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 ...

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.

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 ...

Civil rights groups are breathing a little easier today, after the Court’s ruling in an important housing discrimination case. The question before the Court was whether claims brought under the Fair ...

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 ...