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Contract Killer Fails to Kill—Contract Modified

by Graham Martin on February 14, 2011 · 0 comments

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If you have been reading this blog at least semi-regularly you will notice a couple issues given this post’s title: (1) A contract to kill someone, and (2) Modification of a contract. There technically isn’t anything wrong with modifying a contract, but generally every party to the contract needs to agree to the modification in [...]

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Break Your AT&T Contract for Verizon

January 12, 2011

Verizon is getting the iPhone and AT&T users are considering an exodus of biblical proportions. But how do you effectively break a contract?

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Undue Influence an Issue in the DC Mayoral Race?

August 30, 2010

The Washington Post recently published an editorial regarding the current accusations being flung at incumbent Washington DC mayor Adrian M. Fenty, many of which have to do with allegations of rigged contracts. The author picks up on an interesting contractual concept early in the editorial that is something with which we are all familiar, but very few of us could define: Undue Influence.

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Paris Hilton $35m Breach of Contract: A Short Analysis

August 16, 2010

Paris Hilton was in the news again last week–this time because she is being sued by Hairtech International for not fulfilling her endorsement contract. As such a high-profile breach of contract situation, I thought I would use this opportunity to explore contract breaches, whether damages are appropriate, and what the result might be.

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How to Escape a Contract

July 28, 2010

Jakarta’s House of Representatives ran into a contract problem recently: they decided they no longer wanted to be part of a contract they had signed with a developer to allow the use of land adjacent to the legislative complex to be used for a shopping mall for the next 25 years. That is a big [...]

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