Contractsprof Blog

Covers news, cases, legal education and limericks mainly relating to the realm of contracts.

Author: Franklin G. Snyder, a law professor at Texas Wesleyan University Law School is the primary editor of ContractsProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professors Blog Network. Also contributing to the blog: Miriam A. Cherry, an associate professor of the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law; Meredith R. Miller, an assistant professor at Touro Law Center; Keith A. Rowley, a professor at University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and D. A. Jeremy Telman, an assistant professor at Valparaiso University Law School.

Recent Posts from ContractsProf Blog

NY Court Dismisses Law Student’s Attempt to Challenge Legal Writing Grade, Finding No Implied Contract
Over 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…
Jon & Kate -- But Wait!! It's a Different Kate!
It 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…
Weekly Top Ten
TOP 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…
A Dickensian Contract
I 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…
Contract or Extortion?
Last 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…
AALS Program and Print Symposium on Teaching Contracts
The 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…
AALS Program and Print Symposium on the Principles of the Law of Software Contracts
The 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…
Now in Print: Catching Up (Round 1)
I 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…
A Corollary to the Totten Doctrine: Wilson v. CIA
As 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…
Activision Avatar Update: I'm Just a.... Honky Tonk Woman
We 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’…