Metrics on Training in Contract Drafting? I Don’t Think So
I saw discussion on LinkedIn about whether one might use metrics to assess training in contract drafting. Here’s why I think that ain’t happening. How to Say Clearly and Concisely What You Want to Say...
View ArticleChatGPT Does “A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting”
At the recent ACC annual meeting, Adrian Goss—whom I first met a dozen years ago on a trip to Australia—told me he had uploaded some miscellaneous-provisions stuff from Practical Law and asked ChatGPT...
View ArticleDistinguishing Between the Date of the Contract and Timing of Performance
Recently, noted swashbuckler and longtime comrade-in-arms Alex Hamilton issued me a challenge: Why not give a contract just an “effective date” without worrying about whether effective date refers to...
View Article“Drafting Clearer Contracts” Training for the First Three Months of 2025
At long last, go here for details of the initial Drafting Clearing Contracts training for 2025, consisting of three series of Masterclass and one presentation. (Go here for general information about...
View ArticleThe Delaware Chancery Court Cites MSCD on “The Expectation of Relevance”
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...
View ArticleAs Goes “Hereby Grants To”, So Goes “Hereby Assigns To”
This week, Adams Contracts launched a new service agreement template (see this post on the Adams Contracts blog). Whom did that rouse? Kevin Toll, the Adams Contracts client featured in this blog post...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Bold the Title of a Contract
Last week, Kevin Miller, LegalSifter’s CEO, used Adams Contracts’ confidentiality agreement template. In the process, he suggested that I bold the title. When Kevin shared his opinion, I realized I’ve...
View ArticleEating the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge: Or, Why “A Manual of Style for...
At the beginning of this year, I said in this blog post that you cannot be an informed consumer (or producer) of contract language without consulting A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting. No one has...
View ArticleRevisiting “Thereafter”
The relentless Kevin Toll (see this blog post) has proposed that I ditch thereafter. Here are some of his proposed changes to Adams Contracts templates: Regarding afterward, Garner’s Modern English...
View ArticleThe Library of Congress Has Selected This Blog, Before Law Blogs Go the Way...
A few days ago, I received an email from the Library of Congress. Here’s the opening sentence: “The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Legal Blawgs Web...
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