Entire agreement and merger clauses
Every once in a while, I address a classic miscellaneous clause. Thistime, I would like to discuss entire agreement clauses (also referred to as, amongst
Fonts and your house style
When determining you company’s (or firm’s) house style for contracts, it may be helpful to introduce you to some working vocabulary of typeface designers (and
Part 4 (four)
This blog addresses the last set of principles on drafting numbers. Subsequent blogs will deal with including fractions in a contract, the reference to ranges
Cultural differences: concepts or rules?
Every lawyer who worked in international contexts will have experienced the complications of negotiating and agreeing on a contract (and experiencing performance). Despite a high
Numbers part 3
This is part three on writing out numbers or using figures instead (and on not writing both all the times). The previous blogs on the
A company’s Contract Drafting Conventions
When a company or law firm upgrades its model contracts and contract clauses, it should do this consistently. This means that the legal department or
An arm’s length away
Many M&A agreements require that the contracts that the target company entered into are on an arm’s length basis. This is not only what a
Defining this Agreement
Many contract drafters, including myself, prefer to refer in contract provisions to the contract by using in this Agreement We’re talking about redundancy here. (with
Mutual is a pleonasm
The word mutual appears in many contract provisions. In most (if not all) cases, its use is harmless and therefore redundant. This blog explores the
