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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
“Drafting Clearer Contracts” Training for the First Three Months of 2025
By Ken Adams
At long last, go here for details of the initial Drafting Clearing Contracts training for 2025, consisting of three series of Masterclass and one presentation. (Go here for general information…
Duane Morris Delaware Business Law
PRECISION IN DRAFTING–PART DEUX
A new decision of Delaware’s Court of Chancery addresses an interesting intersection of recent attention to entities potentially moving their places of incorporation from Delaware to some other jurisdiction–like Nevada–and…
ContractsProf Blog
Fifth Circuit Saves IBM $1.6 Billion by Finding that “Displace” and “Discontinue” Mean the Same Thing
This case made me really angry when I read it. It was a pure, unadulterated, apolitical anger. I don't have a stake of any kind in the outcome of this…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Principle of Whole-Text Interpretation in Federal Contracts
When interpreting the terms of a government contract, contractors should generally look for the “plain-meaning” of the contract, assigning words their ordinary meaning. However, an equally important rule of federal…
Adams on Contract Drafting
ChatGPT Does “A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting”
By Ken Adams
At the recent ACC annual meeting, Adrian Goss—whom I first met a dozen years ago on a trip to Australia—told me he had uploaded some miscellaneous-provisions stuff from Practical Law…
The Wannos Law Firm Blog
The Importance of Having a Lawyer Review Your Contract Before you Sign
By Karly Wannos
The Importance of Having a Lawyer Review Your Contract Before you Sign When you are asked to sign a contract, why don’t you have a lawyer review it first?Contracts…
China Law Blog
The High Cost of China Contract Mistakes
By Dan Harris
A Lesson for Lawyers and Clients in International Contracts I have never handled a DUI (driving under the influence), a divorce, or drafted a will—not even for friends or family.…
Unpredictable
Comments on Recent Cases: September 2024
By Will Newman
Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_grill#/media/File:Grilling.jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Metrics on Training in Contract Drafting? I Don’t Think So
By Ken Adams
I saw discussion on LinkedIn about whether one might use metrics to assess training in contract drafting. Here’s why I think that ain’t happening. How to Say Clearly and Concisely…
Adams on Contract Drafting
The 1.5-Hour In-Person “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Presentation: Less Training, More Consciousness-Raising
By Ken Adams
In this post from a few months ago, I wrote about doing my first in-person Drafting Clearer Contracts presentation in four years. It involved little in the way of travel—just…