Monthly Archives: January 2009

I’ll soon be resuming my itinerant ways. In particular, my first public seminar of 2009 is on February 24, in Houston. And 2009 just got …

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To accomplish any given drafting goal, one usage will be more efficient than the others. Once you accept that notion, it follows that it would …

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Today Rees Morrision posted this item on his blog. It makes the point that groups are good for sharing information but not so good for …

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This post earlier this month considered how to ensure that people on the other side of a deal don’t balk at MSCD-compliant language. But what …

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In this post from earlier this month, I expressed incredulity at the idea of my being able to make good use of Twitter—what I do …

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A couple of recent posts (this one and this one) prompted some gnashing of teeth and rending of clothes by commenters frustrated at the pushback …

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Thanks to Bryan Sims of The Connected Lawyer, I came across (1) this useful post by TechnoEsq on the different ways of signing legal documents …

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Rees Morrison, prolific blogger on all things law-department-related, posted this item about free legal forms available online. Here’s what it says: As the online world …

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Here’s the approach that’s reflected in MSCD: If you could accomplish any given drafting goal in a number of different ways, consistency and efficiency would …

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In this October 2008 blog post I said that together with is usually a roundabout way of saying, depending on the circumstances, and or with …

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The following is from reader Tom Hertz: Based on MSCD, I gather that you’d say that parties enter into an agreement, rather than simply enter …

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I received the following inquiry from Sarita Nair of the New Mexico law firm Sutin, Thayer & Browne: I am struggling to find a concise …

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I used to be reticent about asking for feedback after giving an in-house seminar—heaven forbid that I should be a nuisance! But I now make …

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David Miller is general counsel of Rogers Communications, the Canadian communications company. I met him in 2007 when, shortly after helping them out in the …

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In this December 2007 post I wrote about the Delaware Chancery Court opinion in the litigation between United Rentals Inc. and two Cerberus Partners acquisition …

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One of the more useful perks of being a member of the American Bar Association is that you get access to the “Deal Points Studies” …

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The first few months after the ABA publishes a book, you can purchase it only through them. Thereafter, they start to distribute it through the …

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Longtime reader Michael Fleming sent me the following cry of pain: Below is a little taste of a markup I received from the other side …

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When you assemble the components of a contract that refers to schedules and exhibits, which should come first after the main part of the contract? …

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[Update: You might want to read the comments.] You may have heard of Twitter. It’s a free social-networking service that allows users to send updates …

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I recently received the following inquiry from reader Kathleen: I was wondering, do you have a proofreading system or any tips? Especially for when there …

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In MSCD 12.328, I say that respectively serves to indicate that each item in a list earlier in a sentence is to be paired with …

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