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 ...

SINGAPORE - Why write "core competencies" when you can say "skills", "incentivise" rather than "motivate" or "thereafter" when "then" will do? The allure of pompous jargon is not new, and there have ...

Obama signs 'Plain English' law, requiring plain language in federal documents. Oct. 17, 2010— -- Finally, something both parties in Washington agree on: The need for Uncle Sam to write clearly.

After two hours of oral arguments in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, both of which involve challenges to the search of an arrestee’s cellphone without a warrant, it seemed likely that ...

Most of the time, the Supreme Court decides cases with a careful eye to what is known as precedent – that is, its earlier cases dealing with the same or similar topics. Precedent plays a major role in ...