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Contract Drafting
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Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Check In On Your Terms
By Paul Jinks
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has recently launched its “Small Print, Big Difference” campaign which encourages travel businesses to be upfront and clear with consumer customers. Although the…
Juro
Making contracts more human: How to make paperwork painless
According to IACCM, 83% of people are dissatisfied with contract process. That means almost everyone has a bad time with contracts - any remotely positive experience is the exception, not…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Is English Contract Drafting Better than American Contract Drafting?
By Ken Adams
Recently Mark Anderson and I found ourselves back-to-back, brandishing longswords and together battling nonsense in skirmishes that broke out on different platforms (go here for an entry point). But it…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
FCA publishes Notice of Undertaking by debt management firm in relation to unfair cancellation terms in standard form contracts
By Katie Stephen (UK), Rachel McDonnell (UK), Matthew Gregory (UK)
On 23 May 2019, the FCA published a Notice of Undertaking against the debt management firm, stating that it was concerned that: two of the terms in the firm’s standard…
Zalma on Insurance
Plaintiff Needs Clear and Convincing Evidence of a Waiver
By Barry Zalma
Vacant Property Condition Clear and Unambiguous No one enjoys application of a contract provision when it costs them money. They like it less when the cost is due to a…
Wisconsin Business Law Blog
State Law Still Matters When Drafting Contractual Limited Remedies Provisions
This article, appearing in the May 7, 2019 Business Law Blog of the State Bar of Wisconsin, is brought to you through the consent of the following author, together with…
Adams on Contract Drafting
New Variants of Language of Obligation!
By Ken Adams
Regular readers will know that the foundation of controlled drafting is how you use verb structures. I address that in my “categories of contract language” framework. (See this post for…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Some Feedback from My Chicago “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminar
By Ken Adams
Getting ready for today's "Drafting Clearer Contracts" seminar in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/bDZviaKrBd — Ken Adams (@KonciseD) May 2, 2019 On 2 May I did a “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminar in Chicago,…
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Lamps Plus Is Bad for Arbitration: A Commentary by Pamela Bookman
Main Sunday, April 28, 2019Lamps Plus Is Bad for Arbitration: A Commentary by Pamela BookmanLast week, the Supreme Court decided Lamps Plus v. Varela, reversing the Ninth Circuit’s holding that…
Adams on Contract Drafting
IACCM Says My Work “Doesn’t Go to the Level That Modern Society Requires and Increasingly Demands.” Discuss
By Ken Adams
Recently I unexpectedly found myself unleashing a small flurry of polemic. There was this post about traditionalists challenging my changing promises to pay to shall pay in promissory notes, but…