Dave Hoffman
@hoffprof.bsky.social
William A. Schnader Prof. of Law at Penn Law
Teaching & writing mostly about contracts, occasionally backyard birds.
Against et al. Pro legal jargon. Neutral on legal process.
Teaching & writing mostly about contracts, occasionally backyard birds.
Against et al. Pro legal jargon. Neutral on legal process.
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Dave Hoffman
@hoffprof.bsky.social
· Nov 16
New post, highlighting how little we know about whether arbitration's rise has hurt workers and consumers.
(Though it's effect on some kinds of class-adjudication seems clear enough.)
open.substack.com/pub/profhoff...
(Though it's effect on some kinds of class-adjudication seems clear enough.)
open.substack.com/pub/profhoff...
The Evidence of How Arbitration Hurts Employees and Consumers is Mostly Vibes
Why we could use better empirical research on the real world effects of the rise of arbitration.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New post, highlighting how little we know about whether arbitration's rise has hurt workers and consumers.
(Though it's effect on some kinds of class-adjudication seems clear enough.)
open.substack.com/pub/profhoff...
(Though it's effect on some kinds of class-adjudication seems clear enough.)
open.substack.com/pub/profhoff...
New substack post, summarizing three recent papers that changed how I thought about contracting law and policy.
profhoffman.substack.com/p/consumer-c...
profhoffman.substack.com/p/consumer-c...
Consumer Contracts are Fairly Readable, Suprisingly Sloppy, and Sometimes Irrelevant
Recent papers that changed the way I thought about contract law
profhoffman.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New substack post, summarizing three recent papers that changed how I thought about contracting law and policy.
profhoffman.substack.com/p/consumer-c...
profhoffman.substack.com/p/consumer-c...
November 16, 2024 at 11:01 PM