Fiduciary Duties

A blog about law and fiduciary relationships in a variety of contexts, including real estate, trusts and LLCs – Updated weekly

Prof. Seana Shiffrin of UCLA Law School tackles the issue of “contract law’s strong traditional bar on punitive damages for intentional, gratuitous breach of contract.” She jumps right into the fray:  “Morality, I claimed, correctly regards some breaches of promise as morally wrong and as warranting not only compensation but the administration of morality’s punitive [...]