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Contract Drafting
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Energy & the Law
Two Words = Six Million Dollars: SCOTX Reverses Trial Court That Added Words to a Gas Transportation Agreement
Co-author Gunner West In American Midstream (Alabama Intrastate), LLC v. Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation, the Texas Supreme Court held that the trial court improperly inserted the words “scheduled” and “physical”…
ContractsProf Blog
Teaching Assistants: David Hoffman on Consumers’ Expectations
Expect some posts about the newish Restatement of Consumer Contracts Law, as there was a symposium on that subject, and it is useful to get a sense of the early…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Eliminating Mistakes and Ambiguity from Contracts: Some Thoughts on a Recent Glenn West Article
By Ken Adams
Glenn West has been pumping out articles so fast that I haven’t kept up. I’ve started looking at the backlog; if I have anything to add, I’ll do so. That’s…
Energy & the Law
Texas Supreme Court Decides Who Must Produce to Maintain an Oil and Gas Lease
In Cromwell v. Anadarko E & P Onshore LLC the Supreme Court of Texas did what it so often does: In order to provide “legal certainty and predictability”, the Court…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Designing for the Edge: Feargus MacDaeid and Nnamdi Emelifeonwu on Definely’s AI-Powered Contract Navigation
By Greg Lambert
In this episode of The Geek in Review, we welcome Feargus MacDaeid and Nnamdi Emelifeonwu, co-founders of Definely, to discuss how their shared experiences as practicing lawyers shaped a groundbreaking…
The Policyholder Perspective
Rectification by construction – when will the English Court come to your aid?
By James Stockman, Laura-May Scott
The Court of Appeal in International Entertainment Holdings Ltd & Ors v Allianz Insurance Plc [2025] 1 ALL ER Comm 623 has again reinforced the test for correction of mistakes…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
If "Will" Means "Shall", Does "Shall" Mean "Will", "May" or "Must"?
In reviewing a recent agreement, I came across the following interpretive provision: The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” As…
The Legal Wire
DraftPilot Keeps Contract Review Where It Belongs: Inside Word
A Familiar Interface, New Capabilities Legal departments don’t need another app. What they need, according to a growing number of in-house counsel, is a way to cut through the backlog…
Adams on Contract Drafting
More Public “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Training
By Ken Adams
Now that all my scheduled public Drafting Clearer Contracts training has wrapped up, I’ve been asked politely when I’m going to get my act together and schedule more training. Well,…
Legal Theory Blog
Leib on Statutory and Contract Interpretation
Ethan J. Leib (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Should Statutory Interpretation and Contract Interpretation Be Harmonized? (52 Journal of Legislation, Volume 52, No.1 (forthcoming Fall 2025)) on SSRN.…