Ken Adams’s Articles

Here’s a list of articles written by Ken Adams:

• Asia: Different Contracts, Different Cultures, Asian Legal Business, January 2013.
• The Illusion of Quality in Contract Drafting, New York Law Journal, July 17, 2012 (with Tim Allen, CEO of Business Integrity)
• Making a Mess of Ambiguity: Lessons from the Third Circuit’s Opinion in Meyer v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, Business Law Today, Nov. 20, 2011
• Whittling Away at Duty of Good Faith, The Recorder, June 28, 2011
• The New Associate and the Future of Contract Drafting, New York Law Journal, Apr. 1, 2011
• The AAA Standard Arbitration Clause: Room for Improvement, New York Law Journal, Mar 9, 2010.
• Retooling Your Contract Process for the Downturn, New York Law Journal, Feb. 19, 2009.
• Dysfunctional Drafting, National Law Journal, Sept. 8, 2008.
• Merger Pacts: Contract Drafting, Cerberus Litigation, New York Law Journal, Feb. 19, 2008.
• Transitioning Your Contract Process from the Artistic to the Industrial, ACC Docket, Dec. 2007.
• Making Sense of “Shall,” New York Law Journal, Oct. 18, 2007.
• What Does “Material” Mean?, Deal Lawyers, Sept.–Oct. 2007. (is the third article in the issue)
• Behind the Scenes of the Comma Dispute, Globe and Mail, Aug. 28, 2007.
• Revisiting Materiality, New York Law Journal, Aug. 16, 2007.
• “Wordsmithing,” New York Law Journal, June 21, 2007.
• Sending Contracts Offshore, New York Law Journal, Apr. 19, 2007.
• Wiki, Anyone?, New York Law Journal, Feb. 15, 2007 (on using wikis in the contract-drafting process).
• Revisiting the Ambiguity of “And” and “Or” in Legal Drafting, 80 St. John’s Law Review 1167 (2006) (with Alan S. Kaye, professor of linguistics at California State University, Fullerton).
• How to Avoid Contractual Train Wrecks, National Law Journal, Nov. 6, 2006 (on addressing pre-closing knowledge of inaccurate representations).
• Copyright and the Contract Drafter, New York Law Journal, Aug. 23, 2006.
• Understanding “Material Adverse Change” Provisions, M&A Lawyer, June 2006. (See also this blog post.)
• Teaching Contract Drafting: The Two Elephants in the Room, 14 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 92 (2006).
• Can Lawyers Be Trained in Contract Drafting?, The Lawyers Weekly, Mar. 17, 2006.
• Debunking Urban Legends, New York Law Journal, Dec. 2, 2005.
• A Lesson in Contract Drafting: What’s Up with “Representations and Warranties”?, Business Law Today, Nov.–Dec. 2005. (See also this blog post.)
• A Legal-Usage Analysis of “Material Adverse Change” Provisions, 10 Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law 9 (2004). (See also this blog post.)
• Interview posted on DealLawers.com on Nov. 30, 2004, Ken Adams on Material Adverse Change Provisions.
• Translating English Language Contracts, Bulletin of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting, Sept.–Oct. 2004.
• Interview posted on TheCorporateCounsel.net on Aug. 17, 2004, Inside Track with Broc: Ken Adams on Contract Drafting and Knowledge Management.
• Understanding “Best Efforts” and Its Variants, Practical Lawyer, Aug. 2004.
• Drafting a New Day: Who Needs that Recital of Consideration?, Business Law Today, Mar.–Apr. 2003.
• Drafting a Contract, New York Law Journal, Sept. 27, 2002.
• Legal Usage in Drafting Corporate Resolutions, Practical Lawyer, Sept. 2002.
• The New New Rules of Drafting (Part One), Michigan Bar Journal, July 2002.
• The New New Rules of Drafting (Part Two), Michigan Bar Journal, Aug. 2002.
• Drafting Matters, New York Law Journal, July 5, 2002.