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Contract Drafting
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International Law Prof Blog
Call for Proposals: Emory Conference Will Include Teaching Transactions in an International Setting
The Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia has issued a call for proposals for a conference being held at Emory on…
ContractsProf Blog
Cosmic Contracts: Forever and Throughout the Universe
Great article in today's WSJ titled "Lawyerese Goes Galactic as Contracts Try to Master the Universe." Read it. Here's a taste:Decked out in sequined black and gold dresses, Anne…
China Law Blog
Dual-Language International Contracts Double your Disaster Chances
By Dan Harris
Got an interesting email the other day regarding the language to use for a contract. It went as follows: I was talking to someone who was bragging about how great…
Rush on Business
Contract Law: Miscellaneous Provisions Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought
By Rush Nigut
You've probably seen them in your contracts. Miscellaneous provisions such as choice of law, litigation venue, successors and assigns provisions, no waiver, entire understanding, or supersede clauses. They tend to…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Adams and Superfluous Recitals
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Ken Adams -- name sound familiar? It should, because if you're like me a dog-eared copy of his Manual of Style for Contract Drafting sits on a shelf in your…
ContractsProf Blog
Alan White on Drafting Exercises
The Third in a Series of Posts by:Guest Blogger, Alan White Thanks to Professor Miller’s post on this blog, I became aware of the Goldberg v. (Paris) Hilton case, which fit nicely…
Lending Law Report
Commitment Letters: A Cautionary Tale
By Susan Alker
At long last, the Huntsman case has settled. As recently reported, the banks providing the commitment for the acquisition financing have agreed to pay $1.7 billion (in a combination of cash…
Litigation & Trial
Time-Tested Advice For Young Lawyers About Contracts Which They Should Ignore
Pay heed your elders, but shepardize your cases.
Legal Writing Prof Blog
advice on contract drafting
By legalwriting
Ken Adams has it--advice, that is, and it's good to boot. I liked his response to a law student who opined that contract drafting is neither a creative nor an…
Oklahoma Insurance Law
Interpretation Of An Insurance Policy Must Be Reasonable
In our last post, we discussed some rules the courts use to interpret insurance policies. If the contract has language that is subject to more than one interpretation, it is…