Professor Craswell have included his takes on Frigaliment, Lumley, Wood v. Lady... lpbncontracts Contract Profs Famous Cases Music Teaching New In Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff6712ec970d 2012-01-11T16:38:00-05:00 2012-01-11T21:38:00Z 2012-01-11T21:38:00Z This is the first list of entries for the second annual Best Contracts Law of 2012 (even though they appeared in 2011). If you would like to vote for this year's entries (please do!!!), you can find the list of... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Another Arbitration Decision from the Supreme Court tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167605bcfb4970b 2012-01-11T12:31:06-05:00 2012-01-11T20:46:13Z 2012-01-11T17:31:06Z Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood. In an opinion that was unsurprising according to the folks over at the ADR blog (that is, according to Sarah Cole and Paul Kirgis), SCOTUSblog provides coverage... lpbncontracts Recent Cases Weblogs Professor Craswell on Parker v Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corp. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5585952970c 2012-01-11T05:48:00-05:00 2012-01-11T10:48:00Z 2012-01-11T10:48:00Z Here is the latest from Stanford Law's Professor Richard Craswell. This is his take on Shirley Maclaine's suits against 20th-Century Fox, a case we have previously posted about here and (more briefly) here. Other installments in the series from Professor... lpbncontracts Celebrity Contracts Contract Profs Famous Cases Film Teaching