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 ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Law Suit Over a "D" in Contracts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e71936bb970c 2012-02-10T08:05:25-05:00 2012-02-10T13:05:25Z 2012-02-10T13:05:25Z As the ABAJournal reports here, two students have elected not to go gently into that good night but to sue their law school for dismissing them after they failed to maintain a 2.0 GPA at the end of their first... lpbncontracts Contract Profs Recent Cases Teaching The Finalists tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676212a0e1970b 2012-02-10T06:47:00-05:00 2012-02-10T13:06:24Z 2012-02-10T11:47:00Z These are the top vote-getters for the first annual ContractsProf Blog prize for the best contracts law scholarship of the year: Omri Ben-Shahar, Fixing Unfair Contracts, 63 Stan. L. Rev. 869 (2011) Robert A. Caplen, Turning Esch to Dust? The... lpbncontracts Conferences Recent Scholarship General Strike in Israel tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016301153f80970d 2012-02-09T11:17:00-05:00 2012-02-09T16:17:00Z 2012-02-09T16:17:00Z We have not gotten much use out of our "Labor Contracts" category on this blog, but we've got a big story to report today, about a union really is flexing its muscles. Today's New York Times, reports that the Israeli... lpbncontracts Current Affairs In the News Labor Contracts New Developments in the Struggle over Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163011247e5970d 2012-02-09T10:47:00-05:00 2012-02-09T15:47:00Z 2012-02-09T15:47:00Z We have reported previously here and here on the legal spat between Julie Taymor and the producers of the long-delayed-but-now-successful musical Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark. The saga continues: According to the New York Times, producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah... lpbncontracts Celebrity Contracts In the News Recent Cases New in Print (Including some New Books) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e7087a02970c 2012-02-09T06:45:31-05:00 2012-02-09T11:45:31Z 2012-02-09T11:45:31Z Charles Calleros, Contracts, an Electronic Text: Cases, Text and Problems (Carolina Academic, 2011) David M. Driesen, Contract Law's Inefficiency, 6 Va. L. & Bus. Rev. 301 (2011). Christopher C. French, Construction Defects: Are They "Occurrences"? 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 1... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania's Steel Act in the Face of a Contracts Clause Challenge tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163010333b1970d 2012-02-08T07:26:21-05:00 2012-02-08T12:26:21Z 2012-02-08T12:26:21Z In 1978, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted the Pennsylvania Steel Products Procurement Act (the Steel Act), which requires that, with certain enumerated exceptions, steel products used or supplied in the performance of a public works contracts must be made in... lpbncontracts Recent Cases Valentine's Oral Argument: Madoff Mutual Mistake Case (Simkin v. Blank) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761e4a376970b 2012-02-07T11:09:03-05:00 2012-02-07T16:09:03Z 2012-02-07T16:09:03Z We've blogged quite a bit about Simkin v. Blank, the Madoff account mutual mistake case now pending before the New York Court of Appeals. Oral argument is scheduled for (when else?) Valentine's Day. It is well-lawyered (Richard Emery for wife... lpbncontracts In the News Recent Cases Teaching Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016300e37c52970d 2012-02-07T06:23:00-05:00 2012-02-07T11:23:00Z 2012-02-07T11:23:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal December 8, 2011 to February 6, 2012 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 380 The Scope and Implications of Stern v.... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Three Arbitration Decisions Part III: Third Circuit Enforces Arbitration Clause Even Though Arbitral Body Is Unavailable tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e6b0cdf8970c 2012-02-06T15:26:00-05:00 2012-02-06T20:26:00Z 2012-02-06T20:26:00Z Raheel Ahmad Khan bought a Dell 600m computer in 2004. He alleges that, due to design defects, the computer would overheat and fry its motherboard (non-fried motherboard is pictured above). This happened three times and Dell replaced the computer three... lpbncontracts Recent Cases The Big Bang Theory's Fictional Physicists Take on Ambiguity and Interpretive Maxims tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761d1ef89970b 2012-02-06T14:50:57-05:00 2012-02-06T19:50:57Z 2012-02-06T19:50:57Z Some may find this clip from The Big Bang Theory useful in illustrating some contractual interpretation maxims, including "interpret against the drafter" and "read the contract in a way that gives meaning to the whole." It also addresses the general... lpbncontracts Teaching Television Three Arbitration Decisions Part II: DC Circuit Vacates $185 Million Arbitral Award tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016300b59ea4970d 2012-02-06T11:15:00-05:00 2012-02-04T22:47:05Z 2012-02-06T16:15:00Z In BG Group v. Republic of Argentina, the D.C. Circuit vacated an arbitral award, reversing the District Court finding that the award was enforceable. The D.C. Circuit found that the arbitral panel had exceeded its authority by accepting the case... lpbncontracts Recent Cases Three Arbitration Decisions Part I: Gore v. Alltel, Seventh Circuit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167616a8beb970b 2012-02-06T06:50:00-05:00 2012-02-04T18:46:29Z 2012-02-06T11:50:00Z In Gore v. Alltel Communications, the Seventh Circuit reversed the District Court and granted Alltel's motion to compel arbitration. In October 2005, Mr. Gore entered into a two-year agreement with First Cellular. He agreed to pay $40/month for four separate... lpbncontracts Recent Cases Collective Action Waiver Roundup tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016300a66ae1970d 2012-02-03T09:53:26-05:00 2012-02-03T14:53:26Z 2012-02-03T14:53:26Z NRLB - Last month, a 2-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board held that an arbitration agreement that contains a collective action waiver violates §8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Amex - For the third time, the... lpbncontracts In the News Recent Cases Crime Doesn't Pay (Contracts Damages) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e68cf098970c 2012-02-02T07:25:20-05:00 2012-02-02T12:25:20Z 2012-02-02T12:25:20Z As we’ve previously noted here, Jesse Dimmick fled murder charges against him in Colorado and made his way to Kansas. As reported in The Topeka Capital-Journal, Kansas police officers were in pursuit of Dimmick and punctured his tires of the... lpbncontracts Recent Cases Introducing the ContractsProf Blog Interns 2.0 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e68cb720970c 2012-02-02T07:07:11-05:00 2012-02-02T12:07:11Z 2012-02-02T12:07:11Z One year ago, we introduced our first set of ContractsProf Blog interns. That crowd has moved on, so we now welcome a fresh crop. They are (pictured above from left to right): Janelle Thompson, Justin Bergren and Christina Phillips. Janelle... lpbncontracts About this Blog New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e673af0d970c 2012-02-01T06:24:00-05:00 2012-02-01T15:10:36Z 2012-02-01T11:24:00Z Anelize Slom Aguiar, The Law Applicable to International Trade Transactions with Brazilian Parties: A Comparative Study of the Brazilian Law, the CISG, and the American Law about Contract Formation, 17 Law & Bus. Rev. Am. 487 (2011) Yuval Feldman and... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676169946c970b 2012-01-31T13:21:00-05:00 2012-01-31T18:21:00Z 2012-01-31T18:21:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal December 2, 2011 to January 31, 2012 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 366 The Scope and Implications of Stern v.... lpbncontracts Recent Scholarship Last Chance to Vote for the Top Law Review Article tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676158253a970b 2012-01-31T06:57:00-05:00 2012-01-31T11:57:00Z 2012-01-31T11:57:00Z Today is the deadline for voting for the top contracts law scholarship of 2011. The list of finalists will be posted on the blog next week. The winner will be announced and the first-place prize will be awarded at the... lpbncontracts Commentary Recent Scholarship Waiting for Those College Acceptances Just Became More Stressful.... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163005f16c4970d 2012-01-31T01:03:00-05:00 2012-01-31T06:03:00Z 2012-01-31T06:03:00Z Dozens of applicants to Vassar College celebrated their acceptances -- but only for a couple of hours. (The link is here - I wonder what Lisa Kudrow and Meryl Streep think about this snafu...?) These applicants were later informed, also... lpbncontracts Current Affairs In the News Miscellaneous Vassar's Early Decision Snafu as Contracts Hypo tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01630068a4ed970d 2012-01-30T15:26:24-05:00 2012-01-30T22:57:41Z 2012-01-30T20:26:24Z Could a computerized letter error made by Vassar College (the alma mater of the pictured Meryl Streep) potentially serve as an instructive hypo for students beginning their study of Contracts? My tentative thought is "yes," at least for those who... lpbncontracts Current Affairs In the News