contract

Court of Appeals Rejects University of Washington Lecturer's Breach of Contract Claim

February 22, 2010 17:41

Lecturers in the University of Washington’s Educational Outreach Program (“Outreach Lecturers”) suffered a loss on February 16, 2010, when the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the University on their breach of contract claims. The...

How Franchisees Can Avoid Personal Liability in Contracts

Rush Nigut
February 13, 2010 16:13

  A common thing I see from franchisees is that they include only the name of their franchise in an agreement as opposed to including their corporate or limited liability company name. Most of the time the names are different. For example, if my franchise is "Tops Franchise" but my...

Does Conan Have Contract Conflicts?

January 13, 2010 22:48

The New York Times recently ran an informative article about NBC’s late night television woes. Low ratings and pressure from affiliates have made NBC move Jay Leno from 10 pm to 11:35 pm, thereby bumping Conan O’Brien’s The Tonight Show to 12:05 am (actually, wouldn’t that...

State Supreme Court Reverses Itself on Economic Loss Doctrine

January 11, 2010 11:22

Not long ago we blogged about the economic loss rule, noting that the doctrine had some variants among the states.  Recently, the South Carolina Supreme Court pulled back on an exception to the economic loss rule, concluding that its 2008 opinion expanding the ability to recover in tort...

The Handshake vs. the Written Contract

January 05, 2010 16:29

  I may be a bit younger in years, but I can still recall when a “handshake and a promise” deal actually meant something. Perhaps some of my confidence in another’s word stems from my small-town Mississippi roots. Nonetheless, in today’s economy, your...