Warning! This post is for seminar aficionados only. It contains minimal cultural insight and nothing on contract drafting. Instead, this post celebrates my 14 November 2019 “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminar in Seoul. Out of the hundreds of seminars I’ve done over the past 14 years, it was the spiffiest. How so? For one thing, it […]
Save the Dates: 2020 “Drafting Clearer Contracts” Seminars in Chicago, Boston, New York, and San Francisco
This is where I’ll be doing public “Drafting Clearer Contracts” seminars in the United States in 2020: Chicago, March 12, 2020 Boston, May 7, 2020 New York, September 24, 2020 San Francisco, Dec 3, 2020 I’ll put registration information up once it’s available. Four locations is the fewest since, well, forever. I’m disappointed that Texas […]
My Free Webinar for LawInsider on “Contract Review Strategies and Best Practices”
At noon Eastern time on Monday, 9 December 2019, I’m doing a free webinar for Law Insider on “Contract Review Strategies and Best Practices.” Everyone is welcome. Go here to register. We’ll be discussing what’s involved in reviewing contracts to avoid confusion and to make sure the deal addresses your interests. As part of that, […]
A Dual Verb Structure: “Shall Not Be Entitled To and Shall Not X”
Let’s talk dual verb structures. I’ve written about them previously. For example, see this 2007 post about be and hereby is, which I dubbed “the lamest usage.” That post is about corporate resolutions, but be and hereby is also occurs in contracts: … any such Certificateholder’s claim against any other assets shall be, and hereby […]
Using “Is” as a Definitional Verb? Please Gawd No Stop
Here are two autonomous definitions: “Salvage” is cargo which has been damaged, alleged to be damaged, refused or undeliverable that has been sold, disposed of or turned over to a competent salvage agent for selling after proper On–Hand notice has been given. “Confidential Information” is any information that … Both use is as the […]
Exploring the Standard of Care in Services Agreements
Regular readers will know that I’m an advisor to LegalSifter, the artificial-intelligence-plus-expertise company that helps with review of the other side’s draft. In that capacity, I help decide what issues to look for, and I figure out how those issues are expressed in contracts. In doing that work, I get to explore systematically all sorts […]
Some Serious Comma Confusion Out of Florida
People don’t understand commas. And that includes judges. Heck, we saw a comprehensive example of that in August, in this blog post. Now we have more comma confusion, in the form of the opinion of Judge Carlos E. Mendoza of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Princeton Excess & Surplus […]
Item on Above the Law Discusses My Work
Check out this item on the blog Above the Law. It’s by Olga Mack, and it discusses my work. It won’t come as news to regular readers, but it summarizes what’s on my mind at the moment.
Should We Use the Section Mark in Contracts?
While poking through the wreckage of Bryan Garner’s new book on contract drafting (see my review here), I found only one idea worth considering further, namely his recommendation regarding use of the section mark (§). Here’s what he says: We’re after efficient communication and error prevention. Thirty-three percent is slower, more cumbersome, and more prone […]
I Contributed a Chapter to Juro’s Ebook on Contracts
Juro, the contract-management-software company, has produced an ebook called The Modern Contract Handbook. It consists of chapters by different authors on issues in contracts and the contracts process. I was among the contributors; you’ll be shocked to hear that my chapter is about the language of contracts. It’s based on a conversation I had with […]
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