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Contract Drafting
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Legal Writing Prof Blog
Contract Drafting in the Spotlight
from new contributing editor, Lori Johnson, who teaches at UNLV: The recent LWI Conference in Palm Desert provided a variety of excellent presentations on incorporating drafting into the legal writing curriculum…
China Law Blog
Bad Contract Translations Make for Bad Times
By Dan Harris
Your contract with your Chinese co-party is your key to a successful China venture and your lifeboat should the business relationship go awry. That being the case, I am always…
LawSites
New Contract Drafting Tool: ACC Contract Advisor
The Association of Corporate Counsel today launched ACC Contract Advisor, a contract-drafting tool built on what is described as a "vast collection" of sample contracts and thousands of real-world clauses. Launched in…
Best Practices Construction Law
Development and Construction Contracts: What You Need to Know
Noted author and business attorney, Peter Siviglia, often talks about "forms of writing"... In today's post, I discuss some tips on drafting development and construction contracts.
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
What’s the Best Approach to MAS Competition? Strategy.
By Greg Jacobs
This post was written by Joelle E.K. Laszlo. Late last summer, we blogged on an interim rule designed to increase competition for multiple-award schedule (“MAS”) contracts issued by civilian government…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Contract Interpretation Issue
BLGH Holdings LLC v. enXco LFG Holding, LLC, 2012 Del. LEXIS 165 (Del. Supr. Mar. 27, 2012). Issue Addressed The issue presented here is one of contract interpretation: Does the…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Eastern District Court Rulings show that California Courts Strictly Interpret Insurance Policies
Reading an insurance policy can be extremely cumbersome to almost anyone. Many times it feels like the language is muddled and the policy is written in a foreign language. It…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
The Sixth Circuit Vacates Class Certification and Clarifies Wal-Mart’s Application to Declaratory Judgments Based on Contract Interpretation
On Friday, the Sixth Circuit vacated an order from the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, precluding class certification, in large part, due to an intervening and nearly…
ContractsProf Blog
News flash: Fine print gets smaller and wordier
Forget the Republican primaries, the real news this week is fine print. As Jeremy Telman blogged, there are some troubling contract issues relating to the Costa Concordia disaster. The Wall…
ContractsProf Blog
A Puzzler from Ken Adams
Over at the Koncision Blog, Ken Adams poses the following question:In this post I refer to “bills of sale, instruments of assignment, releases, deeds, powers of attorney, stock powers, and the like,…