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Why People Hate Contracts…and How to Fix Them

by Graham Martin on November 1, 2011 · 0 comments

You probably already know why people hate contracts, but a colleague of mine dropped something on my desk this morning and I couldn’t help but share it with my adoring fan.

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Groupon Provides Fine Print Analysis of New Terms and Conditions

July 12, 2011
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This morning I received an email from Groupon notifying my of an update to their Terms of Use and Privacy Statement (PDF). They even provided a summary of the updates in plain language, so everyone can understand them.

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Minneapolis Teachers Awarded $17M on Breach of Contract

October 27, 2010

In a pair of arbitration rulings on October 26, 2010, the Minneapolis School District was determined to be in breach of its contract with its teachers, owing approximately $17 million in back wages. Even without seeing the documents, it is easy to see how this could occur. Lesson: perform your contractual obligations.

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Down with Fine Print!

September 1, 2010
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A recent post regarding the problems with fine print in software user agreements spurred this reaction from me, which is not at all inconsistent with my goals as an attorney focusing on contracts.

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Twitter’s Deceased User Policy

August 18, 2010

Twitter recently added a new policy addressing possibilities for the Twitter accounts of deceased users. Since I recently went through the rest of Twitter’s policies for Fine Print Friday, I thought it would be a good idea to briefly lay out the important points in their new new policy…in case you die.

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A Facebook Contract Worth $12.6 billion?

July 13, 2010

In a recent lawsuit, filed June 30, 2010 in Allegheny County in New York, Paul Ceglia requested a declaratory judgment enforcing the contract he made with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, giving him 84% ownership in the company, which is currently valued at $15 billion. Is the contract being interpreted correctly, and does Ceglia actually have a claim?

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