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Contracts Law in Action: Dealing with Technology Providers
As reported to the ContractsProf Blog:Our epic struggle to obtain Wi-Fi and DIRECTV started when my wife and I bought a condo in Fall, 2024.AT&T came out to set up new Wi-FI fi-and Direct-TV. Direct TV never worked. AT&T gave us new Wi-Fi , but that...
Investments under the German Capital Investment Act generally do not classify as PRIPs
On 27 July 2026, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published a circular (the Circular) clarifying that investments falling within the scope of the German Capital Investment Act...
Your ERISA Watch – Week of July 29, 2026
Last week was a busy one in the federal courts with an unusual assortment of ERISA issues in the mix. There were no appellate decisions (in contrast to five last week), but the district court cases included (1) no fewer than three tobacco surcharge class actions, all...
Tenth Circuit Holds that PREP Act Preempts Vaccine Breach of Contract Claim
Dressen v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, 2026 WL 2122898(10th Cir. July 23, 2026), extends to four weeks our streak of discussing favorable vaccine decisions – this time involving product liability.In a well written, fully reasoned, reported decision, the...
The Hidden Risks Inside Every Franchise Agreement
Most franchise buyers spend months researching brands, talking with franchisees, reviewing financial information, and deciding whether franchising is the right path.Then they receive the franchise agreement.Many assume it is a formality.It is not.The franchise...
The California Bar Exam Was A Disaster, NCBE And Missouri: ‘Hold My Beer’
The most credulous voices in legal spent the last year dunking all over California’s haphazard effort to administer its own bar exam. California’s initiative admittedly moved too fast — a byproduct of waiting until the licensing entity faced such a...
Washington Just Called Off Its Entire Bar Exam
I don’t want to say I’m Cassandra. But when we flagged yesterday that, with the bar exam here, something was about to go horribly wrong, it wasn’t exactly a bold call. Something goes wrong every year. The only questions were how, and how badly....
Maryland Thought It Had A Bar Exam Disaster. Then Other States Happened.
After months of studying, thousands of dollars in expenses, and enough stress to shave years off a person’s life, bar applicants should at least be able to count on one thing: actually being able to take the exam, on time. Apparently not. The first administration of...
Deadly earthquake in Japan collapses mall, damages 400-year-old castle
The powerful, magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck southwestern Japan killed at least three people, collapsed a shopping mall and damaged a 400-year-old landmark, according to morning-after reports.