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The ContractsProf Blog is unofficially the official blog of the AALS Section on Contracts, curated by Jeremy Telman, OCU School of Law. Special attention to arbitration, contacts & constitutional law, and international law whenever possible
Texas Supreme Court reverses judgment for natural gas transporter. Trial court erred by reading words into the contract and by awarding speculative damages. Yeesh.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Texas Supreme Court reverses judgment for natural gas transporter. Trial court erred by reading words into the contract and by awarding speculative damages. Yeesh.
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Today on the blog: another story of AI-assisted research becoming AI-assisted Rule 11 sanctions. This time, it happened in Oklahoma.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today on the blog: another story of AI-assisted research becoming AI-assisted Rule 11 sanctions. This time, it happened in Oklahoma.
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When is a mall “open?” American Dream Mall tried to argue that it was not open until it reached 100% occupancy, but the court didn’t buy it. Plus, if a mall is open, can it be open on Sundays in violation of blue laws?
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November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
When is a mall “open?” American Dream Mall tried to argue that it was not open until it reached 100% occupancy, but the court didn’t buy it. Plus, if a mall is open, can it be open on Sundays in violation of blue laws?
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Short post today as a public service: If you are going to seek to compel arbitration with a party that never signed an arbitration agreement, best not to wait until two years into the litigation to do so.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Short post today as a public service: If you are going to seek to compel arbitration with a party that never signed an arbitration agreement, best not to wait until two years into the litigation to do so.
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When the court learned that a party had forged a letter from a doctor and lied about needing brain surgery, the court allowed his lawyer to withdraw, struck his pleadings, and entered default judgment. Too far?
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When the court learned that a party had forged a letter from a doctor and lied about needing brain surgery, the court allowed his lawyer to withdraw, struck his pleadings, and entered default judgment. Too far?
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Today, we look around and see what contracts stuff is up on the web. We find Eboni Nelson’s review of Rachel Ngo Ntomp’s work on small businesses and the latest Substack from @hoffprof.bsky.social.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today, we look around and see what contracts stuff is up on the web. We find Eboni Nelson’s review of Rachel Ngo Ntomp’s work on small businesses and the latest Substack from @hoffprof.bsky.social.
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Case about a relational contract involving whey is a treasure trove of doctrine on requirements contracts, extrinsic evidence, and the Statute of Frauds. www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/10/conn...
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Case about a relational contract involving whey is a treasure trove of doctrine on requirements contracts, extrinsic evidence, and the Statute of Frauds. www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/10/conn...
Today’s post covers a recent episode of @kimkrawiec.bsky.social's Taboo Trades podcast, which features @profblanchard.bsky.social discussing her work on potentially coercive Incarceration Alternative Contracts.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today’s post covers a recent episode of @kimkrawiec.bsky.social's Taboo Trades podcast, which features @profblanchard.bsky.social discussing her work on potentially coercive Incarceration Alternative Contracts.
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Eleventh Circuit allows Antitrust claims against Burger King to proceed based on the theory that there is no agency relationship between the company and its franchisees. Analogizes the franchises to NFL franchises.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Eleventh Circuit allows Antitrust claims against Burger King to proceed based on the theory that there is no agency relationship between the company and its franchisees. Analogizes the franchises to NFL franchises.
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The Sixth Circuit’s Chief Judge Sutton gives a great lesson in opinion writing in a dispute over oil and gas leases. He lays out the complex structure of the transaction and gives a clinic in interpretation — all in twelve pages!
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October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Sixth Circuit’s Chief Judge Sutton gives a great lesson in opinion writing in a dispute over oil and gas leases. He lays out the complex structure of the transaction and gives a clinic in interpretation — all in twelve pages!
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Dave Hoffman (@hoffprof.bsky.social) posted his thoughts on three recent publication on his Substack, Contracts’ Empire. Short post today encouraging readers to go pay a visit to read his views.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Dave Hoffman (@hoffprof.bsky.social) posted his thoughts on three recent publication on his Substack, Contracts’ Empire. Short post today encouraging readers to go pay a visit to read his views.
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New Top Tens are out! Three papers have been downloaded more than 1000 times, and @chrisodinet.bsky.social and @andreatosato.bsky.social, the Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of downloads, are back on top!
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October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New Top Tens are out! Three papers have been downloaded more than 1000 times, and @chrisodinet.bsky.social and @andreatosato.bsky.social, the Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of downloads, are back on top!
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Relying on SCOTUS’s decision in Bissonnette, an Uber driver claimed that he was a “transportation worker” exempt from mandatory arbitration. But after a Colorado River analysis, the District Court refused to stay proceedings in the state court.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Relying on SCOTUS’s decision in Bissonnette, an Uber driver claimed that he was a “transportation worker” exempt from mandatory arbitration. But after a Colorado River analysis, the District Court refused to stay proceedings in the state court.
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Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of Smart Apparel's breach of contract claims against Nordstrom. Smart Apparel alleges that Nordstrom used alleged human rights violations as a pretext for contract cancellation.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ninth Circuit reverses dismissal of Smart Apparel's breach of contract claims against Nordstrom. Smart Apparel alleges that Nordstrom used alleged human rights violations as a pretext for contract cancellation.
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We covered @hoffprof.bsky.social & @arbel.bsky.social's “Generative Interpretation” before. Today, we have a post on @jtlg.bsky.social, Benjamin Sobel, and David Stein’s “Generative Misinterpretation.” It’s a battle of the titans. Release the Kraken!
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September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We covered @hoffprof.bsky.social & @arbel.bsky.social's “Generative Interpretation” before. Today, we have a post on @jtlg.bsky.social, Benjamin Sobel, and David Stein’s “Generative Misinterpretation.” It’s a battle of the titans. Release the Kraken!
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Friday’s post: Professor Geoge Cohen provides a close look at a classic opinion from Judge Cardozo, _Sun Printing_. He says Judge Cardozo got it wrong. We report; you decide.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Friday’s post: Professor Geoge Cohen provides a close look at a classic opinion from Judge Cardozo, _Sun Printing_. He says Judge Cardozo got it wrong. We report; you decide.
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Thursday’s post: Another PA court finds that vendor’s website did not provide adequate notice to customers that they were waiving their constitutional right to a civil jury.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thursday’s post: Another PA court finds that vendor’s website did not provide adequate notice to customers that they were waiving their constitutional right to a civil jury.
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Wednesday’s post: It looks like Twitter (X) will settle a $500 million claim from employees who were fired from the company when it was purchased by Elon Musk.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wednesday’s post: It looks like Twitter (X) will settle a $500 million claim from employees who were fired from the company when it was purchased by Elon Musk.
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Tuesday’s post: An enterprising woman gets back at the dealership that repo’d her car by discovering that the dealership’s registration had lapsed and registering the business in her own name. www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/09/reve...
September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Tuesday’s post: An enterprising woman gets back at the dealership that repo’d her car by discovering that the dealership’s registration had lapsed and registering the business in her own name. www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/09/reve...
Monday’s blog post: The Romantics are at it again. No, they don’t have a new hit single. They have a new round of litigation among the band members. It’s called, “What I Don’t Like About You."
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September 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Monday’s blog post: The Romantics are at it again. No, they don’t have a new hit single. They have a new round of litigation among the band members. It’s called, “What I Don’t Like About You."
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The Blog is back!! Better than ever! Or at least, I find the text more readable than it was on our own platform. Posts from the past week that went unseen are now seeable, starting with this one about Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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September 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Blog is back!! Better than ever! Or at least, I find the text more readable than it was on our own platform. Posts from the past week that went unseen are now seeable, starting with this one about Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm."
www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/09/frid...
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Typepad is limping over a cliff. If you are able to access the site, we have a post today on a rare win by an insured seeking recovery of business losses caused by COVID.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Typepad is limping over a cliff. If you are able to access the site, we have a post today on a rare win by an insured seeking recovery of business losses caused by COVID.
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As usual, great reporting from @propublica.org on how student athletes are not reporting their NIL income. This violates state law, but enforcement is lax, as schools don’t want to do anything to interfere with recruitment of top athletes.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As usual, great reporting from @propublica.org on how student athletes are not reporting their NIL income. This violates state law, but enforcement is lax, as schools don’t want to do anything to interfere with recruitment of top athletes.
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