The following oddity from a reader: When is an amendment not an amendment? When it’s a separate agreement! From the introductory paragraph of a supplier’s …
Yesterday I spent the day at West’s headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota, with a dozen or so journalists and bloggers being introduced to WestlawNext, the next …
Via Twitter, I came across a blog post entitled “Effective Contract Drafting: A Subversive Manifesto.” It’s by William Carleton, partner at a Seattle law firm. …
If you’re the sort who routinely rummages in the entrails of commercial contracts, you might well find of interest D.C. Toedt’s website On Technology Contracts. …
Yesterday I gave another of my Osgoode Professional Development seminars in Toronto, to a sellout crowd of eighty. During a break I discussed with one …
“Definedtermitis” is a condition caused by excessive reliance on defined terms. It causes clogging of the arteries of your contracts. Those who succumb to it …
It’s not only transactional types who are interested in contract language. If you want to see how a different online ecosystem approaches the subject, I …
I’m looking for caselaw or commentary on the following issue relating to the parts of a mergers-and-acquisitions contract. If a buyer wants to address in …
Currently on my nighttable is Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion, by Steven Davidoff. Steven is a professor …
In addition to Ken’s posts from February 2013, this blog contains Ken’s posts from The Koncise Drafter (from December 2010 to February 2013) and from the AdamsDrafting blog (from May 2006 to December 2010).
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