Friday Frivolity: Sid DeLong Gets His Laugh At Last

Each year, when I teach merchant status, I experience mixed emotions when I come upon the conflicting caselaw regarding the merchant status of farmers. Scott Burnham and James Brook, the authors of the Examples and Explanations book that I use,… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Imagining Irving Younger Sidney W. DeLong As a young lawyer doing civil litigation, I read everything I could find on cross-examination. Then I discovered Irving Younger’s magnificent lectures on trial practice and forsook all other authorities. Younger’s videotaped lectures on… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Earlier this month, we wrote of a lowly multi-millionaire who uses non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in connection his longevity business, which involves experimentation with drugs, and his personal life, which involves experimentation with drugs. Also this month, Dana Mattioli reported in… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

This case fits in with our series on the contracts doctrine of mistake, addressed most recently here and here, but it is perhaps still more bizarre. On October 5, 2019, defendant Clearing House Estate Sales (CHES) opened bidding through Auction… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Standardized Testing, Old School Both recent law graduates and the California Bar (the Bar) have sued ProctorU, d/b/a Meazure Learning (Meazure), in connection with California’s bar exam administered in February 2025. While past iterations of the bar exam were held… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

We posted on this BPG Inspection v. Omstead last year when the Georgia Court of Appeals issued its opinion. The facts are as follows: BPG agreed to a fee of $380 to conduct an inspection of the home that the… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More