Monthly Archives: December 2007

In a recent post I said that along with switching from Times New Roman I’d be abandoning underlining in favor of bold. But here’s a …

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In this comment to an October 2007 post, reader Michael Fleming said the following: Speaking of things we find in the introductory clause—How about some …

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This might be of interest to anyone who has followed the litigation between United Rentals, Inc. and the RAM entities. (Click here for my previous …

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The first full year of the AdamsDrafting blog is winding to a close. Don’t worry, I’m not going to wax self-indulgently lyrical about the lot …

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A reference on Ideoblog to “sloppy drafting” lead me to take a closer look at the litigation between equipment-rental company United Rentals Inc. (“URI”) and …

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In MSCD 12.9, I recommend using underlining to emphasize section headings, each defined term when it’s being defined, and references to exhibits and schedules. Underlining—or …

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[Update, 12/21/07 3:30PM EST: Previously I linked to Word 2003 versions of a document in Times New Roman and the same document in Calibri. I …

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The December 10, 2007 issue of The New Yorker contains a fascinating article entitled “The Checklist.” It’s by Atul Gawande, a surgeon who’s also a …

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[In this recent blog post I provided a partial analysis of the phrase moral turpitude and invited readers to complete it for me. No one …

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A reader brought to my attention a recent post on the blog of Mike Dillon, general counsel of Sun Microsystems. It describes how Mike had …

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In his Market Movers blog, journalist Mark Salmon discusses whether there are any benefits to sloppy contract drafting. Mark quotes another blogger to the effect …

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The December 14, 2007, issue of the Canadian periodical The Lawyers Weekly contains an article about yours truly. Click here for a pdf copy (note …

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I’m back from another foray to Toronto, for a seminar at Osgoode Professional Development and another at a law firm. (Greetings, Toronto newcomers to this …

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Each semester that I teach, I inflict a series of drafting assignments on students in my Penn Law contract drafting class. This semester, the final …

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