An excellent interview with Ken Adams on contract drafting

I am a litigator by both training and inclination, so contract drafting is something I don’t think about very much (as evidenced by the brevity of my fee agreements). However, Kenneth Adams is out to change the way contracts are written. He is the author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, and the ABA Journal named him a Legal Rebel for his efforts.

Below is an interview in which Adams deconstructs the merger agreement between Oracle and Sun (a major deal if ever) and shows how the contract is full of unnecessary paragraphs and clauses (never mind unneeded words).

Hat tip to The (new) Legal Writer.