Update on the fate of @mauraf.bsky.social, who has left a tenured position at Muhlenberg College and academia because she was likely going to be fired for her anti-Zionist views despite faculty and AAUP support. All is not well in the academy.
#law #contracts #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #Palestine #zionism
https://www.europesays.com/us/23895/ Spurs sign a pair of undrafted free agents to Summer League contracts #a #agents #America #Contracts #Free #FrontPage #League #of #pair #pounding #rock #SanAntonio #SanAntonio #sign #Spurs #SpursDraftRumorsNewsAnalysis #summer #Texas #the #To #TX #undrafted #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesofAmerica #US #USA
Another story I learned of from the Money Stuff Podcast: Musician charged with scheme to make $10 million from streaming services by programing bots to make hundreds of songs that other bots streamed 24/7.
https://www.europesays.com/2189349/ Emails reveal DOGE canceled Maine’s newborn Social Security program #Contracts #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #JanetMills #LelandDudek #Maine #Musk #SocialSecurity #trump
1. Company hires executive with generous severance package.
2. Executive quits after four years and claims entitlement to $5 million
3. Company refuses to pay based on possible breach of non-existent side agreements
4. Company loses
Court grants motion to compel arbitration brought by non-party to arbitration agreement two years after complaint was filed. I think the decision is correct under current law, which says a lot about the state of arbitration law in the U.S.
#law #contracts #litigation #arbitration
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/06/district-court-grants-motion-to-compel-arbitration-two-years-after-complain-was-filed.html
It brings me no pleasure to report that a Colorado court has found Twitter (X) liable for its refusal to pay rent on a property in Boulder. Just kidding. It brings me pleasure eight million times over.
A judge has approved a $2.75 billion settlement in a class action against the NCAA. Schools can now pay athletes $20.5 million/year directly and the $2.75 billion goes to former athletes. It’s just a rest stop on the highway to professionalization.
#law #contracts #sports #NCAA #litigation #settlements
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/06/the-short-term-future-of-college-athletics.html
https://www.europesays.com/2147611/ Indigenous employment rules dropped from two-thirds of Commonwealth contracts #business #commonwealth #Contracts #employment #Indigenous #jobs #Procurement
https://www.europesays.com/2142685/ Trump says ex-pal Elon Musk can keep his golden White House key #Branch #Contracts #Department #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #Donald #DonaldTrump #efficiency #elon #ElonMusk #Executive #ExecutiveBranch #Government #GovernmentContracts #motors #Musk #Negative #of #Overall #OverallNegative #party #Politics #Republican #RepublicanParty #SpaceX #tesla #TeslaMotors #TheWhiteHouse #trump #TrumpAdministration
Having previously entered into settlements with Washington, D.C. and Illinois, Doordash has now agreed in a settlement with NY AG Letitia James to distribute $16.8 million to its New York State employees whose tips it stole. It’s a start. Still, I wish I used Doordash so I could stop using Doordash.
#law #contracts #Settlements #Regulation
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/06/new-yorks-attorney-general-forces-doordash-to-pay-workers-for-stolen-tips.html
Bank enters into deal with jails that detainees’ money upon arrest plus any outside funds received go onto a debit card. Upon release, the detainee gets the card, which comes with fees. Court certified class action for violations of state and federal law.
#law #contracts #DebitCards #Incarceration #litigation #ClassActions
A home where Pope Leo XIV lived as a child went up for sale, then there was to be an auction, and now the Village of Dolton, Illinois is seeking to purchase it. I haven’t seen this much excitement since George Costanza bought Jon Voight’s car.
https://www.europesays.com/2113928/ Linn County Commissioners OK temporary employment contracts for Sheriff’s Office #BackgroundInvestigator #business #Commissioners #Contracts #jobs #LinnCounty #patrol #Sheriff'sOffice #TemporaryEmployment #Vehicles
Court dismisses class action against Amazon Prime alleging breach of contract for making us pay to watch ad-free. Following precedent, the Court finds the change a permissible change in services rather than an impermissible price increase. 
#law #contracts #TermsOfService #Amazon #Prime #Streaming #ClassActions #Litigation
https://www.europesays.com/2109882/ El Paso business thrives amid tariff challenges #america #business #Contracts #ElPaso #Employees #Expansion #FCSWroughtIron #LocalSuppliers #tariffs #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
We’ve had about two juicy mistake cases a year since 2021, and they just keep coming. The latest is the story of Harvard’s accidental acquisition of one of seven surviving copies of the 1300 Magna Carta.
https://www.europesays.com/2088132/ Ravens Lamar Signing Next Up After Massive Purdy Contract? #america #BaltimoreRavens #BrockPurdy #Contracts #DakPrescott #DallasCowboys #Entertainment #FranchiseQuarterback #health #JohnHarbaugh #LamarJackson #SanFrancisco49ers #sports #TheRavens #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
Today’s post summarizes the findings of ProPublica and Tennessee Lookout reporting on a very aggressive pay-day lender that has won $200 million in judgments by filing 100,000 suits against Tennessee borrowers since 2015. If only there were an agency . . .
A business interruption insurance claim by Baylor’s College of Medicine went the way of almost all such claims, but only because the court felt compelled by precedent to ignore some damn good expert testimony.
#law #contracts #litigation #COVID #insurance
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/texas-court-of-appeals-reverses-12-million-judgment-in-covid-related-insurance-claim.html
