nit picky contract language

Another nit-picky themed post.

Don't you just hate nit-picky lawyering? Where the lawyer spends a considerable amount of time sweating the details and words and definitions of a contract or license agreement.

Well, you might want to reconsider your aversion or possibly see yourself hit with a 500 million damages award.  The Law Under the Microscope blog sums it up quite nicely:

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parties run into problems when contracts are ambiguous and subject to different interpretations, each of which are reasonable.

Being picky isn’t always bad.