Tag: Contract
To Be or Not to Be: The FTC’s Non-Compete Rule in the Current Landscape
(Source) In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission promulgated a non-compete rule, which banned most non-compete agreements in the United States. The rule also made existing non-competes unenforceable. The rule applies to all “workers,” which, in this case, includes employees, independent contractors, interns, and volunteers. Existing contracts for senior executives (which constitute less than one…
11 Apr 2025
The Right to Own Nothing
Kirk Sigmon discusses Electronic Arts’ “Origin” digital distribution platform and why digital distribution licenses for games can spell danger for customers.
15 Nov 2011
Contract Law in the Age of Smartphones: Do Smartphones Make for Smarter Consumers?
Cornell Law professors Hillman and Rachlinski respond to an upcoming paper suggesting, among other things, that the age of smartphones diminishes the need to police standard form contracts through doctrines such as unconscionability.
4 Oct 2011
The Wild Wild Web and Alter Egos
What do the TV series Deadwood, a voice changer, and tort doctrine have to do with each other? Bonhomme v. St. James, a case that Kirk Sigmon argues overextends the doctrine of fraudulent misrepresentation in the Internet context.
27 Sep 2011