Brett Frischmann Amicus Brief in Chilutti v. Uber

On behalf of the newly-created International Conference on Contracts (KCON) Steering Committee, I am overjoyed to announce that KCON XVIII will take place February 19-21 at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law in Gainesville, Florida. KCON is among… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

The Harvard Business Law Review is sponsoring a one-day symposium on the new Restatement of Consumer Contracts, hosting several speakers (some of whom were among the most critical of the earlier drafts). The symposium will take place on Saturday, January… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

I was today years old (writing in December 2024) when I learned of the 2020 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision finding that it had no jurisdiction over faculty at religious institutions. Overruling its own 2014 decision (Pacific Lutheran), the… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Two weeks ago, we posted about a Ninth-Circuit decision to allow Spain to retain possession of a Pisarro painting that the Nazis stole from a Jewish refugee. Today, we report that another court dismissed the claim of a plaintiff seeking… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Act 10 was landmark legislation for former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (right) . In July, Judge Jacob Frost ruled unconstitutional the parts of Act 10 that limited the collective bargaining rights of public workers on the ground that it treated… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

We have been following moves in mass arbitration for a few years. Nearly fifteen years ago now, SCOTUS told merchants that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) pre-empted state laws banning class-action waivers in consumer contacts. In another case involved American… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More