In its recent opinion in Salama v. Simon, No. 2024-1124-JTL, 2024 WL 4906737 (Del. Ch. Nov. 27, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery cites A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting for what it has to say about “the expectation of relevance.” That’s a concept underlying a subtle ambiguity associated with the word may.
Rather than discuss the expectation of relevance here, I’ll be lazy and point you to the court’s opinion. Just search for “Adams”.
The opinion is by Vice Chancellor Laster. He’s no stranger to MSCD, as he wrote a foreword to the fourth edition; I’ve preserved it in the fifth edition. You can read it here.
