Legal History

Contract drafting: A narrative approach
One of the new books coming out this year that we're particularly interested in seeing when it comes out in a few weeks is Basic Contract Drafting Assignment: A Narrative Approach, by Sue Payne (Northwestern), published by the fine folks...

Republicans will unveil new Contract on Thursday in Virginia
The Hill: "Republicans will unveil their new 'Contract with America' in Virginia on Thursday, less than two months before election day . . . The new contract, modeled after the 1994 'Contract with America,' is intended to highlight what the Republican party would stand for if it returns to power in Congress...

Rhodes Says Air America is in F**n Breach of Contract
This blog has seen its share of radio hosts with contract issues. Now, consider the predicament of liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes, who has a show on Air America. At a recent (off air) appearance on behalf of Air...

Christians: Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract
Allison Christians (Wisconsin) has posted Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract, 18 Minn. J. Int'l L. ___ (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: National tax policy is one product of the classic Lockean social contract between individuals and government...

Merger Clause Defeats Breach of Contract Action in Wisconsin
Kudos to the State Bar of Wisconsin for some excellent legal reporting. Joe Forward, a legal writer for the Bar, has posted a thorough case summary of a recent contracts dispute, Town Bank v...

Court of Chancery Explains Contract Interpretation Rules
United Rentals Inc v. RAM Holdings Inc. C.A. No. 3360-CC (December 12 and 21, 2007).  In these two decisions the Court of Chancery sets out how it will interpret a contract...

Uniform Commercial Code and Contracts
Interstate commercial transactions and sale of goods in the United States

Employment Contracts
General Contract Law Principles

Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action For Withholding Federal Bailout Funds
Bank of America Faces Homeowner Class Action

AnchorBank
$1.27 million in construction contract termination lawsuit.

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.

Bank of America Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Bank of America Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products Due
Kraft Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products