Archive - Contracts' Empire

Consumer Contracts are Fairly Readable, Suprisingly Sloppy, and Sometimes Irrelevant

Recent papers that changed the way I thought about contract law

Sep 15 •

Out of Court, Out of Sight: Eviction Trap Arbitration Clauses in Modern Leases

Landlords are using arbitration to bury tenant claims. Their legality is unsettled—and the stakes for housing rights are high.

Sep 2 •

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Madison Johnson

August 2025

If AI Turns Contract Terms into Prices, BigLaw Will Be in Real Trouble

But if all our robot overlords do is drive down the value of knowing "what's market", we'll probably be fine.

Aug 22 •

Could "Settling" Universities Repudiate Their Trump Deals and Get Their Money Back?

I'm skeptical they'll try, but let's take a look at the public law frontier of the law of economic duress.

Aug 11 •

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