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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
Use and Abuse of “Not Less Than” and Its Variants in References to Time
By Ken Adams
ContractsProf Blog has an interesting post by Stacey Lantagne (aka @StaceyLantagne) about a court case involving the phrase for a period of not less than X years. Here’s Stacey: The…
Adams on Contract Drafting
The Texas Supreme Court Doesn’t Like Cryptic Contracts
By Ken Adams
Thanks to Glenn West, I learned about the recent opinion of the Texas Supreme Court in Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP v. Texas Crude Energy, LLC (PDF here).…
Adams on Contract Drafting
London “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminar on 4 November 2019
By Ken Adams
I’m pleased that on Monday, 4 November 2019, I’ll once more be doing a “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminar in London, hosted by UCL Faculty of Laws. For more information, go here.…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Contract Review, Meet Contract Drafting
By Ken Adams
Energy & the Law
What Does a Car Dealer Case Have to do With Oil and Gas?
Co-author Trevor Lawhorn A lot, if the claim before the court is for fraudulent inducement. Points to remember: Oral promises that contradict contract terms are pretty much worthless. In reviewing…
Modern contract management blog
The case of the $750 million comma
By Lilian
In the annals of contract drafting blunders, one that stands out prominently is the dispute over whether BP Plc was covered by certain insurance policies for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
Adams on Contract Drafting
An Update on LegalSifter
By Ken Adams
Last April I told you in this post that I had become an advisor to LegalSifter, the company that’s developing software to help you review the other side’s draft contracts. What do I…
Adams on Contract Drafting
“Abstain From”: Another Effed-Up Verb Structure
By Ken Adams
Generally it’s a bad sign when one talks about dreams, but bear with me. This morning I woke with a start. In my sleep I had been running through verbs…
Adams on Contract Drafting
A Plan for “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminars in Europe
By Ken Adams
A few days ago I announced that in May I would be doing “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminars in Geneva, Switzerland. Well, I’ve just cancelled them. One reason was that I…
In-House Ops
Delegating Routine Tasks to AI
By Albert Oaten - ContractWorks
For ContractWorks co-founder Albert Oaten, AI is not an abstract future; it is the concrete means to help law departments save money, save time and mitigate risk – right now.…