KCON XI Schedule Published
For more information on both hotel accommodations and registration, consult the conference website. Meanwhile, take a glance at the schedule below to see the scintillating topics and company you’ll be missing if you aren’t yet San Antonio bound.
Friday, February 26, 2016
8 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast and Networking
8:45 – 9 a.m. Welcome to KCON XI
9 – 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Professorial Professions: Creating a Student-centered Contracts Classroom
- Moderator: Hazel Beh, University of Hawai’i
- Charles Calleros, Arizona State University
- Myanna Dellinger, University of South Dakota
- Frank G. Snyder, Texas A&M University
- Adrian J. Walters, Chicago-Kent College of Law
- What You Thought You Knew About Remedies in Sales Transactions May Not Be True: Highlights in Article 2 Remedies and Contracting for Limitations
- Moderator: Wayne Barnes, Texas A&M University
- Sidney DeLong, Seattle University, The Notice of Breach Dilemma: Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Airlines v McDonnell Douglas
- Nancy Kim, California Western School of Law, Teaching UCC Remedies from Concept to Clause
- Colin Marks, St. Mary’s University School of Law, On-Line and As Is
- Jennifer Martin, St. Thomas University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break (Sponsored by West Academic)
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Innovations in Teaching and Mentoring
- Moderator: Robert D. Brain, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
- Keith A. Rowley, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
- Frank G. Snyder, Texas A&M University
- Ben Templin, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, The New Pedagogy: Here’s the ball. Let’s play catch
- Contract Law in an Administrative and Regulatory Context
- Moderator: James W. Fox Jr., Stetson University College of Law
- Hazel Beh, University of Hawai’i, Insurance as the AntiContract
- David Friedman, Willamette University College of Law, Refining Advertising Regulation
- Peter Marchetti, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Bankruptcy “Clawback” Provisions: Congress Needs to Amend Section 546
- Chris French, Penn State Law, The Illusion of Insurance Contracts
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Contract Interpretation and Construction
- Moderator: Deborah Post, Touro Law Center
- Gastón de los Reyes Jr., The George Washington University School of Business, Formality in the Choice Architecture of Contracting: The Case of Paradine v. Jane
- Dan O’Gorman, Barry University, Closing the Parol-Evidence-Rule Loophole: The Consideration Exception and the Preexisting-Duty Rule
- Frank Snyder, Texas A&M University, Consumer Preference and Majoritarian Rule – Empirical Studies in Default Tender Rules
- Eric Zacks, Wayne State University, Standardized Contracts: Restatement (Second) of Contracts Section 211: Unfulfilled Expectations
- Employment Contracts
- Moderator: Bonita K. Roberts, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Wendy Netter Epstein, DePaul University, Contracting for Results in Health Care?
- Allen Kamp, John Marshall Law School, Employee Wellness Programs: Fundamental Contract Issues
- Meredith R. Miller, Touro Law Center, You’re Fired!: The Effect of Involuntary Termination on Restrictive Covenants
3 – 3:15 p.m. Break – Law Classrooms Building Foyer Area
3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- The Impact of Virtual Currencies
- Moderator: Daniel Barnhizer, Michigan State University College of Law
- Mark Burge, Texas A&M University, Electronic Payment Systems
- Catherine Christopher, Texas Tech University, Virtual Currency
- Angela Walch, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Contract Drafting
- Moderator: Danielle Hart, Southwestern Law School
- Nadelle Grossman, Marquette University, Transactional Contracts and Textbook Simulation Discussion
- Russell Korobkin, UCLA School of Law, Bargaining with the CEO: The Case for “Negotiate First, Choose Second”
- Jane Winn, University of Washington, Framework Contracts and the New Managerial Revolution
5:30 – 9 p.m. Reception Dinner and Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony Honoring Peter Linzer
Saturday, February 27, 2016
8 – 9 a.m. Breakfast and Networking
9 – 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Theoretical Perspectives on Contract Law
- Moderator: Jennifer Martin, St. Thomas University
- Shawn Bayern, Florida State University, The Failure of Law and Economics
- Sidney DeLong, Seattle University, Jephthah’s Daughter and Morally -Efficient Breach
- Orit Gan, Sapir College, Peres Academic Center, The Many Faces of Contractual Consent
- Val D. Ricks, South Texas College of Law, Contract Doctrine as Contract Theory
- Remedies: Beyond Expectation Damages
- Moderator: Nancy Kim, California Western School of Law
- Yehuda Adar, Israel Law School, Pre-Contractual Disgorgement
- Moshe Gelbard, Israel Law School, Pre-Contractual Disgorgement
- Caprice Roberts, Savannah Law School, Supreme Disgorgement
- Roger Halson, University of Leeds, UK, Liquidated Damages and “Penalty” Clauses in the UK: A New Approach
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Contract Law and Neoliberalism
- Moderator: Dov Waisman, Southwestern Law School
- Danielle Hart, Southwestern Law School, Contract Law & Ideology
- Creola Johnson, The Ohio State Univesity Moritz College of Law, Contractual Duplicity: Creditors Force Consumers into Arbitration While Exploiting the Criminal Justice System to Arrests Consumers Who Cannot Pay
- Hila Keren, Southwestern Law School, Scalia on Contracts: The Dissemination of Neoliberal Logic
- Matthew Titolo, West Virginia, Neoliberalism’s Fine Print
- E-Commerce
- Moderator: Colin P. Marks, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Daniel Barnhizer, Michigan State University College of Law, Contracts and Automation: Exploring the Normativity of Codability
- Stacy-Ann Elvy, New York Law School, The Internet of Things (IOT) and Bargaining Disparity
- Max N. Helveston, DePaul University, Regulating the Digital Marketplace
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Contracts, and Arbitration
- Moderator: Peter Linzer, University of Houston
- Richard Frankel, Drexel University
- Ramona Lampley, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Jean Sternlight, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Moderator: Val D. Ricks, South Texas College of Law
- Mateja Durovic, City University of Hong Kong, EU Consumer Contract Law – Does it Really Protect Consumers?
- Dr. Shivprasad Swaminathan, Global Law School, Delhi, India, Consideration and Induced Reliance
- Qi Gao, Beihang University School of Law, Consumer Protection under Chinese Contract Law
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
- International on Contract Law
- Moderator: Mark Burge, Texas A&M University
- Pablo Lerner, Israel Law School, Constructive Trusts in Israeli Land Contracts – Contract as Key
- Dr. Lachmi Singh-Rodrigues, University of West of England, Avoidance of the Contract and the Seller’s Right to Cure Under the CISG
- Yashveer Singh Yadav, Hidayatullah National Law University, India (LL.B. Honors, 2016), International Trade: Contract Necessities Including Incoterms
- Public Policy Considerations in Contract Law
- Moderator: David A. Grenardo, St. Mary’s Univ. School of Law
- Wayne Barnes, Texas A&M University, Arrested Development: Rethinking the Age of Majority in the 21st Century
- Myanna Dellinger, University of South Dakota, Contracts to Kill Endangered Species: Public Policy Arguments
- Joan MacLeod Heminway, The University of Tennessee College of Law, The LLC Operating Agreement and its Relation to Contract
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Closing Reception
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