Law Practice
Mar. 27, 2010
When Can Opposing Counsel Sue You?
Jonathan Cole and Susan Baker of Nemecek & Cole advise on what it means when an attorney approves a document "as to form and content."
You have done it dozens of times in your legal career. You regularly sign off on agreements, stipulations, orders and settlements approving them "as to form and content." But what does that mean? Are you making some sort of actionable representation? And if so, to whom? Some attorneys make it their policy only to approve documents "as to form," possibly sensing the potential for trouble by addressing the content of an agreeme...
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