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Contracts Conference (Part Five)

By Miriam Cherry

So far I am greatly enjoying the Spring Contracts Conference, which I am currently attending at UNLV.  One of the panels I caught this morning featured the intersection of contract law and business associations (two of the subjects that I teach).  Daniel Kleinberger (William Mitchell) argued with the contractarian view of LLC and entertained the audience with a series of clever slides; Andrew Schwartz (Colorado) discussed material adverse change clauses and frustration of purpose; and Lydie Cabrera Pierre-Louis (St. Thomas)  advocated for increased protection for shareholders in the context of mini-tender offers. (great web picture, Lydie!)

So the ideas and papers have been interesting, and its been great to catch up with so many contracts scholars and friends, but I also suppose that part of why I am enjoying this conference is because during the last Contracts conference (which was sponsored by Pacific-McGeorge) I had to worry about whether anyone was stranded at the hotel, what to do about last minute cancellations, and whether the women?s bathroom had enough soap.  This year I can relax and just enjoy the speakers.  So all I would say is, thanks, UNLV and Keith Rowley, for hosting all of us this year.  p.s. Keith, there is plenty of soap in the women?s bathroom.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).