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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
“Subsisting”? No Thanks
By Ken Adams
Today’s mystery contracts word is subsisting. I searched on EDGAR for subsist in its various forms. Although it’s used sporadically in other contexts, the 40 or so examples I looked at…
Adams on Contract Drafting
A New Delaware Case Shows When It Doesn’t Make Sense for Words to Take Precedence Over Digits in Interpreting Numbers
By Ken Adams
I noticed that the recent opinion of the Delaware Chancery Court in Fetch InteractiveTelevision LLC v. Touchstream Technologies Inc. (here) featured the following snippet from the contract at issue: “[FetchIT]…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Addresses When Extrinsic Evidence Allowed
A recent Court of Chancery decision explains when an agreement will be deemed ambiguous such that extrinsic evidence will be allowed, and related contract interpretation principles. Key Issue Addressed: The…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Unnecessary Quotation Marks in “Contract” Language
By Ken Adams
Translator Elizabeth Adams posted in the LinkedIn group A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (here) the image below. I had seen that image previously, in the context of discussion…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Performing From Memory and Eliminating Unnecessary Contract Provisions
One noticeable distinction between an orchestra musician and a soloist is that the orchestra musicians have their music in front of them on a music stand. Soloists playing with an…
My Shingle
#NewLaw Profile: Noory Bechor, Algorithm Law
On MyShingle, we celebrate the solo and small firm practitioner, and those at the forefront of innovation in the legal field. Our newest project, 41 Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t…
Iowa Construction Law Blog
Best Practices in Commercial Real Estate: Commitment Letter
By bbruner@dickinsonlaw.com Dickinson Mackaman Tyler Hagen P.C.
Commercial Real Estate Loan Documentation Best Practices PART 1: Commitment Letter Following credit approval, the formal real estate lending process typically starts with a commitment letter which seeks to establish…
Blaneys Appeals
BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOVEMBER 5 – 9, 2018)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Provincial Offences and Criminal Decisions | Ontario Review Board Good evening. Following are the summaries of this…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Prior Material Breach No Defense When Contract Benefits Retained
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery opinion explained the risks associated with using prior material breach of a contract as a defense. In the matter of Post Holdings Inc. v.…
Wiley Executive Summary
Contract Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Breach of Health Management Service Provider Agreement
A Texas federal district court, applying Texas law, has held that a contract exclusion in an errors and omissions policy precluded coverage for a suit alleging that the insured breached…