Contracting Around Generative Legal Writing

In a recent post, I looked at how AI vendors use contracts to disclaim responsibility for their products.

Mar 9 • Dave Hoffman

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February 2026

January 2026

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 • Dave Hoffman

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Wrestling’s Old-Time Contract Religion

Ritual, commitment, and the work contracts once performed

Jan 5 • Dave Hoffman

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December 2025

"The Coercive Dynamics of Mass Arbitration"

A new report from the Chamber of Commerce

Dec 24, 2025 • Dave Hoffman

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The Restatement (Predicted) of Contracts?

A half-baked experiment in Restatement by AI.

Dec 15, 2025 • Dave Hoffman

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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 • Dave Hoffman

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Not my best (puffery) article.

Feeling sheepish about a superlative title.

Dec 2, 2025 • Dave Hoffman

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November 2025

October 2025

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 • Dave Hoffman

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September 2025

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

Recent papers that changed the way I thought about contract law

Sep 15, 2025 • Dave Hoffman

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