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  2. G Scammell & Nephew Ltd v Ouston - Wikipedia

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    G Scammell and Nephew Ltd v HC&JG Ouston [1941] 1 AC 251 is an English contract law case, concerning the certainty of an agreement. It stands as an example of a relatively rare case where a court cannot find some way in which a contract can be made to work.

  3. Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court case was the consolidation of three prior cases which had created a split opinion in the Circuit Courts in relation to the FAA and the NLRA, and which all had submitted petitions for writ of certiorari in 2016. Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (Docket 16-285) involved employees at Epic Systems, a Wisconsin healthcare software ...

  4. Non-compete clauses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Microsoft and Google litigated the enforceability of a non-compete clause in Kai-Fu Lee's employment contract with Microsoft. Difference in state laws were highlighted as Google attempted to maneuver the case to California courts, where California law would be more likely to hold the clause unenforceable. [17] IBM v.

  5. Unenforceable - Wikipedia

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    An example of a transaction which is an unenforceable contract is a contract for prostitution under English law. Prostitution is not actually a crime under English law, but both soliciting a prostitute and living off the earnings of a prostitute are criminal offences. [3] Yet so long as the contract is fully performed, it remains valid.

  6. Uber Technologies Inc v Heller - Wikipedia

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    Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, 2020 SCC 16, is a 2020 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.The Court held 8–1 that an arbitration clause in a contract the plaintiff David Heller had signed with Uber was unconscionable, and hence unenforceable.

  7. G. L. Christian and Associates v. United States - Wikipedia

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    United States (312 F.2d 418 (Ct. Cl. 1963), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 954, 84 S.Ct. 444) is a 1963 United States Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) court case which has become known as the Christian Doctrine. The case held that standard clauses established by regulations may be considered as being in every Federal contract.

  8. AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion - Wikipedia

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    AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011), is a legal dispute that was decided by the United States Supreme Court. [1] [2] On April 27, 2011, the Court ruled, by a 5–4 margin, that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class-wide arbitration, such as the law previously upheld by the California Supreme Court in the case of ...

  9. Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams - Wikipedia

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    Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case that concerned whether the "section one exemption" of the Federal Arbitration Act applied to an employment contract of an employee at Circuit City Stores. The Court held that the exemption was limited to the specific listing of professions contained ...