Friday Frivolity: An Employee’s Right to a Farewell Card

Two students stopped me in the stairway to ask whether there can be contracts with animals. “No,” I said. My colleague, Trevor Wedman, pointed out that there are European scholars who think there can be contracts with animals, and I… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

According to the show Personal Injury Court, a radio station offered a $250,000 prize to anyone who would tattoo the stations call letters, KRUD, on their forehead. Mr. Bell did that very thing, purportedly so that he could save his… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Each year, I challenge students to create original works of art commemorating the jurisprudence of Benjamin Cardozo. This year’s entries into the Cardozo Cup competition included: This image of a Cardozo-like figure pouring ranch dressing on a pizza. I can’t… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

We posted last year about Oklahoma’s scheme to allow for taxpayer-funded religious charter schools. The test case is St. Isidore, which describes itself as an instrument of the Catholic Church committed to the Church’s evangelizing mission. It was created as… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

On Monday, we contrasted Paul, Weiss’s Neville Chamberlain-esque capitulation to the government with the bravery of a third-year associate who called upon her firm and others like it to stand up to the government. Today, we contrast Columbia University’s capitulation… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Early in the administration, it looked like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was being singled out for harsh treatment, bordering on demolition. Now, it looks more like the CFPB is being treated like most administrative agencies that protect against industry… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More