Larry Cunningham of George Washington Law School is preparing the second edition of Contracts in the Real World. The book is outstanding and a great idea -- and I imagine it should be replicated for a bunch of the courses in the curriculum. I'm thinking wills and trusts in the real world would be a big hit!
Anyway, Larry is turning to the market to get ideas for the next edition. Via his twitter feed, I see that he's offering a copy of Contracts in the Real World to those who suggest a story that is chosen for inclusion in the next edition. More details on the book are at Cambridge University's webpage.
Thanks Al! Already received a few promising ideas:
(a) A-Rod v. Yankees over the home run bonus (thanks to Tom Lin of Temple);
(b) Winkelvoss v. Zuckerberg over Facebook (via Twitter handle @lawscholar); and
(c) NML Capital v. Republic of Argentina, 699 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 2012) (inspired by Aditi Bagchi of Fordham in her forthcoming Yale Reg piece).
Will give due credit in the book of course and happy to sign copies too! MANY THANKS!
Posted by: Lawrence Cunningham | May 18, 2015 at 05:09 PM
Thanks again and four more received from two prawfs.
Gregg Polksy (North Carolina) submitted two high profile disputants:
(e) Trump v. Maher (complaint withdrawn but the Donald tried to accept Maher's offer to prove Trump was not of orangutan origin) and
(f) Stern v. Sirius XM (interpretation dispute over employee bonus for the shock jock).
John Wladis (Delaware) submitted two on problems of "counting":
(g) Lord of the Rings Assignment: royalties to be paid on first film from each book but one (the Hobbit) was made into three movies and
(h) 9/11 WTC case: insurance coverage on per incident basis but with two planes/two towers is that one incident or two?
Great stuff. Keep them coming if you have them!
Posted by: Lawrence Cunningham | May 19, 2015 at 04:16 PM