Reminder: Conference on Saturday on the Restatement of Consumer Contracts

The Harvard Business Law Review is sponsoring a one-day symposium on the new Restatement of Consumer Contracts, hosting several speakers (some of whom were among the most critical of the earlier drafts). The symposium will take place on Saturday, January 25, 9am – 4pm, at Harvard Law School. While the speakers slots have all been filled, the event is open to anyone interested in attending.

The program is the following:

• Steve Weiss, The Role of “Totality of the Circumstances” in the Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts
• Dave Hoffman, Consumers’ Unreasonable Expectations
• Dan Schwarcz, The Challenges of a Subject Matter Neutral Approach to Consumer Contract Law
• Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, The Psychology of Misleading and Disclaiming
• Rebecca Stone, A Duty to Set Terms in Good Faith
• Adam Levitin, The Death of Consumer Contract
• Patricia McCoy, Inflection Points in the Development of the Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts
• Ian Ayres and Greg Klass, How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts: A Guide for Judges
• Oren Bar-Gill, Omri Ben-Shahar and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, A Companion Guide to the Restatement of Consumer Contracts