An excellent master reference book which combines a knowledge of contract, copyright and commercial practice to provide 85 ready to use and adapt expertly drafted agreements, assignments, licences, and letters. Practical, concise and clear this book will give you a starting point for contract negotiation and drafting of a wide range of agreements. The CD-Rom reduces administration time in the office and allows you to amend the documents quickly or to cut and paste relevant sections.

Provides the tools for the user to construct a contract in a logical format and draft the terms in language that both parties can easily understand and put into practice and the accompanying digital download reduces administration time in the office. The book has a number of functions: 1. As a starting point and framework for an agreement. 2. To compare and analyse other contracts you are working on. 3. As a background guide and training tool. 4. As a reference tool for websites and trade codes of practice. 5. The commentaries can be read as guides to the intended aims of a specific contract. 6. The checklist of clauses can be used to ensure you have covered important issues. 7. To achieve a clearer understanding of a transaction.

Provides the tools for the user to construct a contract in a logical format and draft the terms in language that both parties can easily understand and put into practice and the accompanying digital download reduces administration time in the office. The book has a number of functions: 1. As a starting point and framework for an agreement. 2. To compare and analyse other contracts you are working on. 3. As a background guide and training tool. 4. As a reference tool for websites and trade codes of practice. 5. The commentaries can be read as guides to the intended aims of a specific contract. 6. The checklist of clauses can be used to ensure you have covered important issues. 7. To achieve a clearer understanding of a transaction.

Containing over 40 original contracts from the areas of television, video, film, music and associated media industries such as merchanising, each contract here is designed to be used as a starting point for negotiation and be used as a master and precedent to be adapted as appropriate.

If money is the lifeblood of business, contracts are the arteries that help carry it around the commercial body. Anyone in business is liable to have to deal with business contracts, but few are trained to do so. Even those that are trained may have experience in limited areas or in the distant past. But the right contract can make a vital difference, not just to recording and enforcing, if need be, the contract terms, but also in ensuring the agreement deals with the real issues and approaches them in a practical way. Finding help in this area is not easy, as the market tends to offer little between serious academic tomes on the one hand and student summaries geared to exams on the other. Business Contracts Handbook fills that gap, covering both the basics of contract law in an accessible style and using a thoroughly practical approach to understanding and negotiating the key terms in a business contract. If you have little prior knowledge, Charles Boundy's many years of experience in drafting and providing guidance on business agreements of all kinds will enable you to acquire a working background quickly. If you have years of experience you will still benefit from a checklist, a reminder of what is important and why, and an easy reference to up-to-date language and drafting - there is always more to learn.

When running your own business, it can be easy to believe that contracts can wait. But getting the best (or avoiding the worst) from contracts is often a major factor in how well and how quickly a business succeeds. This book, from legal expert and entrepreneur Charles Boundy, provides business owners and managers with everything they need to stay on top of contracts and avoid getting bogged down in legalese. The book gives an easy-to-follow overview of: how to make or avoid making a contract; what to include and what to look for in contracts; how to have a contract achieve what you want at the price you have agreed; how to identify and manage major contract risks; how to approach the negotiation of key issues; how to draft and manage a contract to best effect; what to do (and not do) if things go wrong. A focused guide for the time-pressed, this is an indispensable tool for all businesses. Read it and stay successfully on top of the many contractual issues that businesses face every week.

If money is the lifeblood of business, contracts are the arteries that help carry it around the commercial body. Anyone in business is liable to have to deal with business contracts, but few are trained to do so. Even those that are trained may have experience in limited areas or in the distant past. But the right contract can make a vital difference, not just to recording and enforcing, if need be, the contract terms, but also in ensuring the agreement deals with the real issues and approaches them in a practical way. Finding help in this area is not easy, as the market tends to offer little between serious academic tomes on the one hand and student summaries geared to exams on the other. Business Contracts Handbook fills that gap, covering both the basics of contract law in an accessible style and using a thoroughly practical approach to understanding and negotiating the key terms in a business contract. If you have little prior knowledge, Charles Boundy's many years of experience in drafting and providing guidance on business agreements of all kinds will enable you to acquire a working background quickly. If you have years of experience you will still benefit from a checklist, a reminder of what is important and why, and an easy reference to up-to-date language and drafting – there is always more to learn.

Contracts play a large part in advising companies as they transact business in today's unique environment. This book modernizes the teaching of contract law by providing a current perspective on negotiating contracts, thoughtfully explaining complex legal concepts and providing useful practitioner tips and insights based on decades of hands-on experience. Written by an experienced General Counsel and lecturer at Columbia Law School, A Short & Happy Guide to Business Contracts empowers readers to learn the main terms found in nearly all business contracts. The newly released updated version explores in greater depth contract clauses that have become particularly relevant in recent times, such as force majeure clauses and data security and privacy terms, as well as many other key provisions that have become a focal point during these unique and unprecedented times. A Short & Happy Guide to Business Contracts is a must read for anyone who wants to truly understand how practitioners negotiate business contracts and avoid common pitfalls. It will be an essential playbook that will be kept on your desk and referenced frequently when learning how to draft effective business contracts.