Why Attend?
- Find reliable strategies for avoiding the five most common causes of ambiguity in the survey cases
- See which drafting errors are most likely to cause litigation
- Learn from examples of embarrassing errors good lawyers made in 2021 cases
- Find out which types of contractual provisions are litigated most frequently
- Discover how courts assess and resolve ambiguity
- Understand why definitions may be ambiguous
- Examine the court’s five options when the parties dispute the meaning of a provision
Featuring Lenné Espenschied, author of Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice and The Grammar and Writing Handbook for Lawyers
Every lawyer wants to produce better contracts and to draft more confidently. Avoiding terms that would later be subject to dispute is a universal goal. Nationally renowned contracts speaker Lenné Espenschied conducted a methodical survey of 100 ambiguous contract cases from 2021 state and federal court opinions to help you to identify which drafting errors are actually most likely to cause contract litigation. In this fast-paced and eminently practical program, by reviewing authentic examples of disputed language, you will learn which types of contracts, provisions, and drafting errors are most likely to cause litigation. See how the courts approach contract litigation and examine the court’s five options when the parties dispute the meaning of contractual provisions. Litigators will gain practical strategies for attacking contract provisions in litigation, while transactional lawyers will learn practical techniques to prevent the most common causes of ambiguity.
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