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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
7 Jun 2025
2024
12 Jun 2024
19 Jan 2024
2023
Recent cases: State requirements, not just intentions; calendar follow-ups; be sure everyone who must sign, doesoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2023
7 Jun 2023
8 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
6 Dec 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
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
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
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
12 Apr 2021
Contractor’s reckless failure to timely complete remodeling project triggers exception to consequential-damages exclusionoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2021
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
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
14 Jun 2020
31 Mar 2020
Agency-relationship disclaimer didn’t work; DISH Network hit with $280 million penalty for telemarketing sinsoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2020
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
26 Oct 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
Incorporating AAA arbitration rules? Then the arbitrator must screen all demands for arbitration — even for claims that seem indisputably not arbitrableoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2019
2018
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
Providing a warranty of no patent infringement is like giving a hurricane-insurance policyoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2018
28 Sept 2018
Calif. appeals court holds that reverse triangular merger does not transfer target’s assetsoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2018
22 Sept 2018
In contracts, em-dashes and parentheses — used judiciously — can serve the drafter’s ultimate missionoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2018
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
23 May 2018
Novartis general counsel walks the plank after co-signing contract with Trump lawyer Michael Cohenoriginal ↗
16 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
2017
23 Dec 2017