(CN) - A Florida law student neglected the basic requirement of a contract - mutual assent - when he acted on a defense attorney's "rhetorical" $1 million offer for proof of the state's timeline in ...

Learn about contracts from Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried, one of the world's leading authorities on contract law. Contracts are promises that the law will enforce. But when will the law refuse ...

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Attorneys representing local governments often juggle numerous requests to draft or review contracts on tight deadlines. Regardless of the subject matter, the attorney must provide a rapid, thorough, ...

Ethan Leib, Professor at Fordham Law School, argues that that New York courts mistakenly apply the tort concept of “proximate cause” to contract law and calls upon the New York Court of Appeals to ...