Poison Pill
Refers to an array of anti-takeover defenses that a company …
Pollution, Intellectual Property
Describes the inclusion of third party intellectual property in a …
Portmanteau
A word made up by combining two known words, for …
Posthumous Work
A work published after the author’s death. Being a posthumous …
POTS
Acronym for Plain Old Telephone(ny) Services, i.e., analogue voice telephony.
Power-by-the-Hour
Refers to a type of contract. The first widely reported …
Pre-Action Disclosure
The law of several jurisdictions, including in particular the courts …
Pre-Action Protocol
In English and many other common law legal systems there …
Pre-Emptive Concessions, Don’t Make, Signaling
Aphorism that refers to a common negotiating error—making a concession …
Pre-Filing Investigation
Most legal systems require some basic investigation of the facts …