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DEAL OR NO DEAL

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Not just the name of the television show on NBC, Deal or No Deal is the question many attorneys are asking, as well as being asked by their clients, regarding transactions that are being made with companies and other...more

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"But We Were Just Negotiating:" Understanding When A String Of Communications (Even Emails) May Establish a Binding Contract

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Techlaw: Parties negotiating the terms of a deal must understand when the negotiating stops and a binding contract has been created, even if there is only a string of emails....more

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Speak Carefully When Doing Business Abroad

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How many times has a CEO or another executive reached a deal “in-principle” with a non-U.S. company by telephone or over a lunch or dinner meeting? Mostly likely, the dealmaker walks away from the meeting thinking that the...more

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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 272: Listen and Learn -- The Statute of Frauds (Contract Law)

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, in an episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we take a look at the Statute of Frauds, or the types of situations that are susceptible to fraud and therefore require...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 102: Listen and Learn -- The Statute of Frauds

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today's episode is part of our "Listen and Learn" series, where we review a substantive area of the law and apply it to fact patterns. This time, we're focusing on the Statute of...more

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California Lawsuit Against President Trump Raises Issue Of Consent

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Earlier this week, Stepanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump in the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. Clifford v. Trump, L.A. Super. Ct. Case No. BC 696568 (filed Mar....more

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Landman Defeated By The Statute Of Frauds

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Proving once again that gratitude is the rarest of human emotions, a contract between a landman and his client was deemed unenforceable, leaving the landman with nothing, even though he actually secured oil and gas leases for...more

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Texas Mineral Deeds Survive the Statute of Frauds

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According to Mr. Bumble, the law is an ass. I disagree (Know a lawyer who’s an ass? That’s another conversation). In Davis v. Mueller the law was not an ass, per se, but as applied by the Texas Supreme Court it showed little...more

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LOL! OMG. HUH? Court Finds That Text Message Can Form Binding Contract

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In the world of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, it is no secret that individuals are communicating regularly on their smartphones about their business affairs. Recently, a court addressed the question about whether a text...more

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ABA California Lending Law- Section X

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A. Loan Commitments - Under California law, a loan commitment, which is commonly set forth in a commitment letter, is binding on a lender only if the commitment letter contains all of the material terms of the loan and...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Second Circuit: Oral Agreement to Pay Commissions Not Barred by Statute of Frauds

A recent opinion from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirms that the Statute of Frauds will not void an oral agreement to pay commissions if the agreement lacks a fixed duration. In Kroshnyi v. U.S. Pack...more

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Legislature Enacts “5 Second Rule” For Electronic Contracts To Sell Real Property

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The Statute of Frauds has been a part of Anglo-American jurisprudence for centuries. It made its first appearance in the wake of the English Civil War (yes, they had one too but for very different reasons) when King Charles...more

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An Accidental Peril of Electronic Communication

Text message: “Awesome.” Is that any way to form a contract? In 2011, a Florida state court said it was. It was as early as 1677 that the British Parliament passed the Statute of Frauds, which generally provided...more

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