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Don't let lawyers confuse form and substance as cover.

It's perfectly possible to address more possibilities in simple language. The result might run longer, but it won't hurt to read.

Too many companies run on legal docs execs don't read. Too may lawyers write those docs to put readers off. If you want robust legal work for your company, maximize accountability for your legal advisers. All the usual tools.

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Sure. Key word is "sometimes." I'm definitely in favor of simpler language when possible, and I think we once spoke about my minimalist ISC variant license.

But... we as a profession are still doing way better than past generations and their English/Middle French/Latin code-switching, talking about beasts feræ naturæ like poor reynard, with his depredations on farmers and on barn yards.

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