In Legal Terms: Contracts 2023

You sign contracts every day. Do you read them? Do you have to read them? What makes a contract. Learn with us from Professor Martin Edwards from the University of MS School of Law. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/martin-edwards/

The Band Van Halen notoriously had a clause in their contract forbidding brown M&M;’s. Insurance policies are contracts, but most of us rarely read them. What’s hidden in the fine print? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/contest-fine-print-contract-win-georgia-donelan-andrews-a8814311.html

We may think that contracts are a recent thing – but history scholars are Contract History Scholars Are Aware of a 4,300-Year-Old Written Purchase/Sale Agreement from 2300 BCE. So if you think you don’t need a written contract – folks have known for a while now that written contracts are useful. https://www.contractsafe.com/blog/six-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-history-of-contracts

If you’re a contracts fan AND a movie buff, you’ll want to watch these movies with contacts at the heart of their plot: Shrek Forever After, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Disney The Little Mermaid, and Willy Wonda and the Chocolate Factory. https://blog.axdraft.com/contract-management/6-iconic-legal-contracts-in-movies/

Samuel L. Jackson - he has a clause that allows him to golf twice a week during movie shoots. Queen Latifah has included an anti-death clause in all her contracts; her quote: “If I die, I can’t be in the sequel,” she explained earlier this year. Julianna Margulies wouldn’t agree to star in The Good Wife drama unless her contract stated that she was allowed to wear a wig. Know your worth! https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/star-contract-clauses

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