These days I live something of an incrementalist life. For example, in an overnight switch I now pour oat milk, instead of cow’s milk, on my industrial quantities of granola, but I don’t expect to give up cheese anytime soon. And in an attempt stop using so many paper towels and so much plastic wrap, […]
How to Get a “A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting” on Your Kindle
Amazon used to sell a Kindle version of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, but it doesn’t anymore. (Something to do with Kindle versions being vulnerable to piracy.) But you can still get MSCD on Kindle, by buying the ebook version sold by the ABA here. It’s a MOBI file, so you can transfer […]
What (If Anything) Does It Mean to Have a Court Cite My Work?
An anonymous informant—oh what the heck, it was Glenn West—told me that in Channel MedSystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation (here), an opinion issued just yesterday by the Delaware Court of Chancery, Chancellor Bouchard cites A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. More specifically, here’s footnote 236: The parties frame their arguments in terms of […]
MSCD Fourth Edition Reviewed in the Law Society Gazette
The current issue of the Law Society Gazette (published by the Law Society of England and Wales) contains a review of the fourth edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (here). It’s by Daphne Perry. You might recall that earlier this year Practical Law Company recorded a video of me chatting with Daphne […]
ABA Sale: 25% Off “A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting”
You have two days left—21 and 22 August—to get 25% off the ABA price for A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. That might be a better price than what Amazon is currently offering. Go here. I couldn’t help noticing that MSCD is the ABA’s biggest-selling title for 2018. I wouldn’t be surprised if that […]
Two Items from Radiant Law (and a Shout-Out to MSCD)
Readers of this blog will be familiar with the ever-raffish Alex Hamilton, but I haven’t had occasion to mention his UK-based business, Radiant Law, which describes itself as “a law firm leading the way in optimising how large companies create, negotiate and manage their commercial contracts.” I’m doing so now because two items on their […]
My Exchange with an English Reader of MSCD
Before I published my post The Post-Truth Mindset and “Endeavours” Provisions (here), I ran a draft by one of my English readers. I found what he had to say particularly eloquent, so here it is, with my response. I welcome you to chime in. You’re asking me to guess UK audience reaction, right? If you carry […]
What Incremental Change Looks Like, Part 2
I keep my eye open for signs that MSCD-compliant language is seeping into contracts. For example, last week while rooting around on Edgar, I noticed a contract that uses my force majeure language. (Go here for my force majeure language.) But if I were looking for A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting to quickly […]
MSCD Fourth Edition Now Available on Amazon (and Kindle)
The Fourth edition of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting is now available on Amazon. Actually, it’s been available for a few weeks, but at the ABA price, and without a Kindle version. Now the other shoe has dropped: Amazon has cut the price, although the discount varies from negligible to not-so-negligible. More significantly, […]
The Published Version of the Quick Reference to the Categories of Contract Language
A year ago I published in this post the first draft of what I called a “quick reference” to the categories of contract language—a summary of the different categories, what they look like, what they’re used for, and where you can find more information. Go here for the version included in chapter 3 (The Categories of […]