Posts by Title (In Order of Publication from Newest to Oldest)
- “Is a Startup Ecosystem Without Lawyers a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?”
- “Best Efforts” and Leaving Deal Terms Open
- “NO LIMIT” + “Awesome!” = Contract Modification
- 100 Posts
- A Couple Tips for Young Lawyers
- A Good Example of a Browsewrap Checkout Screen
- A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting Should be Required Reading
- A Quick Note to Missouri Appellate Lawyers
- AMEX Arbitration Case Goes to the Supreme Court (Again and Again and Again)
- An Experiment in Crowd-Sourcing Contract Language
- Angel Investing Basics
- Arbitration Might Just Be the Most Exciting Area of Contract Law
- Are Browsewraps Enforceable in New Jersey? Maybe
- Are Lawyers Like Gardeners Who Mow with Scissors?
- Assignment of Noncompetition Agreements in an Asset Purchase
- AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: Is Class Arbitration Dead?
- Attorney Fees in Contracts
- Backdating Contracts Is Tricky Business
- Battle of the Forms Explained (Using a Few Short Words)
- Be Careful about Contractual Duties to Provide Insurance
- Be Sure to Read the Boring Stuff at the Back of Your Contracts
- Blog Hop — Why I Write
- Breach of Contract for Being Snubbed at Dinner?
- Business Due Diligence Tips
- Can the Crowd Produce a Decent Contract?
- Can You Win the Battle of the Forms?
- Class Action Arbitration Jurisprudence Marches On: In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation
- Coming in January 2011
- Considering a Contract’s Legal-Battle Rating
- Contract Hygiene: Five Healthy Contracting Habits (Part 1)
- Contract Hygiene: Five Healthy Contracting Habits (Part 2)
- Contracting by Clicking Send
- Contracting Triage
- Contracts Quiz: Eternal Obligation?
- Contracts Quiz: Is This Email Settlement Binding?
- Contractual Limitations: Why Are You Suing Me When Our Contract Says You Can’t?
- Court Holds Panera Bread to Its Bonus Program
- Dear Dropbox, I’ll Take the Arbitration
- Dear Ninth Circuit: We Like Arbitration – Signed, The Supreme Court
- Did You Miss My Best Stuff in 2013?
- Digitech Computer v. Trans-Care: Monday-Morning Contract Analysis
- Do Law Firms Invest in Talent Management?
- Do You Hire a Lawyer for Advice or Just Information?
- Document Comparison Is an Essential Part of the Contracting Process
- Does Minimizing the Amount of a Contract That Lawyers Write Improve Communication?
- Don’t Hinder Contract Performance and Then Sue for Breach of Contract
- Drafting Clearer Contracts 2017
- Dramatic Reading of iTunes Terms of Use by Richard Dreyfuss
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 1)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 2)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 3)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 4)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 5)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 6)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 7)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 8)
- Eighth Circuit Contracts Cases 2011 (Part 9)
- Electronic Confidential Information: It’s Indestructible
- Email Held Not Sufficient to Transfer Copyright
- Excellent Law Firm Piece Explaining Indirect Damages
- Five Tips for Keeping Track of Contract Versions
- From the Interwebs: ALL CAPS, Law Firm Names, and Big Bang Ambiguity
- From the Interwebs: Arbitration, Checklists, Easy Reading
- From the Interwebs: Axiom, Developing the Talent, and Being True to You
- From the Interwebs: Creative Commons TOS, No Love for the Facebook, Geeky Grammar Humor
- From the Interwebs: Dine & Dash, Grammar, and Privacy
- From the Interwebs: Fugitive Contracts, Trademarks, St. Louis Lingo
- From the Interwebs: Money Talk, Law Business, and DIY Lawyering
- From the Interwebs: NFL Contracts, Lawyers Ordering Pizza, and Oil
- From the Interwebs: Plain Language, China Law, Tattoos
- From the Interwebs: Privacy, Law Firm Woes, Veil Piercing
- From the Interwebs: sleep, NASCAR tweeter, lawyers in school
- From the Interwebs: Thomas Crapper, Trademarks, and Contract Typos
- From the Interwebs: Throttling, Sleep, Love Isn’t Enough
- Habit #2: Give Important Contracts Special Attention
- Have You Thought About Consideration?
- How to Sign a Contract
- If You Could Have Only Two Clauses in Your Contract, Which Would You Choose?
- Illinois State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 1): Attorney Suing Client, the Moorman Doctrine
- Insurance Claims: A Tale of Stench and Loss
- Is “Managing Member” Really a Thing?
- Is Free the Right Price for Legal Documents?
- Kansas City Chiefs Fail to Compel Former Employee to Arbitrate Age Discrimination Claim
- Koncision: One Giant Leap
- Liquidated Damages Clause Example
- Liquidated Damages in Missouri
- Liquidated Damages Provisions Can Be Your Friend, But Don’t Overreach
- Making Friends Through Blogging
- Missouri Contract Cases 2012 (Part 17)
- Missouri Federal Contract Cases 2012 (Part 01): Indemnification for One’s Own Negligence
- Missouri Federal Contract Cases 2012 (Part 02)
- Missouri Federal Contract Cases 2013 (Part 01): Regulation B and Economic Loss Doctrine
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 01): Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 02): Punitive Damages for Conspiracy to Breach a Contract
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 03): Merger and the Law of the Case
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 04): Admission of Business Records
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 05): Roundup
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 06): Anti-Stacking, Insurable Interest
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 07): Shipping Rebates, Abandonment, and Judicial Estoppel
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 08): Arbitration, Quantum Meruit, and Action on Account
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 09): Personal Guarantee, Rescission, and TCPA
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 10): Escrow and Collateral Estoppel
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 11): Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claims and Insurance Policy Ambiguity
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 12): Arbitration Agency and Broker Negligence
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 13): Lost Profits, Punitive Damages, and Malicious Prosecution
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 14): Personal Guarantee and the Voluntary Payment Doctrine
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 15): Lost Profits and Constructive Eviction
- Missouri State Contract Cases 2012 (Part 16): Spousal Guarantees and Independent Contractors
- More People Have Read These Personal iPhone ToS Than the Real ToS
- My New Blog Project
- New Battle of the Forms Chart
- Non-Competes in Missouri
- Nozbe Privacy Policy
- One Space, Two Spaces…Potato, Potahto?
- Online Terms … Ugh!!
- Postette: Can You Incorporate Online Terms and Conditions into a Written Contract?
- Postette: Contracts As a Tool for Collaboration?
- Postette: Dangling Participles Are Bad News
- Postette: Excellent ABA Article About Web-Based Terms of Sale
- Postette: Extending Trade Credit Prudently
- Postette: Is Software Governed by the UCC?
- Postette: Law Factory vs. Bet the Farm Business Models
- Postette: Oops…I Meant $2,000, Not $500
- Postette: Renvoi
- Postette: This Is a Trade Secret, Right?
- Postette: Useful Contracts Tools Or Toys?
- Put Down Your Mouse, And Read “Growth Is Dead”
- Recovering Attorneys’ Fees
- Revisiting “No Reliance” Language in Contracts
- Revisiting an Experiment in Crowd-Sourcing Contract Language
- Revisiting Liquidated Damages
- Revisiting Personal Guarantees
- Sample Contract for the Sale of Goods
- Sample Contract for the Sale of Goods Revisited
- Save Yourself From Yourself With a Simple Email Checklist
- Should Consumers Read Online Terms of Service?
- Signing a Personal Guarantee Can Be Surprisingly Costly
- Signing Quotations
- Simple Asset Purchase Agreement
- Simple Nondisclosure Agreement Form
- South Park’s Kyle Learns the Dark Side of Online Terms
- Supreme Court Holds Federal Arbitration Act Preempts Public Policy of West Virginia
- Sweet, Short EULA
- The “Duty to Read” Is Not Absolute
- The Billable Hour Is Bad For Your Soul
- The E-Contracting Paradox: No One Reads Online Terms But Everyone Agrees to Them
- The Law of Stuff Isn’t the Same As the Law of Services
- The Missouri Supreme Court Meets Concepcion: Brewer v. Missouri Title Loans
- The Missouri Supreme Court Meets Concepcion: Robinson v. Title Lenders, Inc.
- The Reading List: Business Law Post
- The Reading List: China Law Blog
- The Reading List: IP Draughts
- The Reading List: New Year’s Edition
- The Reading List: Starter Edition
- The Reading List: The Koncise Drafter
- theContractsGuy Goes Off-Message and Off-Blog
- Top 10 Hors d’oeuvres for Contracts Aficionados
- U.S. Supreme Court to Oklahoma High Court on Arbitration: Try Again
- Weekend Improvements to theContractsGuy Blog
- Welcome ContractsProf Blog Readers
- Welcome to theContractsGuy
- What?! Typewriters Aren’t Responsible for Two-Spacing?
- What’s the Role of a Commercial Attorney?
- What’s the Most Common Grammatical Mistake in Well-Written Contracts?
- Whelan Security Co. v. Kennebrew Update: Noncompetes in Missouri
- When a Document Says It Isn’t a Contract, It Isn’t a Contract
- Why I Started My Own Law Firm
- Why You Should Review Key Contracts Before You Sell Your Business
- You Discover a Missing Closing Document—Let Sleeping Dogs Lie?
- YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!
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