Add to ORKGIn an effort to provide investors with full and fair disclosures in language they can understand, the SEC has proposed rules to require that disclosures be written in Plain English.\u27 These rules outline six clear writing techniques : (1) active voice; (2) short sentences; (3) definite, concrete, everyday language; (4) tabular presentations; (5) no jargon; and (6) no multiple negatives. The January and March 1998 Scrivener article addressed the first two techniques; this article addresses the third
A review of How To Write Plain English: A Book for Lawyers & Consumers by Rudolf Flesc
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In an effort to provide investors with full and fair disclosures in language they can understand, th...
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The SEC has set out six dear writing techniques to require that disclosures be written in Plain En...
This column addresses tabular presentation of complex material, which is the fourth of six clear wr...
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A review of How To Write Plain English: A Book for Lawyers & Consumers by Rudolf Flesc
Part three of a screencast series on writing in Plain Legal English. In this screencast we consider ...
At its recent meeting, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) approved a recommen...
In an effort to provide investors with full and fair disclosures in language they can understand, th...
Studies have shown that traditional legal writing has four main characteristics: it is wordy, unc...
The SEC has set out six dear writing techniques to require that disclosures be written in Plain En...
This column addresses tabular presentation of complex material, which is the fourth of six clear wr...
January\u27s column addressed the first of six specific clear writing techniques to communicate inf...
You are pondering which word to use in a brief. Which should you sue—“supra,” “aforementioned” or “a...
This column is the last in a series\u27 describing six clear writing techniques set out by the SEC ...
Professor Johnson argues in favor of, and then provides an example of, a trust drafted in plain Eng...
{Excerpt} Many people write too much, bureaucratically, and obscurely. Using plain English will save...
Because your writing involves words, it might seem difficult to make your writing transparent. How...
This thesis seeks to establish whether plain English offers a complete, a partial, or no solution to...
The SEC requires mutual funds to write disclosures for the average investor using plain English. The...
A review of How To Write Plain English: A Book for Lawyers & Consumers by Rudolf Flesc
Part three of a screencast series on writing in Plain Legal English. In this screencast we consider ...
At its recent meeting, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) approved a recommen...