Hacker News with Generative AI: Contracts

The License/Contract Dichotomy in Open Licenses: A Comparative Analysis (ssrn.com)
The paper looks at the legal nature of so-called open licenses - agreements designed to provide permissions to users and publishers through "some rights reserved" clauses.

Open Source, Law, Legal Analysis, Contracts

10 points by 1970-01-01 26 days ago | 1 comments

USAID/Elon Musk reinstate contracts for company feeding malnourished kids (cnn.com)

USAID, Elon Musk, Malnutrition, Charity, Contracts

7 points by MilnerRoute 81 days ago | 1 comments

What Do Van Halen and Brown M&M's Have to Do with Safety? (safetydimensions.com.au)
There’s a long tradition of musicians and actors adding absurd demands to their performance contracts just because they could.

Music, Performance, Contracts, Safety

12 points by mooreds 92 days ago | 1 comments

Anduril to take over Microsoft's U.S. Army $22B headset program (cnbc.com)

Defense, Technology, Contracts, Army, Microsoft

53 points by jonbaer 101 days ago | 17 comments

Van Halen and Brown M&Ms (oddathenaeum.com)
One of the most famous stories of Van Halen is that, backstage at each concert, they required M&Ms to be provided but there were to be no brown M&Ms.

Music, Rock Bands, Van Halen, Stories, Contracts

4 points by speckx 139 days ago | 2 comments

Our remedies proposal in DOJ's search distribution case (google)
We will appeal the Court’s decision but the process requires that we first file proposed remedies. This is a case about contracts. Antitrust law is clear that remedies should be directed to those contracts, unlike DOJ’s overbroad proposal.

Antitrust Law, Legal Cases, Google, Contracts

33 points by xnx 154 days ago | 5 comments

One of our clients hasn't paid us $130k – or "Why Every Contract Clause Matters" (apsis.io)
One of our clients hasn’t paid us. That happens sometimes. Sometimes they never pay you, sometimes they pay you late. Most of the time it doesn’t matter that much: after some early mistakes, we’ve learned not to put too many gross-revenue eggs in one client basket.

Business, Finance, Contracts

36 points by wkirby 163 days ago | 43 comments

Couple in an Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (ctvnews.ca)
A married New Jersey couple that was in a severe accident during an Uber ride can’t sue the company because they and their daughter agreed to arbitration when they accepted the terms of service for a separate Uber Eats order, a court has ruled.

Legal Cases, Uber, Contracts, Transportation, Technology

17 points by Bluestein 233 days ago | 5 comments

Broadcom offers AT&T a 1050% increase to renew VMware contract (theregister.com)
AT&T has claimed that Broadcom made it an offer to increase prices by 1,050 percent, and may be influencing other vendors to make a migration harder.

Business, Technology, Telecom, Acquisitions, Contracts

13 points by dhruvrrp 234 days ago | 5 comments

Intuitive Machines Receives NASA Contract Worth Nearly $5B (wsj.com)
Intuitive Machines on Tuesday said it was awarded a NASA contract worth up to $4.82 billion.

Space Exploration, NASA, Contracts, Robotics, Companies

7 points by JumpCrisscross 246 days ago | 2 comments

AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract (theregister.com)

Lawsuits, Technology, Telecom, Contracts

26 points by bretpiatt 257 days ago | 2 comments

AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract (theregister.com)

Lawsuits, Telecommunications, Technology, Contracts

6 points by benfortuna 259 days ago | 0 comments

Stoke awarded contract to develop space mobility capabilities (stokespace.com)

Space Exploration, Aerospace, Contracts, Technology

38 points by rbanffy 268 days ago | 11 comments

Disney says man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ TOS (nbcnews.com)