Check Out My No-Criticizing Provision
No-disparaging provisions are found in employment agreements, separation agreements, settlement...
Check Out My No-Criticizing Provision
“Efforts” + “Endeavor” = WTF.
I’ve seen more than my fair share of unfortunate drafting, but my work for LegalSifter has exposed...
Simplifying Governing-Law Provisions.
Ken Adams here. My book A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting deals with the building blocks of...
Sifter Central Blog - Ken Adams - Why I Don’t Pin My Hopes on the Serial Comma
Ken Adams here. This is from this post on my blog. People are fascinated by fights over commas....
Being on the Lookout for Unusual Provisions
A few years ago I created an automated confidentiality agreement. (You can read about it in this...
Sifter Central Blog - Ken Adams - Why It Matters That I've Spotted Another "Efforts" Verb
Various verbs are used in efforts provisions. MSCD lists make, exercise, exert, expend, undertake,...
My Newfound Respect for Hotel Agreements
This week I had the pleasure of visiting North Falmouth, Massachusetts. (Hence the photo.) I was...
Sifter Central Blog - Ken Adams - The First Draft of My “Assumption of Risk” Help Text
One of my tasks at LegalSifter is to create help text for Sifters, the algorithms tasked with...
Excluding Consequential Damages is a Bad Idea.
by Ken Adams (originally posted February 15, 2010 in Adams on Contract Drafting)
“Control,” “Prevail,” “Take Precedence,” or “Govern”?
Ken Adams here. This is from this post on my blog. In contract drafting, sometimes choosing one...
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