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Contract Drafting
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Adams on Contract Drafting
A Variant Form of Language of Policy Used to Express a Condition
By Ken Adams
Check out use of is conditioned upon in this example plucked fresh from EDGAR (emphasis added): Each Delta Stockholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that the consummation of the transactions contemplated…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Tips: Week of April 27th
The crapification of SSRN continues apace. It is getting increasingly difficult for me to cull through the recent postings and determine which to share. When I started this new feature…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Encounters with Enthusiasts
By Ken Adams
I say elsewhere (in this blog post) that the core constituency for A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting is individuals. Here’s how I’ve been reminded of that recently. (Indulge…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Some Thoughts on the “Modern Precise” Style of Contract Drafting
By Ken Adams
Recently I saw this LinkedIn post by Jerry Levine in which he outlines six different styles of contract. The accompanying image is of how his post describes the first two…
Unpredictable
More Thoughts on Settlement Agreements
By Will Newman
More than five years after my original post about settlement agreements, I have drafted, revised, marked up, and rejected many more. And so I thought I would use this additional…
Thomson Reuters Law Blog
Transform manual contract review: How CoCounsel Legal streamlines commercial transactions
By Jake High
Highlights CoCounsel Legal streamlines complex contract work for commercial attorneys, reducing inefficiencies and surfacing critical risks early. Purpose-built AI workflows enable faster drafting, review, compliance checks, and strategic analysis, driving…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Implied termination rights in long-term contracts: why clear drafting matters
An “indefinite” term may not actually mean forever after all. A recent Court of Appeal decision now confirms that even where one party believed a contract was intended to run…
Florida Construction Legal Updates
PREFATORY CONTRACT LANGUAGE CANNOT BE USED TO CREATE AN AMBIGUITY WITH OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
Contract drafting and interpretation matters. A case dealt with the potential conflict with prefatory language in an agreement compared with operative provisions in the agreement. The trial court held that…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Plain Meaning Interpretation in Federal Contracts
The primary method of interpreting a government contract is to determine the “plain meaning” of the disputed language. The plain meaning method is applied when the contractual language is clear…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Significance of Prior Course of Dealing in Claims Involving Ambiguous Terms
In government contract interpretation disputes, adjudicative forums may rely on extrinsic evidence of the parties’ prior course of dealing to interpret ambiguous terms. In this context, prior course of dealing…