Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Gregory Duhl will begin teaching his "re-imagined" contracts course this spring.

A written contract documents an agreement between two parties under which both must perform. To form a contract, one party must make an offer to another party. If the second party accepts the offer, ...

In the modern world of emails, text messages and instant worldwide communication, entering into a contract is as easy as making a phone call. Oral or verbal contracts are entirely legal. Even though ...

The Law Commission has published an impressive paper on smart legal contracts to which Allen & Overy, along with many others, contributed; but what does it all mean? The Law Commission’s working ...

San Francisco, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legal teams have long relied on contract lifecycle management systems (CLM) tools to store agreements – but when it comes to extracting insights, ...

Learn how accord and satisfaction settle contract disputes by modifying original terms, offering a quicker, cost-effective resolution for liability and debt claims.

Mary: What is a smart contract? Mark: The principal aim of the smart contract is a tamper-proof, unambiguous, computable contractual relationship whose payout (or other outcome) automatically occurs ...

Smart contracts are an important element of the blockchain revolution, although they predate blockchain. According to most sources, it was Nick Szabo who coined the term “smart contract” in the 1990s.