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Southern States Chemical, Inc. Et Al., Order Granting Defendant Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc.'S Motion To Dismiss, Eric A. Richardson

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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Sunday Ticket: The Ninth Circuit's Expansion Of The Quick Look Test Could Incidentally Help Fans Watch More Football For Less Money, Matthew Oakley

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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A Roadmap For Suing The Nfl: How San Diego Taxpayers Are Using St. Louis’ Success As A Plan In Their Own Suit Over Relocation, And Will It Pay Off?, Allison Frisella

SLU Law Journal Online

Last year, the city of St. Louis forced an unprecedented settlement against the Rams, Stan Kroenke, and the National Football League over relocation of the Rams. In this article, Allison Frisella covers how St. Louis' lawsuit can be used as a successful "roadmap" to sue the NFL, and how recent lawsuits filed by San Diego Taxpayers over relocation of the Chargers did just that. The article evaluates the claims made by St. Louis, how San Diego Taxpayers used similar claims in their complaints against the league, and if their successes will be the same as St. Louis.

Charles Mushitu (Sued In His Capacity As Secretary-General Of Zambia Red Cross Society) V. Christabel M. Kaumba Scz Appeal No. 122/2015, Chanda Chungu

SAIPAR Case Review

An employee worked under a project that terminated and was then placed on unpaid leave for almost nine (9) months when she was appointed to another post in another town, Choma. The issue here was does the employee have any relief for being unpaid for the 9-month period?

The Supreme Court held that the employers conduct amounted to a fundamental breach of contract when the employee was placed on unpaid, forced, indefinite leave. Therefore, due to their failure to pay the employee whilst he was still an employee, the employer not only breached the duty to pay wages, which constitutes …

If You Draw It, Students Learn It: An Approach To Teaching Contracts And Other Doctrinal Courses, Paul Figueroa

Faculty Scholarship

Spring 2019 was my first semester as a tenure-stream law professor. That semester I taught Legal Remedies and Contracts II—two subjects that overlap in their coverage of contract damages. I felt very comfortable teaching contracts, given my nearly twenty years of experience on contractual matters in both the private and public sectors. My first few classes went well, which validated my initial confidence. However, my optimism about the semester evaporated when I attempted to teach the parol evidence rule (“PER”).1 It was a Monday, and before starting my Contracts II class I asked the students, “How was the weekend?” followed …

Taxing Choices, Tessa R. Davis

Faculty Publications

Tax has a choice problem. At all stages of the making of tax, choice plays a role. Lawmakers consider how tax will impact the range and appeal of choices available to an individual. Scholars critique how tax may drive an individual toward or away from a given choice. Courts craft stories of how an individual had either free or deeply constrained choice, using their perception of the facts to guide their interpretation of tax law. And yet for all the seeming relevance of choice to tax, we have no clear definition of what we mean when we talk about choice …

Zambia Breweries Plc V. Betternow Family Limited Selected Judgment No. 48 Of 2016, Chanda Chungu

SAIPAR Case Review

This matter dealt with a distributorship contract between Zambia Breweries and Betternow Family Limited. Betternow paid K100, 000 as a pre-condition to trading Zambia Breweries’ products – but after three (3) months of trading, Zambia Breweries terminated the supply of its products to Betternow Family Limited.

In this case, the contract provided that the contract can be terminated with one month’s notice. The contract was cancelled by Zambia Breweries and Betternow Family Limited sued for breach of contract. The trial court awarded damages equivalent to the unserved or remaining period of the contract.

The Supreme Court held that: Any damages …

A Negotiated Instrument: Proposing A Safer Contract For Consumers (And Not Just A Smarter One), Michael S. Lewis

Georgia State University Law Review

In this Article, I propose a new standard for determining what constitutes assent, as a matter of contract formation, within the domain of electronic consumer contracting. The threshold test should reject the “take-it-or-leave-it” arrangement dominant in the marketplace and reified by recent proposals before the American Law Institute (“ALI”) under the moniker “blanket assent.” The new standard should reject blanket assent in favor of a default rule that would require any electronic form proposing contract terms to permit at least a minimal amount of negotiation around terms seeking waiver of rights from consumers. I propose this rule as a more …

Rules Of Regularity: An Empirical Quest For Commercial Certainty In Arbitration, Cornelis J.W. Baaij

William & Mary Business Law Review

The U.S. Supreme Court justifies the broad enforceability of arbitration agreements with the notion that arbitration expands parties' autonomy to contract for an efficient alternative to court proceedings. Unfortunately, the current practice of both domestic and cross-border commercial arbitration does not fully live up to these expectations. It is crucial to both autonomy and efficiency theories of contract law that adjudicatory decision-making is predictable so parties can tailor their contracts accordingly. However, commercial arbitration's prevailing culture of confidentiality and lack of stare decisis diminishes commercial certainty. To bring the reality of commercial arbitration closer to the Supreme Court's reasoning, this …

Rabson Sikombe V. Access Bank (Zambia) Limited Scz Appeal No. 240/2013, Chanda Chungu

SAIPAR Case Review

The employee was employed as a Transaction Officer with effect from the 17th of November 2008. He was suspended from duty on the 15th of May, 2009 following an investigation into the sum of K804 million, unauthorized overdraft on an account held in the respondent's Bank by a company called ZCON,it being alleged that the appellant failed to manage the credit portfolio by not constantly reviewing the overdrawn account, leading to the customer's overdrawn position exceeding the approved limit of K350 million.

It was further alleged that the employee had provided false information that the client had an approved facility …

Finance Bank And Rajan Mahtani V Simataa Simataa Scz Appeal No. 11/2017, Chanda Chungu

SAIPAR Case Review

The employer settled an employment dispute with its former employee out of court. They bound their former employee to a settlement agreement that he would not speak badly of the employer or testify against them in future. He subsequently testified against his former employer and the employer sued for a refund of the settlement amount.

The court was of the view that only nominal damages (equivalent to K500) would be awarded merely to show that there had been a breach of the agreement not to testify. However, the amount was limited to a small sum of nominal damages as loss …

Liability For Non-Disclosure In Equity Financing, Albert H. Choi, Kathryn E. Spier

Law & Economics Working Papers

The paper analyzes the effects of holding firms liable for non-disclosure of material information when raising capital. We develop a model in which a privately-informed entrepreneur can choose to withhold information from prospective investors when issuing and selling stock and the investors can bring suit against the firm ex post for (alleged) non-disclosure. The damage payment received by the investors is partially offset by the reduced value of their equity stake. The analysis shows that the equilibrium depends on, among others, (1) the amount of personal capital the entrepreneur has to commit, (2) the frequency with which the entrepreneur is …

Sex Work Is Real Work: The Implications Of U.S. Strippers Winning The Right To Unionize, An International Comparative Study, Katherine Fustich

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review

The note examines the landmark NLRB decision in *Nolan Enterprises*, which granted U.S. strippers the right to unionize by classifying them as employees rather than independent contractors. This ruling has significant implications for labor rights in the sex work industry, both domestically and internationally. The analysis compares this development with international perspectives from the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for sex worker unionization and the broader implications for labor movements globally.

Burdening Assignees With Arbitration Agreements Via ‘Conditional Benefits’, Chee Ho Tham

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In this article, the author compares two concepts that seek to explain why an assignee of a chose in action may be burdened by an arbitration agreement to which it is not privy. He posits that, of the “conditional benefits” concept and the “subject to equities” principle, the latter provides the better explanation.

Is Bitcoin Prudent? Is Art Diversified? Offering Alternative Investments To 401(K) Participants, Edward A. Zelinsky

Articles

Whether 401(k) plans’ investment menus should feature “alternative” investments is a fact-driven inquiry applying ERISA’s fiduciary standards of prudence, loyalty, and diversification. Central to this fact-driven inquiry is whether the alternative investment class in question is broadly accepted by investors in general and by professional defined benefit trustees in particular. A similarly salient concern when making this inquiry is the financial unsophistication of many, perhaps most, 401(k) participants. Accounting for these considerations, this Article concludes that REITs, private equity funds, and hedge funds can, with limits, today be offered as investment choices to 401(k) participants, but that cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin), …

Debunking The Efficacy Of Standard Contract Boilerplate: Part Iv, David Spratt

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

We have belabored the archaic and prohibited use of "said" as a synonym for "the." But this paragraph needs more work. First, the phrase "irrespective of the fact that" is wordy and could be replaced with the plain language alternative of "even though." Second, "one or more of the parties now is, or may become, a resident of a different state" also could be streamlined. The phrase is easy enough to understand but cut to the chase. Replacing this phrase with "either party now or later resides in a different state" does the trick.

Peran Notaris Terhadap Ketidakpastian Hukum Dalam Proses Perubahan Anggaran Dasar Perkumpulan Berbadan Hukum (Studi Putusan Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara Jakarta Nomor 216/G/2020/Ptun-Jkt), Alisha Nur Laili

Indonesian Notary

Notaris merupakan pihak yang diberikan kuasa oleh para penghadap untuk mengajukan perubahan anggaran dasar dalam sistem administrasi badan hukum. Salah satu persyaratan utama untuk mengajukan perubahan anggaran dasar perkumpulan berbadan hukum adalah pernyataan perkumpulan sedang tidak dalam sengketa kepengurusan atau sengketa di pengadilan. Akan tetapi, dalam kasus pada Putusan Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara Jakarta Nomor 216/G/2020/PTUN-JKT notaris mengajukan perubahan anggaran dasar perkumpulan AMPHURI ketika perkumpulan sedang dalam sengketa kepengurusan. Hal ini terjadi karena tidak adanya peraturan mengenai pihak yang berkewajiban, dan berperan untuk memverifikasi kebenaran data-data dalam proses perubahan anggaran dasar perkumpulan. Permasalahan yang dianalisis dalam penelitian ini adalah mengenai …

Peran Notaris Terhadap Penyusunan Perjanjian Kredit Dalam Pemberian Fasilitas Kredit Oleh Bank (Studi Putusan Pengadilan Batam Nomor 36/Pdt.G/2021/Pn Btm), Prima Novrama Evrina

Indonesian Notary

Dalam membuat sebuah akta perjanjian kredit, seorang notaris diharuskan bersikap netral dengan tidak memihak diantara pihak bank maupun pihak nasabah. Hal ini dikarenakan notaris merupakan seorang pejabat umum yang aktanya memiliki kekuatan pembuktian hukum yang sempurna sepanjang tidak dapat dibuktikan lain oleh pihak yang menyangkal, sehingga apabila terjadi kekeliruan atau berisikan keterangan yang tidak benar dapat memengaruhi fungsi dari jabatan notaris dalam masyarakat yang membutuhkan perlindungan hukum supaya terhindar dari ketidakpastian hukum. Dalam kasus yang diteliti, perjanjian kredit yang jaminannya tidak diikatkan dengan hak tanggungan karena objek jaminan dalam proses blokir oleh Badan Pertanahan Nasional (BPN). Permasalahan yang diangkat dalam …

Status Harta Bersama Yang Dibebani Hak Tanggungan Dalam Perceraian (Studi Putusan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 2302 K/Pdt/2018), Novita Listyaningrum

Indonesian Notary

Berakhirnya suatu harta bersama ditandai dengan selesai dibaginya harta bersama tersebut kepada mantan suami dan mantan isteri pasca putusnya perkawinan. Termasuk dalam pembagian tersebut adalah seluruh kekayaan, keuntungan, kerugian dan beban yang didapatkan selama dalam ikatan perkawinan. Penelitian ini ingin membahas mengenai bagaimanakah status harta bersama yang dibebani hak tanggungan dalam perceraian berdasarkan putusan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 2302 K/Pdt/2018 dan bagaimanakah pertimbangan hukum dalam putusan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 2302 K/Pdt/2018 ditinjau dari Undnag-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yuridis normatif yang bersifat eksplanatoris dan menggunakan data sekunder yang diperoleh melalui studi dokumen. Penelitian ini menemukan …

Akta Perdamaian Yang Dibuat Oleh Notaris Dalam Penyelesaian Sengketa Hukum (Studi Putusan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 240/Pdt.G/2020/Pn Sda), Salma Isni Ramadhani

Indonesian Notary

Perdamaian merupakan salah satu opsi yang dimiliki dan sah dalam proses penyelesaian sengketa di Indonesia, diatur dalam Pasal 130 HIR, perdamaian dapat dilakukan dengan dua cara yakni melalui proses pengadilan dan di luar pengadilan. Perdamaian dengan jalur pengadilan menurut ketentuan Peraturan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 1 Tahun 2016 tentang Prosedur Mediasi di Pengadilan dikatakan bahwa yang berhak untuk melakukan proses mediator, sedangkan proses perdamaian di luar pengadilan dapat dilakukan dengan cara para pihak yang bersengketa membuat akta perdamaian yang dibuat di hadapan seorang pejabat umum dalam hal ini ialah Notaris, Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk menelaah lebih luas dan dalam mengenai prosedur, …