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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
An Ontario Court of Appeal Decision Involving “The Greater of A or B”: Andros v. Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.
By Ken Adams
Thanks to Kim Reid, general counsel at Signalta Resources Limited, a private Calgary energy company, I belatedly learned of a troubling 2019 decision by Justice Fairburn of the Ontario Court…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Disappointed I’m Not Doing a “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminar in Your City? You Could Do Something About That
By Ken Adams
You can find on this page the roster of cities around the world where I’m doing “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminars in 2020. I’m look forward to the seminars: they’re fun…
Zalma on Insurance
Greed Falls Afoul of a Clear and Unambiguous Exclusion
By Barry Zalma
An Insurer May Relieve Itself Of Liability by Imposing Conditions Prior To Assuming An Obligation People who are injured in an auto accident always believe the insurance available from the…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Register for My London “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminar; Save the Date for Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Seoul
By Ken Adams
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Reinventing Professionals
Reinventing Contract Pre-Screening
By Ari Kaplan
I spoke with Tim Pullan, the founder and CEO of ThoughtRiver, an intelligent contract pre-screening platform. We discussed the genesis of ThoughtRiver, how its technology works, ways that its platform differs from…
Hague Law Blog
Translation Remains Key… TO EVERYTHING
By Aaron Lukken
[caption id="attachment_4766" align="alignright" width="320"] Māori protest at Waitangi, 2006. Charlie Brewer, via Wikimedia Commons.[/caption] No original content here-- just a reiteration of something I urge lawyers to always be cognizant…
Adams on Contract Drafting
How to Get a “A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting” on Your Kindle
By Ken Adams
Amazon used to sell a Kindle version of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, but it doesn’t anymore. (Something to do with Kindle versions being vulnerable to piracy.) But…
Adams on Contract Drafting
“Agrees With”
By Ken Adams
More often than you’d expect, I’m made to feel as if it was just yesterday that I started exploring contract language, not 20-plus years ago. Today’s example of that is…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Don’t Use “Both … And” As a Linking Expression
By Ken Adams
In various ways, the word both comes in handy in contracts. It’s used to express universal quantification in contracts with two parties: No amendment to this Agreement shall be valid…
Adams on Contract Drafting
What (If Anything) Does It Mean to Have a Court Cite My Work?
By Ken Adams
An anonymous informant—oh what the heck, it was Glenn West—told me that in Channel MedSystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation (here), an opinion issued just yesterday by the Delaware Court…