University of Wisconsin School of Law Lays off Faculty Members

A quick one. Bitcoin Mining, Image by DALL-E Back in 2021, we shared the story of James Howells, an early Bitcoin miner whose then-partner mistook his Bitcoin-laden hard drive for rubbish and put it in the trash. Ever since, Howells… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

The Five Questions: How Students Should Read Contracts Cases. Sidney W. DeLong Beginning law students are taught to “brief” assigned cases by making abbreviated summaries of the information that they are supposed to glean from an appellate opinion. A classic… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Matilda Battersby, writing in The Bookseller reports on a new “disrupter” in the book publishing industry. The start-up, called Spines, began in 2021 and it published its first books this year. It published 273 titles in September alone, including 33… 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

“But That’s Not Who I Am”: Character as a Legal Construct and the Case of Paul Converse Sidney W. DeLong When contemporary scoundrels are nailed for serious misdeeds, and soon after their initial denials are conclusively disproven, they commonly whine,… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Jinan Chehade was a student at the Georgetown University Law Center. She worked as a summer associate in the Chicago office of Foley and Larnder, LLP (Foley) and received an offer of full-time employment to begin in October 2023. Before… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More