In 2012, the American Law Institute (ALI) invited Oren Bar-Gill (left), Omri Ben-Shahar (below , right) , and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (below left) to serve as Reporters for a new Restatement of Consumer Contracts Law (the Restatement). Now, three years after… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More
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