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Contracting Around Generative Legal Writing
In a recent post, I looked at how AI vendors use contracts to disclaim responsibility for their products.
22 hrs ago
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Goals Aren't Agreements
Maybe the best contracts are the friends we made along the way
Feb 24
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Dave Hoffman
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AI's Terms of Use
There’s a ton of talk about artificial intelligence liability in legislatures and executive offices.
Feb 12
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Dave Hoffman
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Ozymandias and the CFPB’s Doomed Regulation AA
In January 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed Regulation AA, a sweeping rule aimed at boilerplate in consumer financial contracts.
Jan 22
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Dave Hoffman
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Wrestling’s Old-Time Contract Religion
Ritual, commitment, and the work contracts once performed
Jan 5
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"The Coercive Dynamics of Mass Arbitration"
A new report from the Chamber of Commerce
Dec 24, 2025
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The Restatement (Predicted) of Contracts?
A half-baked experiment in Restatement by AI.
Dec 15, 2025
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Schools Are Using NIL Buyouts Instead of Noncompetes to Deter Athletes' Movement
Courts should be skeptical of the trend
Dec 8, 2025
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Not my best (puffery) article.
Feeling sheepish about a superlative title.
Dec 2, 2025
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The Private Life of Abundance
Maybe it's the common law that's stopping us from getting more of what we need.
Nov 17, 2025
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The Evidence of How Arbitration Hurts Employees and Consumers is Mostly Vibes
Why we could use better empirical research on the real world effects of the rise of arbitration.
Oct 16, 2025
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Dave Hoffman
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Consumer Contracts are Fairly Readable, Suprisingly Sloppy, and Sometimes Irrelevant
Recent papers that changed the way I thought about contract law
Sep 15, 2025
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