TWoTW for July 12, 2009
This Week on The Web. Interesting articles, stories and thoughts from around the web this past week that are related to contracts, licensing, negotiation or law:
AdamsDrafting
- Wal-Mart Case Raises Issues of Categories of Contract Language
- Another Instance of Semantic Ambiguity: “Buys”
- My Response to Someone Seeking Advice on Contract Drafting
- Contract Interpretation and Contract Drafting
Corporate Insurance Blog
E-Sourcing Forum
Firstdrafter
- Federal government is increasingly wanting unlimited rights in data, say commentators
- State law peculiarities – things to keep in mind in negotiating a choice-of-law clause
- Vendor sends its standard T&Cs after the deal is struck by e-mail – and later finds the T&C protections aren’t part of the contract
- An early-neutral-evaluation clause can help keep contract disputes out of court and protect business relationships
Madisonian
- Judge rules that a burrito is not a sandwich
- Our future as “parasitic aggregators” is in jeopardy
- How much of this do you think is copyrightable?
- Irony (Updated)
Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
- Negotiating Unity: Gettysburg, Rhetoric and Poetry
- Mediation of Insurance Disputes in the London Market
The (non)billable Hour
- What Do Your Clients Think About You?
- A Legal Blogging Roundtable
- Twelve Truths About Time
- Ten Rules for Presenters
The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing topics on a regular basis, Jeffrey Gordon attempts to offer advice, add humor and sometimes even a bit of wit to a practice that most people find abhorrent – namely, reading a contract from start to finish.
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Jeffrey, thanks for the mention of the Corporate Insurance Blog! http://twitter.com/insurancecvg/statuses/2614053374