Deal Desk Mistakes That Slow Down Revenue
Six deal-desk mistakes that delay revenue—and how clearer approval thresholds, complete intake, playbooks, feedback loops, and shared ownership fix them.
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Assignment and Change of Control: Protecting the Relationship You Signed Up For
How assignment restrictions and change-of-control provisions balance counterparty protection with flexibility for restructurings, financing, and M&A.
The Legal Checklist for Expanding Into a New State
A practical legal checklist covering foreign qualification, state taxes, employment requirements, licensing, contracts, privacy, and insurance.
Contract Termination Rights: Planning Your Exit Before You Sign
A practical guide to termination triggers, wind-down obligations, data return, fees, transition assistance, survival clauses, and renewal pitfalls.
Indemnification in Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to indemnity triggers, exclusions, claim procedures, settlement control, mutual obligations, and liability-cap interactions.
Limitation of Liability: What to Negotiate and What to Protect
How general caps, carve-outs, consequential-damages waivers, and indemnification limits work together in commercial contracts.
Preparing to Sell: A Legal Diligence Checklist
A document checklist covering ownership, contracts, personnel, intellectual property, data, and tax records before a buyer’s diligence requests arrive.
What Is a Deal Desk? Process, Approvals, and KPIs
An approval process, sample decision matrix, and performance measures for coordinating commercial deals across sales, finance, and legal.
The First-Time General Counsel Guide: What to Do in Your First 90 Days
A staged plan for auditing legal needs, building internal relationships, and establishing processes during your first three months as general counsel.
How to Reduce Friction Between Your Sales and Legal Departments
Practical ways to align sales and legal through approval rules, contract playbooks, review timelines, and shared training.
AI Contract Terms and Indemnity: A Buyer and Vendor Guide
A practical guide to reviewing AI vendor terms, indemnity coverage, data use, and the obligations that follow from your intended workflow.
Lunch is Served
From the archive: a dispute over a filing extension, the court’s response, and a resulting joint report about lunch.