When private parties perform contracts, the public bears some of the costs. But what
happens when society confronts unexpected contractual risks? During the COVID-19 …

We introduce generative interpretation, a new approach to estimating contractual meaning
using large language models. As AI triumphalism is the order of the day, we proceed by way …

When New Orleans' levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, devastation, both human and
economic, swept the city. And then came the lawyers. In mass contract litigation by …

Why do parties—even sophisticated ones—draft contracts that are vague or incomplete?
Many others have tackled this question, but this Article argues that there is an overlooked …

Intellectual property transactions underlie large segments of the global economy, from
pharmaceuticals to computing, entertainment to digital content. This first-of-its-kind resource …

The growing literature on contractual complexity is reviewed and its key insights for contract
design and enforcement outlined. There are methods emerging to measure contractual …

Our current understanding of knowledge generation over geographical distance relies
heavily on studies that focus on producer–user or headquarter–subsidiary settings. Less …

In contexts ranging from the mundane to the momentous, parties turn to documents that look
like enforceable formal contracts, but that fall short of being legally binding-and also seem …

Contract formation in commercial transactions can be an expensive and intricate process
involving multiple stages and players, as well as significant investments in expertise and …

Several states recently have passed laws that permit and regulate gestational surrogacy,
changing course from the prohibitions that characterized an earlier era. These statutes …