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'''[[The Devil’s Advocate]]''': A growing body of misinformed nonsense — [[systems analysis]], [[behavioural economics]], [[design principles]] and so on — about how we ''should'' practice law, but generally ''don’t.'' <Br>
{{cat|Essays}}
'''[[Anatomy|Anatomies]]''': Clause-by-clause [[Anatomy]] and [[nutshell]] guides (see left) to [[ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]] and other [[master trading agreement]]s. These may be incomplete, out of date, unfashionable, flippant — well, they ''are'' flippant — but, being free, are still better value than that awful [[FT book about derivatives]]; <br>
{{cat|Reviews}}
'''[[:category:book review|Book reviews]]''' culled from twenty indolent years sounding off on Amazon; <br>
{{cat|Design}}
'''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[technology]], [[negotiation]], [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br>
{{cat|Management}}
And [[Toto]].
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'''{{isdaprov|Force Majeure}} under an {{isdama}}''': What to do when the universe conspires against us. <br>
{{cat|ISDA}}
'''{{isdaprov|Automatic Early Termination}}:''' {{icds}}’s “clever” end-run for silly [[insolvency]] regimes. What’s that all about?<br>
'''{{eqderivprov|Market Disruption Event}}''': What to do if the world goes to hell in a hand-basket?<br>
{{cat|Boilerplate}}
'''{{csaprov|Minimum Transfer Amount}}''': How much can I go out of the money before I have to pony up [[variation margin]]?<br>
'''[[NAV trigger]]s''': Broker walk-away rights referencing [[net asset value]] <br>
'''{{isdaprov|Potential Event of Default}}''': Is this just talent scouts scouring the minor leagues for future catastrophes or what?<br>
'''[[How to close out an ISDA]]''': Eesh — has it come to that''<br>
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“'''[[Africa|Does Kilimanjaro rise above the Serengeti]]?'''” The question every [[Toto]] fan wants answered. (Spoiler: ''No''.)<br>
{{cat|Office life}}
“'''Tell me about {{casenote|Fardell|Potts}}'''”: A. P. Herbert’s famous fictional case of the [[reasonable woman]]. Is there such a thing? (Spoiler: in the eyes of the law, ''No''.)<br>
{{cat|Finance fiction}}
“'''Tell me about {{casenote|Miller|Jackson}}'''”: Is [[cricket]] ''capable'' of being a [[nuisance]]? (Spoiler: it’s controversial. But, in the eyes of the law, ''yes''.)<br>
{{cat|Opco Boone}}
“'''[[I’m not going to die in a ditch about it]]'''”: When to use that greatest of all [[negotiation]] climb-downs.<br>
{{cat|Otto Büchstein}}
“'''[[Teldar Paper|teldar paper]]'''” Must be some old-school Oliver Stone fans out there. Greed is, for lack of a better word ...? <br>
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“'''[[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary]]'''”: But, why did you ''say'' something to the contrary? <br>
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“'''Does [[Africa|Kilimanjaro rise like ''Olympus'' above the Serengeti]]?'''” More [[Toto]] fan correspondence action. <br>
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“'''[[Olympus|Is Mt. Olympus anywhere near the Serengeti]]?'''” Okay, Mr. Lukather, that’s enough now. It was funny the first time.
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 21 August 2024
The Devil’s Advocate Notes on the absurdity of office life.
For the legal eagles Common legal agreements, examined.
