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Use Escape Clauses For Tech Contracts

Lawyers and businesspeople are like most people who read things they must or are interested in: They read the exciting parts first ' and that includes contracts. Everyone is interested in the money, and what they will get from the deal. <br/>But what about what might be considered the marginalia, the add-ons ' or what some people might think of as those categories ' the escape clauses of the contract? Well, you can bet that no one reads the term and termination sections first. These "quiet" clauses are usually hidden, well in the back of a contract, with the boilerplate and signatures.

13 minute read May 26, 2005 at 10:19 AM
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Stanley P. Jaskiewicz
Use Escape Clauses For Tech Contracts

Lawyers and businesspeople are like most people who read things they must or are interested in: They read the exciting parts first ' and that includes contracts. Everyone is interested in the money, and what they will get from the deal.

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