Monthly Archives: July 2009

I’m looking forward to August. I’ll be spending time in Cap Ferret, on France’s west coast; in Geneva, Switzerland; and in Saratoga Springs, in upstate …

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Publication of Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of a Radical Price has prompted a lot of online discussion about the extent to which a thriving …

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If you’ve watched my webcasts and are contemplating attending one of my live seminars, you might want to read the following: The seminars cover the …

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I’ve recently been emphasizing, in print and in speaking engagements, that for any organization that wants to gain control of the drafting process, a necessary first step …

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Today I noticed that someone said on Twitter that they were “drafting up a screenplay contract for legal revisions” (emphasis added). That sent me to …

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Webcast 7 in my Drafting Clearer Contracts series of webcasts will be launched with a live session starting 1:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 22. …

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I can’t recall ever having used the adjective contractual, meaning “of, pertaining to, or secured by a contract.” I find it an awkward mouthful. As …

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The current issue of The Lawyers Weekly, the Canadian periodical, contains a nifty article on how to make contract drafting a commodity. Yours truly is …

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Excuse me if I mention another upcoming webcast, the sixth in my Drafting Clearer Contracts series. It runs for the first time as a “live” …

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The case of Citgo Petroleum Corp. v. Ranger Enters., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58676 (Conn. Mar. 17, 2009), revolved around whether, as used in the …

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A court opinion doesn’t have to come from an exalted court in order for it to raise an issue of interest to drafters generally. A …

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D.C. Toedt has posted on his On Technology Contracts blog this item about an opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing a case …

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In Comtide Holdings, LLC v. Booth Creek Mgmt. Corp., 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 15086 (6th Cir. July 2, 2009), the following provision was at issue: …

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Today I came across a blog post entitled, straightforwardly enough, “Looking for Advice on Contract Drafting.” It was posted on the Marquette University Law School …

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Oxford University Press was kind enough to send me a review copy of their new book Elements of Contract Interpretation, by Steven J. Burton, a …

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Today sees the launch of webcast 5 in my series Drafting Clearer Contracts, which is being offered by West LegalEdcenter and is sponsored by Business …

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Hot on the heels of Venkat Balasubramani’s Twitter update reminding me of all those I have yet to convince came a message from one of …

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Twitter has become a low-key part of my public profile (my Twitter ID is @AdamsDrafting). Links to my new blog posts go out automatically on …

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