Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

In our previous post, we revisited the case of Mattei v. Hopper. Today, let’s talk about dispute between Peter Cooper’s Glue Factory (manufacturer/seller) and the Oscar Schlegel Manufacturing Company (distributor/buyer), a leading case involving the validity of so-called requirements contracts. (In a … Continue reading →

Last week, we posted a list of our mid-April readings. Now it’s time for us to review the first few chapters of “Framing Contract Law” by Victor Goldberg. Part I of Goldberg’s excellent book (pictured below) consists of three chapters … Continue reading →

Remember Blockbuster Video? At its height, Blockbuster operated more than 9000 video rental stores across the world, but that very success drew new competitors into the video rental market. Brent Lang (@BrentALang) explains Blockbuster’s demise thus in this excellent essay: … Continue reading →

The editors of GQ recently published this list of 20 overrated books (as well as a corresponding list of 20 underrated books). We went through their list and are by and large in complete agreement with their selections. Here’s just … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, we posted a list of our mid-April readings. Now that we’ve read the first three items on our list, it’s time to begin sharing our thoughts with our loyal readers. Today, let’s start with Paras … Continue reading →