Blogging, lies and scholarship

Here's a nice illustration of the intricate relationship between blogging and scholarship, recently debated in Cambridge. Jeff Lipshaw has just posted on SSRN, Of Fine Lines, Blunt Instruments, and Predictability: The Right to Lie in Business Acquisition Agreements, about a recent Delaware case involving the enforceability of a contractual disclaimer in the face of an alleged deliberate misrepresentation.

The article's first footnote says that "this article stems from a blog discussion on The Conglomerate among Gordon Smith, Frank Snyder, and me from February 28, 2006 to March 3, 2006" [see here]. And that blog discussion began here on February 27, with Should a court enforce a contract that permits lying?