Securities Law Suit Against Winkelvoss NFT Entities Sent to Arbitration
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by Jeremy Telman
1d ago
cellanr, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons In early 2021, John Hastings bought non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital assets, in this case in the form of digital art works called "Nifties," from an entity called Nifty Gateway, LLC (Nifty). Nifty is ..read more
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Second Circuit Upholds Time Charter Allowing for Viking River Cruises on the Mississippi
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by Jeremy Telman
2d ago
Viking River Cruises (Viking) is known for its excursions in Europe and Egypt. It wanted to expand operations into the United States, entering into an agreement through an American subsidiary for a charter though an American company, River 1, LLC ..read more
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Just in Time for Rosh HaShanah 2024, an Update on Passover 2019
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by Jeremy Telman
3d ago
Thanks to the "good citizen" who prodded me to dig up the outcome of Greenwald Caterers LLC v. Lancaster Host LLC, which we previously covered here. I had boldly predicted that the parties would settle the case. But I failed ..read more
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: One Cheer for Tenure!
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by Jeremy Telman
3d ago
Beginning in 2016, Tufts University School of Medicine (Tufts) instituted new policies for tenured faculty members. Faculty members were now required to cover fifty percent of their salary with external research funding. If they could not do so, their salaries ..read more
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Tuesday Top Ten - Contracts & Commercial Law Top SSRN Downloads for October 1, 2024
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by Mark Edwin Burge
4d ago
Top Downloads For: Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal Recent Top Papers (60 days) As of: 02 Aug 2024 - 01 Oct 2024 Rank Paper Downloads 1. Private International Law: A Hungarian Perspective Csongor István Nagy University of Galway - School ..read more
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Matthew Sluka: More NILs; More TroubILs
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by Jeremy Telman
4d ago
I expect that college athletics contracts are going to be the single most popular topic for student notes for the next five years at least. Two students came to me with the same story. They are Nathan Vann (below left ..read more
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Divided Ninth Circuit Panel Sends Claims Against Airline to Arbitration
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by Jeremy Telman
4d ago
In 2019, Winifredo and Macaria Herrera (the Herreras) purchased international round-trip flights on Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. (Cathay Pacific) through a third-party booking website, ASAP Tickets (ASAP). In so doing the Herreras agreed to ASAP's terms, which included a $250/per ..read more
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Michael Helfand on Contracts and the Right to Change Religions
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by Jeremy Telman
5d ago
I have been writing recently (here and here) on the intersection of contracts law and the First Amendment. In most cases, I argued, courts pay scant attention to contractual rights and obligations when they come up against First Amendment rights ..read more
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Friday Frivolity: A Limerick for Wisconsin Knife Works
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
Image by DALL-E I am teaching Wisconsin Knife Works v. National Metal Crafters for the first time this year. It is hard to find good cases on modification under the UCC's Article 2, and I think I may stick with ..read more
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Force Majeure, COVID, and a Win for Lizzo
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by Jeremy Telman
1w ago
I've long been on the hunt for a case that illustrates the interaction between a force majeure clause and the COVID-19 pandemic. This might be the one. It also makes use of the surplusage canon of construction, so if one ..read more
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