In March 2009 I did this Q&A with Kingsley Martin, developer of KIIAC, a software for creating templates and clause libraries for use in drafting contracts. …
I’ll be in Calgary the week of April 26, in part for my “Drafting Clearer Contracts” public seminar for Osgoode Professional Development. (Click here for …
Here’s yet another cautionary tale. This article on Lexology by Doug Batey of Stoel Rives LLP considers a recent Idaho Supreme Court opinion addressing a dispute over …
Winning hearts and minds one contracts person at a time is a noble undertaking, but things certainly would go faster if I could convert entire organizations. …
The other day while reading in the Atlantic Monthy “A Conversation with Jules Feiffer,” the great cartoonist, the following Feiffer observation caught my eye: Amidst …
A particularly prevalent usage is terms and conditions (and the shorthand T&Cs). Heck, it even surfaces in the everyday world—I’ve been known to throw a …
Contrary to reputation, I’m not just a dry-as-dust, express-the-meaning-of-the-parties guy. I have a sensitive, truth-and-beauty side too. And to demonstrate that, I now bring you—cue …
I generally explain the concept of ambiguity by saying that if reasonable people read a given contract provision and derive different meanings from it, that …
I’m attuned to the particular challenges facing anyone who isn’t a native English speaker and is required to draft or negotiate contracts in English. Indeed, …
In this May 2007 blog post I mentioned the dispute between Crusader Entertainment and schlockmeister Clive Cussler. In this post, the ContractsProf Blog provides the …
My recent post on stand-alone purchase orders prompted a related thought: When you issue a stand-alone purchase order (in other words, one not issued under …
You sometimes see a contract that has a paragraph entitled “Acknowledgement” added at the end, after the party signatures. For example, a search on the …
After chewing over the comments to this post on excluding consequential damages, I’m left with the following thoughts: I remain of the view that putting …
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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