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Employee Nondisclosure Agreements In South Carolina: Easily Made, Easily Broken, Samuel C. Williams
Employee Nondisclosure Agreements In South Carolina: Easily Made, Easily Broken, Samuel C. Williams
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Duress As Rent-Seeking, Mark Seidenfeld, Murat C. Mungan
Duress As Rent-Seeking, Mark Seidenfeld, Murat C. Mungan
Faculty Scholarship
The doctrine of duress allows a party to avoid its contractual obligations when that party was induced to enter the contract by a wrongful threat while in a dire position that left it no choice but to enter the contract. Although threats of criminal or tortious conduct clearly are wrongful, under the doctrine of “economic duress” courts have held that other threats can be wrongful and hence the basis of a duress defense. Courts, however, have not developed a coherent understanding of what makes such non-criminal and non-tortious threats wrongful.
This Article proposes that a threat should be wrongful when …
Archer V. Warner: Circuit Split Resolution Or Contractual Quagmire?, Jennifer R. Belcher
Archer V. Warner: Circuit Split Resolution Or Contractual Quagmire?, Jennifer R. Belcher
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Secret Settlements And Practice Restrictions Aid Lawyer Cartels And Cause Other Harms, Susan P. Koniak, David Dana
Secret Settlements And Practice Restrictions Aid Lawyer Cartels And Cause Other Harms, Susan P. Koniak, David Dana
Faculty Scholarship
In this article, the authors argue that the use of secrecy agreements and practice restrictions in settlement contracts should be prohibited not only by the ethics rules, but also by criminal and civil law. The authors begin by discrediting four arguments that are traditionally employed to support the use of secrecy agreements and practice restrictions. They then argue that the use of secrecy agreements and practice restrictions generate substantial costs, but do not secure any legitimate benefits that could not be attained by other, less costly means. The authors also explain how the problems caused by secrecy agreements and practice …
Quantification Of Federal And Indian Reserved Rights Through Negotiation [Outline], Daniel M. Rosenfelt
Quantification Of Federal And Indian Reserved Rights Through Negotiation [Outline], Daniel M. Rosenfelt
Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)
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Mortgages - Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure - Validity, Elbridge D. Phelps
Mortgages - Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure - Validity, Elbridge D. Phelps
Michigan Law Review
Depression years have brought to the fore a question much controverted in the early law, but now said to have become settled. That question regards the effect and efficacy of a conveyance of the mortgaged land, or a transfer of the equity of redemption, by the mortgagor to his mortgagee. It seems to have been cheerfully assumed by some lawyers, and by laymen in general, that in the absence of liens subsequent to the mortgage, the procedure is perfectly safe and proper in every case. It is the purpose of this discussion, however, to point out certain dangers inherent in …