From Eoin O’Dell’s roundup of comma-related mischief on Cearta.ie I learned of a dispute that surfaced at a Chrysler bankruptcy hearing earlier in July. In June …
Yesterday I read this AmLaw Daily article by Steven J. Harper, a retired Kirkland & Ellis partner. It laments that the emphasis on short-term metrics …
My forthcoming work “The Structure of M&A Contracts” will be a PDF-only West publication. That raises an obvious question: will people be reading it on-screen, or …
In an opinion published yesterday, the Ninth Circuit reversed much of the December 2008 ruling that gave Mattel the rights to MGA’s Bratz doll products. …
Following on my recent post on document-comparison etiquette, longtime reader Jim Brashear sent me the following: I’d be interested in reading others’ thoughts and comments …
On Wednesday, July 14, the Law Department Management Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel will be holding their monthly teleconference, and the featured speaker …
I sporadically write about contract instances of lexical ambiguity, which arises when context is insufficient to allow one to determine the sense of a word …
I recently received the following message from a longtime reader: When you eventually revise MCSD to its third edition, could you consider adding an appendix …
In a phone call with a law-firm M&A partner today, I was reminded that sometimes M&A contracts reflect a deferred closing even though the parties actually …
What happens if a contract says that someone is personally liable for an obligation, but that person signs the contract not in their individual capacity, …
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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