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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
Geneva “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminars on 27 and 28 May 2019
By Ken Adams
On Monday, 27 May 2019, and Tuesday, 28 May 2019, I’ll be back in Geneva, Switzerland, to give “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminars. As usual, my host will be the Geneva…
LawSites
UK AI Company Luminance Gets $10 Million Series B Funding
By Bob Ambrogi
The UK company Luminance, an artificial intelligence platform for contract review, today announced that it has completed a Series B funding round of $10 million, at a valuation of $100 million.…
Boom: The ERISA Law Blog
ERISA: How Abuse of Discretion Standard Wins Arguments About Ambiguous Contract Terms
By Mike Reilly
A common battle ground in ERISA claims involves the argument that ambiguous terms should be construed against the party that drafted the document. This is known as the doctrine of…
Adams on Contract Drafting
“Agreement” Weirdness
By Ken Adams
You might recall this post from last October, when I managed to come up with a contract extract showing how using the dreaded defined term this Agreement might help avoid…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Replacing Bow Hair and Contract Provisions
Most people know that string instruments make a sound when the bow hair is pulled across the string. The type, quality, length, and condition of the bow hair impact the…
Zalma on Insurance
An Ambiguity in Contract Terms Can Only Exist if the Differences are Reasonable
By Barry Zalma
The Entire Policy Must Be Read in Context to Interpret its Meaning The most difficult task faced by an insurer is to write a clear, unambiguous and easy to read…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Do Contract Usages Mean Whatever People Think They Mean?
By Ken Adams
A few months ago I encountered what was, at least for me, a new defense of dysfunctional contract language. When I pressed a few people to justify their support for…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Words Prevail Over Conflicting Numbers in Contract
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision determined that “words” prevailed over “numbers” when they appear next to each other as contract terms in a manner that is inconsistent and…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Double Throat-Clearing!
By Ken Adams
One of my favorite categories-of-contract-language topics is what I call “throat clearing.” That’s when you have an extraneous verb structure bolted to the front end of a sentence. I haven’t…
Adams on Contract Drafting
“Very Best Efforts”
By Ken Adams
In twenty years of exploring efforts variations, somehow I never got around to considering very best efforts. *whacks self upside the head* Here are some examples from EDGAR: WHEREAS, the…