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Ct.: “Within X days” – before, or after?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/wash-s-ct-within-x-days-before-or-after/", "published_at": "2023-09-22T16:36:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d4952076c37", "title": "Contract Drafting Rules", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/contract-drafting-rules/", "published_at": "2023-06-07T22:54:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d49529ddb59", "title": "Merck v. Bayer – clarification", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/merck-v-bayer-clarification/", "published_at": "2023-04-08T03:09:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d49531010b5", "title": "Merck v. Bayer: Court creates a wall of words where there was none", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/merck-sells-coppertone-and-dr-scholls-to-bayer-yet-another-example-of-disgraceful-contract-drafting/", "published_at": "2023-04-07T22:48:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d49532ffffc", "title": "“And” could mean “or,” says Delaware supreme court in Weinberg v. Waystar – how drafters could avoid the issue", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/and-could-mean-or-says-delaware-supreme-court-in-weinberg-v-waystar/", "published_at": "2023-03-17T15:24:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d4953741e1e", "title": "“Reply to All” emails cc’ing another lawyer’s client don’t violate Rule 4.2, says ABA ethics opinion", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/reply-all-email-ethics/", "published_at": "2022-11-15T16:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d4953e3c35d", "title": "SCOTX approves attorney fee award against Petrobras for asserting fraud claim barred by settlement release and reliance disclaimer", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/transcor-petrobras/", "published_at": "2022-05-02T16:14:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdc9-7d53-7053-965f-5d4954402f0b", "title": "Drafting error in specifying payout “each calendar month” costs company $1.5M", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/drafting-error-six-months/", "published_at": "2021-12-31T17:11:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a6187a72933", "title": "A two-sentence NDA?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/two-sentence-nda/", "published_at": "2021-12-06T16:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a61880612a0", "title": "Should I try to help The Other Side’s lawyer? A discussion", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/lawyer-cooperation/", "published_at": "2021-11-16T16:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a6188549c59", "title": "No survival clause? Non-compete tied to end of employment didn’t survive termination of employment agreement", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/miller-hkfs-noncompete/", "published_at": "2021-08-30T18:16:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a61892a8488", "title": "Be careful about contractually assuming indemnity responsibility: UK Supreme Court holds tour packager liable for vacationer’s rape by hotel maintenance worker", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/indemnity-responsibility-tour-package/", "published_at": "2021-07-31T15:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a618979699b", "title": "Oracle-HP settlement lacks freedom-of-action clause, leads to $3 billion verdict", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/oracle-hp-settlement-breach/", "published_at": "2021-06-16T18:16:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a6189969d8a", "title": "Amazon drops arbitration requirement from terms of service after plaintiff lawyers flood it with costly arbitration demands – WSJ", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/amazon-drops-arbitration-requirement-from-terms-of-service-after-plaintiff-lawyers-flood-it-with-costly-arbitration-demands-wsj/", "published_at": "2021-06-01T16:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a618a6d8228", "title": "Referencing “attached T&Cs” in a purchase order? Better make sure they’re actually attached", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/etc-jsw-attached-terms/", "published_at": "2021-05-31T20:52:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a618add8213", "title": "Idaho’s supreme court does it again, bizarrely claiming that a contract’s California choice-of-law and -forum clauses require the parties to arbitrate in Idaho", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/idaho-sct-california-law-forum/", "published_at": "2021-05-28T17:13:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a618b7f5ab3", "title": "When should a court dissolve an LLC? A case from a morbidly entertaining brother-in-law feud", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/iowa-llc-brother-in-law-dissolution-case/", "published_at": "2021-05-28T14:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd1-1006-72b8-9539-7a618ba64a54", "title": "I’m hived, says the judge", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/im-hived-says-the-judge/", "published_at": "2021-05-03T18:37:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f611122c5", "title": "Better Socratic-method teaching: Have small groups work together in a Google Doc to write out answers to questions", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/better-socratic-method-google-doc/", "published_at": "2021-04-26T15:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f6172dc35", "title": "A better way to do panel-discussion presentations: Q&A, no talking heads", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/panel-discussion-format/", "published_at": "2021-04-18T18:10:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f6183b7d0", "title": "Attorney-fee clauses for motion practice? “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” shouldn’t apply in litigation", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/gretzky-motion-practice/", "published_at": "2021-04-17T15:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f627c8676", "title": "Drafting a settlement agreement? Include an express covenant not to sue to recover attorney fees in case of breach", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/settlement-express-covenant-not-to-sue/", "published_at": "2021-04-14T15:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f627f4cc0", "title": "N.D. Cal.: If parties wanted total privacy, they should have arbitrated the case", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/alsup-should-have-arbitrated/", "published_at": "2021-04-12T16:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f62d210de", "title": "Invention assignment obligations: First Circuit startup company case", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/post-employment-invention-assignment-obligations-massachusetts-case/", "published_at": "2021-04-10T16:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f636db1f3", "title": "Newbies: Anticipate the next step", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/newbies-anticipate-next-step/", "published_at": "2021-04-09T16:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f63807cbc", "title": "Contractor’s reckless failure to timely complete remodeling project triggers exception to consequential-damages exclusion", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/contractors-reckless-failure-to-timely-complete-remodeling-project-triggers-exception-to-consequential-damages-exclusion/", "published_at": "2021-04-07T15:38:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f63de463c", "title": "The Great Texas Blackout and the H diagram of supply-chain contract relationships", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/griddy-blackout-txag/", "published_at": "2021-03-02T16:16:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd4-db5a-730f-b571-d89f645e896f", "title": "An example of how to sign a contract by exchanging “agreed” emails with the contract attached", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/sign-contract-email-exchange/", "published_at": "2020-11-06T15:51:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc5f90a951", "title": "Contract signed by email: The parties replied “Agreed” to my email with the final draft attached", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/contract-by-email-example/", "published_at": "2020-09-22T17:16:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc604f22fe", "title": "Hobbs & Shaw: Starting work before signing can roll the dice", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/hobbs-shaw-oral-contract/", "published_at": "2020-09-04T15:47:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc60d0476b", "title": "Clients don’t always do the needful: Court bails out California employer after parties fail to initial arbitration clause", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/blank-initials-arbitration/", "published_at": "2020-07-10T16:05:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc610ad7ae", "title": "Contract, made entirely by text message exchange, was enforceable, says Dallas court of appeals", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/contract-text-message-furniture/", "published_at": "2020-07-07T17:33:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc6183b6c5", "title": "Shall vs. will in the civil-rights era", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/we-shall-overcome/", "published_at": "2020-07-02T15:36:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc619867a5", "title": "Shall is mandatory in a forum-selection clause, says D.C. Circuit", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/shall-is-mandatory-in-a-forum-selection-clause-says-dc-circuit/", "published_at": "2020-06-20T17:54:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc62069f46", "title": "Advice to a new in-house counsel", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/advice-to-a-new-in-house-counsel/", "published_at": "2020-06-14T16:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc624fafce", "title": "A SCOTUS case about contracts!", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/scotus-contract-case-citgo-grounding/", "published_at": "2020-03-31T19:48:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc62ebd582", "title": "Agency-relationship disclaimer didn’t work; DISH Network hit with $280 million penalty for telemarketing sins", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/dish-network-agency-disclaimer/", "published_at": "2020-03-27T20:08:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-18eb-711a-a66e-c1fc6347b48b", "title": "9th Cir.: Contract can’t require court to grant equitable relief", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/9th-cir-contract-cant-require-equitable-relief/", "published_at": "2020-03-16T16:02:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b2a3c955", "title": "Amazon “fires” distribution company", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/amazon-fires-distribution-company/", "published_at": "2020-02-21T16:53:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b2d57dba", "title": "Karma can be a [bear]: A lesson from Pennzoil v. Texaco", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/karma-pennzoil-texaco/", "published_at": "2020-01-30T19:30:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b3bf6800", "title": "Final-offer arbitration – intentionally high-risk, says Canadian court (really?)", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/baseball-arbitration-intentionally-high-risk/", "published_at": "2020-01-20T16:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b3f977b9", "title": "Warranties: The distinction between “no defects as delivered” vs. “future performance” makes a difference in when the statute of limitations starts to run", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/warranties-future-performance-dump-trucks/", "published_at": "2019-11-14T17:39:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b47799c1", "title": "You get what you INspect, redux: Guilty plea for substituting cheapo pet food ingredients", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/cheapo-pet-food/", "published_at": "2019-10-26T15:29:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b498b12b", "title": "The Hill of Proof for representations and warranties in a contract", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/the-hill-of-proof-for-representations-and-warranties-in-a-contract/", "published_at": "2019-09-29T14:42:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b5422a8c", "title": "Signature page mixing-and-matching leads to trouble in Delaware case", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/signature-page-mixing-and-matching-leads-to-trouble-in-delaware-case/", "published_at": "2019-09-09T15:20:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b6229846", "title": "I’ve made my engagement-agreement form free for other attorneys to use", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/engagement-agreement-other-lawyers/", "published_at": "2019-07-13T15:27:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b6fe537e", "title": "SCOTX rejects implied obligation not to unreasonably withhold consent to assignment of contract", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/texas-consent-assignment-barrow-shaver/", "published_at": "2019-07-02T21:14:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-4726-727f-8507-0549b778a079", "title": "Services agreement’s failure to nail down responsibility for third-party permissions leads to $600K copyright judgment against customer", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/services-agreement-copyright-responsibility-kast/", "published_at": "2019-04-18T16:03:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-881326fdafdf", "title": "Consequential damages: Excluding “lost profits” can kill the exclusion, says Seventh Circuit", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/consequential-damages-lost-profits-seventh-circuit/", "published_at": "2019-04-11T15:13:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-881327fafbe5", "title": "Know your signature requirements: Failure to get union vote and two signatures voids $2.3 million judg­ment on real-estate lease", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/signatures-illinois-union/", "published_at": "2019-03-26T15:13:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-88132810ca42", "title": "Reliance disclaimer kills fraudulent-inducement claim against IBM, says SCOTX", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/ibm-lufkin/", "published_at": "2019-03-22T15:02:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-8813289c307e", "title": "It’s best to assume that a proposed revision is not just for “style”", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/assume-revs-substantive/", "published_at": "2019-03-17T17:54:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-881328e8a62c", "title": "Do indemnity obligations cover first-party claims, or only third-party claims?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/do-indemnity-obligations-cover-first-party-claims-or-only-third-party-claims/", "published_at": "2019-02-25T16:04:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-881329dbae1b", "title": "Incorporating AAA arb­i­tra­tion rules? Then the arb­i­tra­tor must screen all demands for arbitration — even for claims that seem in­dis­pu­tably not arbitrable", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/schein-v-archer-white-sales/", "published_at": "2019-01-08T22:33:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-88132ab27dea", "title": "GNC learns costly lesson about the value of good con­tract management", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/gnc-olive-contract-management/", "published_at": "2019-01-01T20:58:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-88132af1500b", "title": "Software: Goods under UCC article 2, or services? A district court recaps the law", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/software-goods-under-ucc-article-2-or-services-a-district-court-recaps-the-law/", "published_at": "2018-10-11T16:30:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-88132bee762c", "title": "New Delaware decision highlights (again) the importance of defining “commercially reasonable efforts”", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/new-delaware-decision-highlights-again-the-importance-of-defining-commercially-reasonable-efforts/", "published_at": "2018-10-05T15:30:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-04df-73f7-913b-88132bfae1bd", "title": "This week’s miscellany: New Mass. non-compete law; “Notwithstanding”; exclusive-forum requirements", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/this-weeks-miscellany-notwithstanding-exclusive-forum-requirements/", "published_at": "2018-10-05T15:28:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be399216d", "title": "Choose English law to govern just the amendments-in-writing provision?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/choice-of-english-law-to-govern-just-the-amendments-in-writing-provision/", "published_at": "2018-10-04T18:10:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be41d6136", "title": "New post: How patent-infringement warranties are like hurricane insurance", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/new-post-patent-infringement-warranties-hurricane-insurance/", "published_at": "2018-09-30T22:31:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be442ee2a", "title": "Providing a warranty of no patent infringement is like giving a hurricane-insurance policy", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/patent-warranty-indemnity-hurricane-insurance/", "published_at": "2018-09-30T21:38:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be49bd150", "title": "“For clarity” clause in patent license agreement saves the day for accused infringer", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/for-clarity-clause-saves-day-for-accused-infringer/", "published_at": "2018-09-28T15:28:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be5341b6b", "title": "Calif. appeals court holds that reverse triangular merger does not transfer target’s assets", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/longs-drug-store-assignment-merger/", "published_at": "2018-09-27T20:37:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be5bcb756", "title": "I broke the link for yesterday’s post", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/screwed-up-link/", "published_at": "2018-09-22T11:43:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be5e201d3", "title": "In contracts, em-dashes and par­en­the­ses — used judiciously — can serve the drafter’s ultimate mission", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/in-contracts-em-dashes-and-parentheses-used-judiciously-can-serve-the-drafters-ultimate-mission/", "published_at": "2018-09-21T14:50:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be61f5d04", "title": "Gag clause prohibiting bad reviews backfires on weight-loss product suppliers", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/roca-gag-clause/", "published_at": "2018-09-18T16:01:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be6b94bad", "title": "Presenters: Let your audience vote to choose your topic order", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/presentation-audience-vote-topic-order/", "published_at": "2018-09-10T15:58:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-9fa2-73e4-99a3-be5be745a5c9", "title": "I’m now tweeting more (vice posting) about interesting cases", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/tweeting-interesting-cases/", "published_at": "2018-08-27T15:59:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8af3b821", "title": "Waiver doctrine doesn’t apply to warranty exclusion – 7th Circuit", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/warranty-limitation-not-waived/", "published_at": "2018-07-12T15:41:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8b85e4bd", "title": "Alleged-lemon RV bought by buyer’s LLC, so all warranties were excluded", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/lemon-rv-llc/", "published_at": "2018-07-12T15:25:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8c311e94", "title": "Should these contract interpretations have been punished?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/anderson-buck/", "published_at": "2018-07-09T16:35:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8cf2f278", "title": "Much contract drafting should be just plumbing", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/contract-drafting-as-plumbing/", "published_at": "2018-07-08T15:29:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8d34973c", "title": "Want your contract to exclude all liability? Read this.", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/exclude-all-liability-uk/", "published_at": "2018-07-07T10:14:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8deae55c", "title": "New post: 80 ambiguity exercises", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/ambiguity-exercises-posted/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T22:00:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8e81ce02", "title": "Setting the bar too high: Do both parties need to sign the contract?", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/setting-the-bar-too-high-do-you-really-need-both-parties-to-sign-your-contract/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T16:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8f4a090c", "title": "Learn better contract drafting with this step-by-step approach to rewriting long “wall of words” provisions", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/refactoring-a-wall-of-words/", "published_at": "2018-06-09T17:32:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb8f764914", "title": "Incorporating by reference? Be sure you can lay hands on the exact incorporated terms in the future", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/keep-incorporated-terms-version/", "published_at": "2018-06-04T15:34:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-0251-71a9-bfa4-52fb901d91e2", "title": "UK Supreme Court rules that no-oral-modification clauses are enforceable", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/uk-supreme-court-amendments-in-writing-enforceable/", "published_at": "2018-06-01T15:07:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e50a3947", "title": "Lessons from a failed patent-license agreement", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/lessons-failed-patent-license-xy-trans-ova/", "published_at": "2018-05-24T23:31:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e5961033", "title": "Case example: Oral agreements to change scope of services work can be dangerous", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/caldwell-v-yates-oral-agreement-change-scope-of-work/", "published_at": "2018-05-23T16:23:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e5c77e9c", "title": "Novartis general counsel walks the plank after co-signing contract with Trump lawyer Michael Cohen", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/novartis-lawyer-signs-cohen-contract-walks-the-plank/", "published_at": "2018-05-16T18:52:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e6a07103", "title": "My new article on EVALOA to promote settlements in arbitration", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/my-new-article-on-evaloa-to-promote-settlements-in-arbitration/", "published_at": "2018-05-10T19:52:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e76adf96", "title": "Ambiguous in Alabama, but not in Florida: How not defining “groceries” ended up hurting Winn-Dixie", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/definitions-groceries-ambiguous-florida-alabama/", "published_at": "2018-02-07T17:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e801cbc5", "title": "News: Pollution indictment might threaten contract relationships; accelerator program closure raises contract questions; Canada S. Ct. holds Facebook forum-selection provision unenforceable", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/recent-2018-02-06/", "published_at": "2018-02-06T21:05:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e8bedf76", "title": "VASCT: False statement in bringdown certificate isn’t fraud (guest post)", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/stark-bringdown-certificate-virginia/", "published_at": "2018-01-08T23:20:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e9624de2", "title": "Paul Newman might have said that in contracts, boring can be a real cool hand", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/boring-can-be-a-real-cool-hand/", "published_at": "2017-12-29T16:30:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e9bd72fe", "title": "How to screw up drafting an arbitration carve-out for injunctive relief (5th Cir. case)", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/arbitration-injunctive-carve-out/", "published_at": "2017-12-23T14:47:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-85fe-707a-9c03-da53e9dc9d2d", "title": "Hard lesson: Your supplier might cut out the middleman, namely you", "url": "https://www.oncontracts.com/supplier-cuts-out-middleman/", "published_at": "2017-12-09T20:19:42+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Recent developments: Sunset clause could have saved the day; $82M trade-secret verdict against Ford; no contract countersignature = no contract; NY: implied good-faith covenant could trump express sole discretion termoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2026

2025

(Semi-) recent contract-related cases: July 22, 2025original ↗
23 Jul 2025
An example of overlawyered online terms of service, from a health-care provideroriginal ↗
8 Jul 2025
Recent contract-related cases: June 15, 2025original ↗
15 Jun 2025
Recent contract-related casesoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2025
Some recent contract-related court casesoriginal ↗
31 May 2025

2024

All means all – Indiana supreme courtoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2024
Breaking up a “spaghetti clause”: Apple iCloud terms of service updateoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2024
Use “for emphasis” instead of “for the avoidance of doubt”?original ↗
2 Jul 2024
Barf clauses: Don’t write themoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2024
Online arbitration clauses: Too small to read on a smartphone? (Cal. App. decision)original ↗
19 Jan 2024

2023

Recent cases: State requirements, not just intentions; calendar follow-ups; be sure everyone who must sign, doesoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2023
Wash. S. Ct.: “Within X days” – before, or after?original ↗
22 Sept 2023
Contract Drafting Rulesoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2023
Merck v. Bayer – clarificationoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2023
Merck v. Bayer: Court creates a wall of words where there was noneoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2023
“And” could mean “or,” says Delaware supreme court in Weinberg v. Waystar – how drafters could avoid the issueoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2023

2022

“Reply to All” emails cc’ing another lawyer’s client don’t violate Rule 4.2, says ABA ethics opinionoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
SCOTX approves attorney fee award against Petrobras for asserting fraud claim barred by settlement release and reliance disclaimeroriginal ↗
2 May 2022

2021

Drafting error in specifying payout “each calendar month” costs company $1.5Moriginal ↗
31 Dec 2021
A two-sentence NDA?original ↗
6 Dec 2021
Should I try to help The Other Side’s lawyer? A discussionoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2021
No survival clause? Non-compete tied to end of employment didn’t survive termination of employment agreementoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2021
Be careful about contractually assuming indemnity responsibility: UK Supreme Court holds tour packager liable for vacationer’s rape by hotel maintenance workeroriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Oracle-HP settlement lacks freedom-of-action clause, leads to $3 billion verdictoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2021
Amazon drops arbitration requirement from terms of service after plaintiff lawyers flood it with costly arbitration demands – WSJoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2021
Referencing “attached T&Cs” in a purchase order? Better make sure they’re actually attachedoriginal ↗
31 May 2021
Idaho’s supreme court does it again, bizarrely claiming that a contract’s California choice-of-law and -forum clauses require the parties to arbitrate in Idahooriginal ↗
28 May 2021
When should a court dissolve an LLC? A case from a morbidly entertaining brother-in-law feudoriginal ↗
28 May 2021
I’m hived, says the judgeoriginal ↗
3 May 2021
Better Socratic-method teaching: Have small groups work together in a Google Doc to write out answers to questionsoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2021
A better way to do panel-discussion presentations: Q&A, no talking headsoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2021
Attorney-fee clauses for motion practice? “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” shouldn’t apply in litigationoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2021
Drafting a settlement agreement? Include an express covenant not to sue to recover attorney fees in case of breachoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2021
N.D. Cal.: If parties wanted total privacy, they should have arbitrated the caseoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2021
Invention assignment obligations: First Circuit startup company caseoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2021
Newbies: Anticipate the next steporiginal ↗
9 Apr 2021
Contractor’s reckless failure to timely complete remodeling project triggers exception to consequential-damages exclusionoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2021
The Great Texas Blackout and the H diagram of supply-chain contract relationshipsoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2021

2020

An example of how to sign a contract by exchanging “agreed” emails with the contract attachedoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2020
Contract signed by email: The parties replied “Agreed” to my email with the final draft attachedoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2020
Hobbs & Shaw: Starting work before signing can roll the diceoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2020
Clients don’t always do the needful: Court bails out California employer after parties fail to initial arbitration clauseoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2020
Contract, made entirely by text message exchange, was enforceable, says Dallas court of appealsoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2020
Shall vs. will in the civil-rights eraoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2020
Shall is mandatory in a forum-selection clause, says D.C. Circuitoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2020
Advice to a new in-house counseloriginal ↗
14 Jun 2020
A SCOTUS case about contracts!original ↗
31 Mar 2020
Agency-relationship disclaimer didn’t work; DISH Network hit with $280 million penalty for telemarketing sinsoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2020
9th Cir.: Contract can’t require court to grant equitable relieforiginal ↗
16 Mar 2020
Amazon “fires” distribution companyoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2020
Karma can be a [bear]: A lesson from Pennzoil v. Texacooriginal ↗
30 Jan 2020
Final-offer arbitration – intentionally high-risk, says Canadian court (really?)original ↗
20 Jan 2020

2019

Warranties: The distinction between “no defects as delivered” vs. “future performance” makes a difference in when the statute of limitations starts to runoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
You get what you INspect, redux: Guilty plea for substituting cheapo pet food ingredientsoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2019
The Hill of Proof for representations and warranties in a contractoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2019
Signature page mixing-and-matching leads to trouble in Delaware caseoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2019
I’ve made my engagement-agreement form free for other attorneys to useoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2019
SCOTX rejects implied obligation not to unreasonably withhold consent to assignment of contractoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2019
Services agreement’s failure to nail down responsibility for third-party permissions leads to $600K copyright judgment against customeroriginal ↗
18 Apr 2019
Consequential damages: Excluding “lost profits” can kill the exclusion, says Seventh Circuitoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2019
Know your signature requirements: Failure to get union vote and two signatures voids $2.3 million judg­ment on real-estate leaseoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
Reliance disclaimer kills fraudulent-inducement claim against IBM, says SCOTXoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2019
It’s best to assume that a proposed revision is not just for “style”original ↗
17 Mar 2019
Do indemnity obligations cover first-party claims, or only third-party claims?original ↗
25 Feb 2019
Incorporating AAA arb­i­tra­tion rules? Then the arb­i­tra­tor must screen all demands for arbitration — even for claims that seem in­dis­pu­tably not arbitrableoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2019
GNC learns costly lesson about the value of good con­tract managementoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

Software: Goods under UCC article 2, or services? A district court recaps the laworiginal ↗
11 Oct 2018
New Delaware decision highlights (again) the importance of defining “commercially reasonable efforts”original ↗
5 Oct 2018
This week’s miscellany: New Mass. non-compete law; “Notwithstanding”; exclusive-forum requirementsoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2018
Choose English law to govern just the amendments-in-writing provision?original ↗
4 Oct 2018
New post: How patent-infringement warranties are like hurricane insuranceoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2018
Providing a warranty of no patent infringement is like giving a hurricane-insurance policyoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2018
“For clarity” clause in patent license agreement saves the day for accused infringeroriginal ↗
28 Sept 2018
Calif. appeals court holds that reverse triangular merger does not transfer target’s assetsoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2018
I broke the link for yesterday’s postoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2018
In contracts, em-dashes and par­en­the­ses — used judiciously — can serve the drafter’s ultimate missionoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2018
Gag clause prohibiting bad reviews backfires on weight-loss product suppliersoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2018
Presenters: Let your audience vote to choose your topic orderoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2018
I’m now tweeting more (vice posting) about interesting casesoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2018
Waiver doctrine doesn’t apply to warranty exclusion – 7th Circuitoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2018
Alleged-lemon RV bought by buyer’s LLC, so all warranties were excludedoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2018
Should these contract interpretations have been punished?original ↗
9 Jul 2018
Much contract drafting should be just plumbingoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2018
Want your contract to exclude all liability? Read this.original ↗
7 Jul 2018
New post: 80 ambiguity exercisesoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2018
Setting the bar too high: Do both parties need to sign the contract?original ↗
28 Jun 2018
Learn better contract drafting with this step-by-step approach to rewriting long “wall of words” provisionsoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2018
Incorporating by reference? Be sure you can lay hands on the exact incorporated terms in the futureoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2018
UK Supreme Court rules that no-oral-modification clauses are enforceableoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2018
Lessons from a failed patent-license agreementoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
Case example: Oral agreements to change scope of services work can be dangerousoriginal ↗
23 May 2018
Novartis general counsel walks the plank after co-signing contract with Trump lawyer Michael Cohenoriginal ↗
16 May 2018
My new article on EVALOA to promote settlements in arbitrationoriginal ↗
10 May 2018
Ambiguous in Alabama, but not in Florida: How not defining “groceries” ended up hurting Winn-Dixieoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2018
News: Pollution indictment might threaten contract relationships; accelerator program closure raises contract questions; Canada S. Ct. holds Facebook forum-selection provision unenforceableoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2018
VASCT: False statement in bringdown certificate isn’t fraud (guest post)original ↗
8 Jan 2018

2017

Paul Newman might have said that in contracts, boring can be a real cool handoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2017
How to screw up drafting an arbitration carve-out for injunctive relief (5th Cir. case)original ↗
23 Dec 2017
Hard lesson: Your supplier might cut out the middleman, namely youoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2017
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