William A. Schnader Prof. of Law @pennlaw. Teaching writing & tweeting mostly about contracts. Against et al. Pro legal jargon. Neutral on legal process.
Philadelphia, PA
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I also look at how typos make their way into forms. For some errors, the mistake is more common than the correct version!
New post, looking at typos in M&A agreements.
The basic finding is that certain lawyer-teams make more typos than others. Law firms effects, by contrast, are pretty small.
Preview of Monday's post. Do Supreme Court litigators overinvest in proofreading? Ordinary commercial lawyers underinvest? And are M&A lawyers goldilocks'ing care?
