Month: March 2011

Just a Few More Days …

I’ve long set March 31 as the target date for launching Koncision’s first product, but I’ll be missing it by a few days—after making some late changes to the confidentiality-agreement template in response to tester comments, I had to call in the boffins at Business Integrity to help me out. Watch this space!

“Good Enough” and Stratification of the Legal Market

The legal blogosphere has been awash in discussion of whether law firms can serve the different markets that are emerging. In this post Jordan Furlong conveniently collected links to a number of contributions to this discussion, and he provides a concise introduction: [I]n light of the huge changes in the marketplace, what will become of law firms? More specifically, given … Read More

Draft Koncision FAQs

[Updated 8:00 p.m. EDT March 28, 2011 to move the FAQ to the FAQ page [link no longer available].]

Use of Code Names in Contract Drafting

I’m currently working on Koncision’s terms of use. One point I’m making is that although the document-assembly engine will be protected by robust security measures, Koncision can’t guarantee absolute confidentiality of the information you provide when you complete a questionnaire. So if confidentiality is essential, you should use codes for party names, product names, or any other sensitive information. Now … Read More

Charlie Sheen and “Moral Turpitude”

Readers have pointed out to me that the infamous phrase moral turpitude has crawled out from under a rock into the glare of the spotlight, thanks to Charlie Sheen. In this March 7 letter to Sheen’s lawyer, Warner Bros. Television’s outside counsel, Munger, Tolles & Olson, stated that Warner Bros. Television’s termination of Sheen’s contract was based in part on … Read More