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Comments (13)

JoAnn

May 13

Amazing resource! Very generous of you to share. Thank you.

Caroline

May 12

WOW. What an amazing resource you've created. THANK YOU for such a great tool!

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Admin

May 12

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Thank you Caroline for being a part of the CC community. Please share this tool with anyone who might find it interesting or useful.

Sabrina

May 08

This has been an amazing resource! Do you have any guidance for subcontracting subcontractor agreements for corps (non-construction)? Thank you!

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Admin

May 10

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Hi Sabrina. There is a "Subcontractors" topic page directed specifically to subcontracting issues in the Commercial Contract section of the site. Take a look at the exemplars under that topic and see if they are helpful to your inquiry. Thanks.

Noelle McCall

May 02

Amazing resource, Howard! Do you have any guidance on what to do with insurance requirements in contracts or is that outside the scope of the Contract Codex?

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Admin

May 02

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Hi Noelle. Insurance requirements are definitely within the scope of the CC! Please review the exemplars in the topic page entitled "Insurance" in the General Commercial Contract section of the site. And if you have a few terms you would like to share, please do so here in the Community Page. Thank you!

Laveena Bhardwaj

May 01

This is a gold mine in terms of resource! Thank you! However, I was wondering if we can have exemplars on non-solicitation/non-compete as well?

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Admin

May 01

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Hi Laveena, thanks for your question. Did you try looking at the "Hiring and Solicitation" topic page in the Commercial Contracts section of the site? The exemplars in that topic page address hiring and solicitation restrictions. Non-compete agreements are special agreements that are outside the scope of the general topics contained on this site. But if you have any particular term samples that you would like to share, please feel free to do so on this Community Page. Thank you.

Jeremy Newman

Apr 30

What an amazing resource. Thank you for sharing!

Jerry Levine

Apr 30

Very impressive, Howard! Thank you for your hard work!

I wonder if a "plain English" suggestion would be useful. I know these are exemplars, but I've been very forceful in revising all our agreements into as much plain English as follows. Would be an interesting follow-up or side-project as things get moving on this!

jerry.levine

Apr 30

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For example, in Exemplar C9-2, the original text is

"Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor may, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years following termination of this Agreement, audit Licensee for the sole purpose of examining and verifying that Licensee has complied with the terms of this Agreement in regard to the permitted use of the Licensed Data and Licensee’s obligations upon termination of the Agreement. Licensee’s representative and Licensor, or Licensor’s authorized agent, shall work together in a timely manner to inspect Licensee’s books and records and any systems that load, store, process, and/or read the Licensed Data as reasonably necessary for Licensor to verify that Licensee has complied with the terms of this Agreement."

I took a few moments and rewrote it as follows, which I believe is identical in meaning but much clearer in intent:

"Licensee agrees that Licensor retains the right to audit Licensee during this Agreement and for 2 years after termination. This audit, if performed, will only be permitted to verify Licensee's compliance with permitted Licensed Data usage and post-termination obligations. Licensee's representative will cooperate promptly with Licensor or its authorized agent to examine relevant books, records, and any systems that interact with the Licensed Data as needed to confirm compliance with this Agreement."

Editor in Chief

Apr 29

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