Reviewing Larry DiMatteo, Principles of Contract Law and Theory, Part VI

Paul, Weiss is a renowned law firm associated with the Democratic Party. According to Michael S. Schmidt, Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, and Ben Protess, writing in The New York Times, its chairman Brad Karp had a long history of raising… 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

I learned recently via Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me about a new trend. As Sadiba Hasan reports in The New York Times, weddings have gotten so expensive that people are asking their guests to pay to attend. Ms. Hasan’s reporting… 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

I lack the expertise to explain the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Suffice it to say that the attacks on it from the banking interests, and members of Congress swayed by their lobbyists, have been unrelenting since… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

This is the sevevnth post in my series on Larry Di Matteo’s Principles of Contract Law and Theory (Principles). The aim is to call some attention to this book while using it to stimulate my thinking as I once again… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More