Writing in plain English means writing in a simple and straightforward manner that lets you reach the widest possible audience. When you write in plain English, you avoid technical jargon and any type ...

Documents written by lawyers are often hard to understand. They’re chock-full of arcane terms, and they systematically violate every precept of the “plain language” movement. Lawyers have only ...

WASHINGTON — The National Federation of Municipal Analysts has issued a white paper describing best disclosure practices in the primary market, recommending more "plain English" offering documents, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Brown writes about business communication. “I find it frustrating to be somewhat trapped by a long-standing and robustly ...

In this author’s opinion, one of the great disservices that we, as lawyers, are told in law school is the notion that using “legalese,” pseudo-Latin prose, and/or long-winded lawyer sounding words and ...

There are two kinds of people in the tech world: Those who use plain English and those who speak in code. I used to think that being able to explain complex concepts in simple terms was a prerequisite ...

It’s not enough that firms’ adhere to the rules and create solid disclosure policies. That might keep them out of arbitration battles, but it doesn’t go far enough to restore investor trust, says ...