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Comparative Analysis 2 Mar 2012 | 05:19 am
A study of Employment, Contractor and Severance Agreements Visual Complexity - Protein Homology Graph One of the main objectives of contract analysis is to identify the similarities—and differences...
Standard English to Standard Business 8 Nov 2011 | 05:13 am
For many years, the plain or standard English movement has sought to eliminate “legalese.” The term ‘”plain English” is, however, generally disfavored, because the goal is not to “dumb down” legal wri...
Identifying Core Language—and simplifying contracts 10 Oct 2011 | 09:39 pm
One of the most important tasks in precedent management is developing model forms containing standard, or core language, offering alternative terms and optional language to cover deal-specific variati...
Contract Analysis: Standard and Negotiated Terms Measured by Commonality and Consistency 7 Sep 2011 | 11:05 pm
The last post reviewed the top negotiated and disputed terms determined by a survey conducted by the IACCM. The survey revealed a surprising difference in viewpoint between negotiators and business ma...
Top Negotiated and Disputed Contract Terms (IACCM Survey) 30 Aug 2011 | 11:06 pm
The IACCM 10th Annual Survey, 2011 Top Terms in Negotiation, contains a wealth of information about the state of contracting. It reveals a clear difference between the top negotiated terms and the top...
Clause Elements 19 Jul 2011 | 12:29 am
Each time I review a set of clauses for the Clause of the Day, I am stuck by their common features, even though the source material is drawn from a wide range of different agreement types, drafted by ...
Organizing the Covenants Article in Legal Agreements 6 Jul 2011 | 12:51 am
A covenant is an agreement to perform, or to refrain from performing, a specified action. It exercises a continuing interest over an asset, property interest, or performance obligation. For example, a...
Garbage-in, Quality-out 27 Jun 2011 | 10:44 am
The common think expression “garbage-in, garbage-out” is often thrown out without any vigorous thought. Proponents believe it just has to be true. First, I have to agree with Charles Babbage who famo...
Intellectual Property Rep 25 Jun 2011 | 01:17 am
The Intellectual Property Representation (on ContractStandards) appears to have been built over time, incrementally adding more and more language. All clauses example share common elements, such as th...
Developing CAD for Law—Part 2 18 May 2011 | 11:19 pm
Contract Building Blocks There are two main approaches to document automation. First, a Programmatic approach inserts If-Else-Then statements into a document to select different deal terms based on...
