In a 2009 post on AdamsDrafting I suggested that if an organization wants to adopt a style guide for contract drafting, the sensible option would be to piggy-back off of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. And I linked to a document that would allow an organization to do just that. I called it a “model statement of style … Read More
In this 2011 post I considered what information you should include in the introductory clause for entities formed outside the U.S. I’d now like to revisit something reader Vance Koven said in this comment, namely the following: Also remember that in the civil law tradition place of organization is less important than an entity’s siège social, which means that for … Read More
In addition to going to Chicago to give a seminar, I’ll be going there for ABA TechShow and for Inside Counsel’s SuperConference. ABA TechShow (why do the organizers insist on stating the name IN ALL CAPITALS?) runs from March 28 to March 31. I’ll be joining my friends at the ContractExpress booth, and we’ll be showcasing Koncision. I look forward … Read More
The road goes on forever. Here’s where I’ll be showing up next to give my “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminar: Atlanta, April 5, for West LegalEdcenter (for more information, go here) Houston, April 13, in-house seminar Toronto, April 19, for Osgoode Professional Development (for more information, go here) Chicago, May 3, for West LegalEdcenter (for more information, go here) Denver, May … Read More
In the recent Fourth Circuit case of Williams v. CDP, Inc. (copy here), the court considered the following section of a contract: Deferred Compensation; Death Benefit; and Payments for Restrictive Covenants. Commencing upon the Employee’s retirement from the Employer and the termination of his employment under the Employment Agreement and continuing for the remaining Term of this Agreement, the Employee … Read More
Via this post on the WSJ Law Blog, I learned about this Bloomberg article. Here’s the gist of it: Kai Herbert, a Switzerland-based currency trader, is suing JPMorgan for about 580,000 pounds ($920,000), his lawyers said at a trial in London this week. The original contract said Herbert’s annual pay would be 24 million rand ($3.1 million). JPMorgan blamed the … Read More
I’ve blogged about termination twice previously. In this 2007 post on the AdamsDrafting blog (and in MSCD) I explain why I prefer stating that a contract terminates on a given date rather than expires on that date. And in this post from January 2012 I discuss the implications of (1) termination of this agreement, (2) this agreement terminates, and (3) this … Read More
I recall how in the early days of word processing—when dinosaurs roamed the earth—you’d see articles in which a fiction writer would discuss word-processing technologies and techniques. But word processing long ago lost its essential mystery, except for those of us with particular needs. So fiction writers no longer offer tips on word processing. I think we’re going through something … Read More
Of the 22 participants in my Geneva seminars, 14 were women (and still are, I expect!) and 8 were men. Given the infinitesimally small sample size, I’d be bonkers to derive any conclusions from that. But I’ve noted, albeit unscientifically, that more often than not in my other public seminars the women have outnumbered the men. And in education generally, at … Read More
I just wrapped up my 2012 series of Geneva seminars. Some impressions: I’d be hard pressed to find a more congenial arrangement. I’m staying in Vieille Ville, the old part of Geneva, with my brother Charles and his family. (To the right is part of the view from Charles’s apartment.) To get to Akin Gump’s offices, where the seminars were … Read More
