Uber Eats Order Leads to Compelled Arbitration After Uber Car Accident

Three years ago, frustrated by the advice that people at top law schools were giving potential academic job candidates, I wrote three posts about life in the Other Legal Academy. Having completed our two-year quest to find an Executive Director… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

I won’t be doing much posting until new Spring Semester begins, so it’s time to look back on a year of posts and recall some of the best contracts law stories of the year. This list is highly subjective of… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Plaintiffs rented tools from Home Depot and then sought to bring two claims on behalf of a purported class of similarly-situated individuals. First, plaintiffs alleged that Home Depot overcharged them for late rental returns. Second, plaintiffs allege that when Home… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

I admit it. Streaming has improved my life. Part of me is somewhat nostalgic for the days when Netflix DVDs showed up in the mailbox, but it took some pretty careful planning to keep the flow of watchable material coming…. Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Welcome to the post-Groundhog Day edition of the Tuesday Top Ten! Congratulations to my amazing Texas A&M colleague Chris Odinet and his fantastic co-authors Kara Bruce (UNC – Chapel Hill) and Andrea Tosato (SMU Dedman) for seizing the top spot… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Plaintiff Patricia Gibson purchased some daytime, non-drowsy cough medication from defendant Albertson’s Companies, Inc. (Albertson’s). She alleges that she was harmed when she became sleepy after taking the medication, and she sued, alleging statutory claims under Illinois law, breach of… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More