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Legal Writing Prof Blog
new edition of Adams’s Manual of Style for Contract Drafting
By legalwriting
The ABA has published a "redesigned" second edition of Ken Adams's A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. The book is reportedly now 200 pages longer and covers new topics.…
La Revue
La renonciation à un droit ne peut s’induire que d’actes positifs
Cass. Com. 19 février 2008, pourvoi n°07-10.943, Sté Schuco International c/ Sté Realco
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Interprets Waiver Provision
In Rehoboth Mall Limited Partnership v. NPC International, Inc., (Del. Supr., July 2, 2008), read opinion here, (and revised opinion here), the Delaware Supreme Court interpreted a waiver provision in…
ContractsProf Blog
The Importance of Appropriate Word Choice
This isn't much of a contracts story, but luckily most things can be connected to contract law. Contractual obligation distills to what it appears the parties intended to promise to…
Rush on Business
Writing the Better Contract from Anita Campbell- Part II
By Rush Nigut
Former general counsel and small business owner, Anita Campbell, offers sage advice in her post on the Build a Solo Practice Blog about how to write a better contract . …
Rush on Business
How to Write Contracts for Business People
By Rush Nigut
Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends shares her thoughts about how to avoid the contract from hell on the Build a Solo Practice site. As a former general counsel and now a…
ContractsProf Blog
Medellin and Contracts Revisited I
Having now carefully read the Medellin case, I have two more comments to make that relate to earlier posts on contracting with the U.S. government and the enforceability of international…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
implications of an arbitration clause
By legalwriting
If you teach contract drafting or ADR, here's a good lesson on the implications of an arbitration clause in an employment contract. And the article itself (as well as the…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court at the Casinos: Issue of Indenture Default Addressed
In Wilmington Trust Co., as indenture trustee, v. Tropicana Entertainment , LLC, (Del. Ch., Feb. 29, 2008), read opinion here, the Chancery Court ruled on cross-motions for summary judgment regarding the…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Kornegay v. Aspen Asset Group, LLC, 2006 NCBC 12 (N.C. Super. Ct. Sept. 26, 2006)(Diaz)
Following a thorough discussion of the elements of a valid contract, the Court found a question of material fact whether the parties had agreed on all the material terms of…