Paul MacMahon

@paulmacmahon
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Associate Professor, LSE Law School & Visiting Professor, Católica Global School of Law. Plan to post about Contracts & International Arbitration. Origins: Co. Tyrone
Work Profilehttps://www.lse.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/paul-macmahon
Paul MacMahonJan 9, 2023
KProfsBlogJan 9, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission wants to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts with very few exceptions. It would also terminate existing non-competes 180 days after the new rule goes into effect.

The FTC estimates that workers will benefit to the tune of $250 billion or more.

Expect fevered opposition from business interests, including legal challenges that will no doubt invoke the new "major questions doctrine."

#law #contracts #FTC #regulation
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2023/01/ftc-puts-the-kaibosh-on-non-competes.html

Paul MacMahonJan 2, 2023
KProfsBlogJan 2, 2023
A terminally ill man procured insurance and then, using a broker, sold that insurance to a third party who knew of the man's illness. After the insured died, the insurer refused to pay, citing a Georgia public policy against wagering on human life. Psych! There is no such public policy, says the 11th Circuit, after certifying the question to the GA Supreme Court. #law #insurance #contracts #appellate #litigation
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2023/01/eleventh-circuit-sale-of-life-insurance-policy-by-terminally-ill-man-not-void.html
Paul MacMahonDec 24, 2022
KProfsBlogDec 23, 2022
While France’s Cour de Cassation adopted a nuanced approach to balancing public policy and finality in the enforcement of arbitral awards, Russia has effectively opted out of the New York Convention #arbitration #legislation #Russia #InternationalLaw https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2022/12/a-russian-threat-to-the-new-york-convention-1.html.
Paul MacMahonDec 23, 2022
Eoin O’DellDec 23, 2022
Lidl sued for £2.6m by grocery supplier for ‘destroying business’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/21/lidl-sued-for-26m-by-grocery-supplier-for-destroying-business-proctor-and-associates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Lidl sued for £2.6m by grocery supplier for ‘destroying business’

Supermarket chain ‘stabbed us in the back’ after delisting products, says Proctor & Associates

The Guardian
Paul MacMahonDec 20, 2022
KProfsBlogDec 20, 2022
Important decision out of the Cour de Cassation. Court refuses to enforce an international arbitral award on public policy grounds. Reviewing evidence not presented to the arbitral tribunal, the court found that enforcing the award would allow the plaintiff to benefit from money laundering. #law #arbitration #InternationalLaw https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2022/12/cour-de-cassation-vacates-15-billion-arbitral-award-based-on-international-public-policy.html
Paul MacMahonDec 19, 2022
Natalie SedaccaDec 19, 2022

Tesco faces a landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers at VK Garment Factory in Thailand, who produced F&F clothes and report being trapped in effective forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in appalling conditions. The claim, believed to be first of its kind, argues Tesco should have known the Mae Sot area was notorious for exploitation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/18/workers-in-thailand-who-made-ff-jeans-for-tesco-trapped-in-effective-forced-labour

#WorkersRights #BizHumanRights #ForcedLabour #GarmentWorkers

Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’

Exclusive: Supermarket faces landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers alleging negligence

The Guardian
Paul MacMahonDec 13, 2022
Eoin O’DellDec 13, 2022
Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at the age of 85 https://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/twin-peaks-composer-angelo-badalamenti-dies-at-the-age-of-85-1404878.html sad news
Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at the age of 85

Badalamenti won a Grammy award in 1990 for the evocative soundtrack, and worked closely with the popular series’ director David Lynch.

BreakingNews.ie
Paul MacMahonDec 13, 2022
KProfsBlogDec 13, 2022
In today's edition of the Reefer Brief, our occasional series on contracts and the marijuana industry, we discuss an attempt by a pot dispensary to get out of paying $1 million due on its lease by arguing that the entire contract is illegal and unenforceable in federal court. Plaintiff landlord then moved the case to state court. #law #litigation #illegality #marijuana https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2022/12/reefer-brief-cannabis-dispensary-deploys-illegality-defense-to-get-out-of-paying-rent.html
Paul MacMahonDec 5, 2022
Adam KlasfeldDec 5, 2022

"Rudy Giuliani ‘Weaponized His Law License’ to Attack Constitution He Swore to Uphold, D.C. Bar Says as Attorney Misconduct Hearing Begins"

Quick roundup of the opening statements that just took place as disciplinary proceedings kick off in DC. https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/rudy-giuliani-weaponized-his-law-license-to-attack-constitution-he-swore-to-uphold-d-c-bar-says-as-attorney-misconduct-hearing-begins/

Rudy Giuliani 'Weaponized His Law License' to Attack Constitution He Swore to Uphold, D.C. Bar Says as Attorney Misconduct Hearing Begins

Rudy Giuliani "weaponized his law license" in an assault on the Constitution that he took an oath to uphold, the D.C. disciplinary counsel charged at the start of an attorney misconduct hearing.

Law & Crime
Paul MacMahonDec 5, 2022

Painting (another version of the attached) is sold for £1.15 million. Court rules that the dealer was negligent and the painting should have sold for around £4 million instead.

[2022] EWHC 3091 (Ch)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2022/3091

AMANDA CLAIRE MARIAN FEILDING OR CHARTERIS, COUNTESS OF WEMYSS AND MARCH & Anor v SIMON C. DICKINSON LIMITED - Find case law