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Contract Drafting
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Legal Profession Blog
Agreement Created Fee Shift
An opinion of the Maryland Court of Appeals is summarized in the court's headnoteMaryland follows the common law American Rule, which states that, generally, a prevailing party is not awarded…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Job Posting: Business Law Clinic Faculty Position
Clinical Faculty PositionThe Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law Description: The Moritz College of Law invites applications for the position of Assistant Clinical Professor of Law in…
ContractsProf Blog
Who Typed What Where, and Does That Matter?
When I teach my students rules of construction and we talk about contra proforentem, I feel like the standard examples I use with them are insurance contracts, where it's easy to…
The Relativity Blog
Analytics for Contract Review: The Contract Cognition Approach
By Relativity
Find out how the use of analytics and e-discovery tools can create efficiencies in the contracting process including risk mitigation, litigation, and M&A.
Corporate and Securities Law
Court Finds Fraud Carve Out Ambiguous in Stock Purchase Agreement
China Law Blog
Drafting China Contracts that Work: The Extreme Basics
By Dan Harris
In deleting emails I came across this one from one of our China transactional lawyers to a Mexican client for whom we very successfully drafted a China licensing agreement. I…
ContractsProf Blog
Clever Price Interpretation Issue
Take a look at the below quote for “calendered” fabric by weight and consider what you think is the total price for the fabric (“tire cords”) including the calendering process…
PrawfsBlawg
Sponsored Post: Contract Interpretation (in the Real World)
Main Thursday, April 13, 2017Sponsored Post: Contract Interpretation (in the Real World)The following post is by Lawrence Cunningham (George Washington) and former GuestPrawf Miriam A. Cherry (SLU), and is sponsored…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
It Doesn’t Take Magic Words To Revoke An Offer
The lawyers in Baker v. Bowden, 2017 NCBC 30, decided this week by Judge Robinson, were negotiating a settlement agreement by email. The Plaintiff thought that it had a deal. …
Global Insurance Blog
UK: Wood v Capita Insurance Services Limited
By Victor Fornasier, Lydia Savill, George Bamber
Be aware of drafting (or seeking to interpret) a contractual indemnity provision in isolation. Appreciating the wider contractual context will avoid surprises. The Supreme Court has held that the indemnity…