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What Does a 20-Year Litigator Check Before Signing Any Contract? business law contract review contracts risk management Jul 05, 2026

After 20 years of litigating contracts, I read every agreement the same way before I sign it, and it's not the way most people do. I'm not looking for what the deal promises when everything goes right...

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How Do You Write a Contract Clear Enough to Win? business law contract drafting contracts small business Jul 04, 2026

Most contracts aren't lost because of a missing clause. They're lost because the clauses that were there could be read two ways, and the other side argued for the reading that helped them. After 20 ye...

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Why Does Ambiguity in a Contract Work Against Whoever Wrote It? ambiguity business law contract drafting contracts Jul 04, 2026

Here's a rule that surprises most business owners: when a contract term is genuinely unclear, a court will often read it against the side that wrote it. Not against the side that benefits, not down th...

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What Should Every Operating Agreement Include? asset protection business law llc operating agreement Jul 02, 2026

Most operating agreements I see in litigation fail for the same reason: they're generic templates that cover the easy parts and go silent exactly where the fight breaks out. An operating agreement isn...

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What Actually Makes a Contract Hold Up in Court? breach of contract business law contract basics contracts Jun 29, 2026

You signed it. They signed it. So it's enforceable, right? Not always. I've spent 20 years in courtrooms watching "ironclad" contracts collapse and watching deals scratched out on a single page get en...

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