Bad Drafting

To be filed under “There but for the grace of God go I”: Via @Deadline, I came upon this story in the Hollywood Reporter. Here’s the opening paragraph: A California appeals court has affirmed Paramount’s win in a legal dispute with a Morgan Stanley-backed film-finance entity that alleged it was forced to pick up some of the tab when one of … Read More

Yesterday Law360 published this article by reporter Liz Hoffman about the contract language at the root of the brawl between financiers Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman. It quotes yours truly. (Subscription required, but you can get a free trial.) You can find the contract language at issue in this Business Insider article by Linette Lopez; this 2011 New York Times story … Read More