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Contracts, compliance and risk in plain language.
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Reviewing an NDA in Ten Minutes
Most NDAs are routine and most reviews of them are slow. Six clauses carry nearly all the risk — read those first and the rest is a skim.
Build a Clause Library Before You Need It
Without one, every contract is drafted from the last similar contract — which was itself drafted from the one before, carrying forward a concession nobody remembers making.
Writing a Document Retention Policy You Can Follow
A policy that says 'keep everything for seven years' is easy to write and impossible to defend. The workable version names categories, periods, and a deletion mechanism.
What a Data Processing Agreement Has to Cover
A DPA isn't a formality attached to the main contract. It allocates responsibility for a category of failure that is increasingly expensive to get wrong.
