California Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Sex-Trafficking Claim Against Ford Models CEO
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by Jeremy Telman
21h ago
Plaintiff Jane Doe was a model and a minor when she landed a modeling assignment working for Ford Models, Inc. (Ford) in 2012. In 2017, when she was twenty-one, she boarded a private jet flying to London, along with defendant ..read more
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Doing It Wrong (Paul, Weiss) and Doing It Right (Rachel Cohen)
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by Jeremy Telman
21h ago
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 ..read more
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Reviewing Larry DiMatteo, Principles of Contract Law and Theory, Part XV
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by Jeremy Telman
2d ago
This is the fifteenth 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 ..read more
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Friday Frivolity: 8000 Bitcoins in a Welsh Tip (Garbage Dump)
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by Jeremy Telman
5d ago
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 ..read more
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Brett Frischmann Amicus Brief in Chilutti v. Uber
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by Jeremy Telman
6d ago
We posted about the decision of a panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court in Chilutti v. Uber back in 2023. The decision was striking because it struck down Uber’s terms of service, including an arbitration clause as providing insufficient notice to ..read more
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Big Mass Arbitration Decision from the Ninth Circuit
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
Skot Hellman and others (Plaintiffs) bought tickets to concerts promoted by Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Ticketmaster LLC (collectively Defendants). When they did so, they were provided with terms, which call for arbitration by New Era ADR (New Era). When ..read more
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Tuesday Top Ten - Contracts & Commercial Law Top SSRN Downloads for March 18, 2025
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by Mark Edwin Burge
1w ago
Top Downloads For: Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal Recent Top Papers (60 days) As of: 17 Jan 2025 - 18 Mar 2025 Rank Paper Downloads 1. Crypto and the Property Question Andrea Tosato and Christopher K. Odinet Southern Methodist University ..read more
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ERISA Claims: A Chink in the Armor of Class Action Waivers
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
Bradley Fleming, an employee of the Kellogg Company (Kellogg) and a participant in its defined contribution (401(k)) retirement plan, alleged breach of fiduciary duty sounding in ERISA § 502(a)(2), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2) against Kellogg and the fiduciaries who ran ..read more
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Sid DeLong Reads the Writing on the Wall and then Tries Dreaming of Electric Sheep
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin: The Digital Message on the Wall Sidney W. DeLong When I began teaching law, I discovered that I still had left-over student anxiety nightmares with all the familiar tropes (I was late to class; I was ..read more
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Reviewing Larry DiMatteo, Principles of Contract Law and Theory, Part XIV
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
This is the Fourteenth 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 ..read more
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