Large brokerages may also hire an attorney to develop
a boilerplate contract.
Cash - strapped limited partnerships are another place where once -
boilerplate contract provisions are causes a heightened level of legal friction.
Is there
boilerplate contract verbiage that addresses the notion that explicitly communicates that unless notified otherwise, the default expectation is that the lease is terminated at month 12 and the rental unit should be properly returned?
Note that a literary agent may be able to negotiate better terms or retain certain subsidiary rights granted by
your boilerplate contract.
So they can have their star authors sign
the boilerplate contract, permitting the publisher to say — almost truthfully — that they don't pay more than 15 % of cover price royalty on print or more than 25 % of net royalty on ebooks (among other things).
Numerous Golden Heart winners have gone on to get repped by good literary agents, and in turn, published by mainstream romance publishers — likely with better contract terms than S&S's
boilerplate contract, which is currently riddled with rights grabs.
«If we're lucky, we get
a boilerplate contract,» Konrath said, «and have to fight for my rights back.»
The boilerplate contract provisions, which are required by most charter authorizers, have been developed over the past 20 years by the district as a way to ensure that charter petitioners conform to both state and federal education codes, while providing a measure of transparency to stakeholders.
Most large companies demand terms and write them into
their boilerplate contracts.
They will do it, and an agent can help improve your contract — university presses»
boilerplate contracts can be too one - sided, excessively favoring the publisher — but university presses are used to working directly with authors.
Speaking of rights grabs, many other publishers are following S&S» lead and inserting egregious rights grabs into
their boilerplate contracts.
They are not intended to be used as
boilerplate contracts by publishers, writers, or agents, nor should such use be cited as being SFWA approved.
I'd consider a hybrid deal but my terms and aims would not fit
the boilerplate contracts most publishers offer.
According to a report from the South Korean news agency Yonhap, officials faulted the exchanges for failing to provide the necessary protections for users in the so - called adhesion contracts, also known as
boilerplate contracts.
Not exact matches
His work focuses on financial regulation, corporate law,
contracts, and cross-border transactions and disputes, and his most recent article, «Boilerplate Shock: Sovereign Debt Contracts as Incubators of Systemic Risk,» examines the role of financial contracts in the Eurozone sovereign deb
contracts, and cross-border transactions and disputes, and his most recent article, «
Boilerplate Shock: Sovereign Debt
Contracts as Incubators of Systemic Risk,» examines the role of financial contracts in the Eurozone sovereign deb
Contracts as Incubators of Systemic Risk,» examines the role of financial
contracts in the Eurozone sovereign deb
contracts in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
STATUS: Today I worked on finishing a
contract (pre-new
boilerplates) which did conclude.
There is only one fly in this ointment: a traditional publishing
contract with a
boilerplate non-compete clause the publisher is determined to enforce.
As a necessity, given the number of book
contracts signed in a given year, many of the terms and clauses of these
contracts are
boilerplate, based on the publisher's general policies and the type of book that's being
contracted.
In fact, there's a name for bad
contracts:
boilerplate.
For one thing, a publisher's
contract boilerplate is general if not public knowledge.
I was recently asked if it's commonplace for trade book publishers to have confidentiality language in their
contract boilerplate.
Granted, I haven't read Amanda's
contract, but if its
boilerplate — Good Luck, Sister.
Currently, big publishing is holding firm with its
contracts, the
boilerplate of which hearkens back to when the industry was an oligopoly, «a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.»
While this is standard
boilerplate, it is something to consider since most of these third party retailers will tell you they can't deal with you since their
contract is with the distributor.
The only problem is, they all have their own
contracts or «agreements» and so much
boilerplate it's hard to tell up from down.
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@Jantar: The same is basically true here in the States... almost all
contracts have a
boilerplate clause that says something along the lines of «if a paragraph is deemed unenforceable, the rest of the
contract stays in effect.»
A reader of a
contract with lots of legal
boilerplate does not assume that the words are original, while the reader of the introduction to a scientific paper does.
Think of every
contract you have ever drafted where you just grabbed some
boilerplate language like this:
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The following are good examples of
boilerplate clauses you would expect to see in all commercial
contracts:
I found that many business
contracts include a «
boilerplate» dispute resolution clause which usually dictates that disputes will be referred to arbitration.
«I'm sure they have smart lawyers going word by word through every clause of his
contract in search of anything that could amount to a significant violation,» said Aaron, adding that
boilerplate is «the kind of amorphous language you could go after if you wanted to.»
Boilerplate clauses almost never fulfill the purpose of a
contract.
Many outsourcing
contracts contain
boilerplate clauses which require service provider to remind customer of pending expiry about six to nine months prior to the expiry date.
This is, I suspect, a case worth reading by those interested in the interpretation of
contracts, and the judge's warnings about banging together pieces of
boilerplate in a word processor are well worth heeding by everyone.
We also consider together with the above factors, the general application of
boilerplate clauses, which come as standard for our
contracts.
If your research problem involves
contracts or other documentation, review those documents for details such as choice of law clauses, attornment clauses, and other
boilerplate clauses (such as «no amendments» and «entire agreement» language).
No need to accept a
boilerplate insurance
contract.
The Adhesion
contracts are usually referred to as the «
boilerplate»
contracts which give the weaker party little choice in the «take it or leave it» sort of agreement that is drafted by the business.
Adhesion
contracts are commonly known as «
boilerplate»
contracts where the weaker party has little choice in «take it or leave it» agreement drafted by the business.
Professional Experience Telsource Corporation (Fairfield, NJ) 1996 — 2010 Sales Support Manager (Year — Year) • Analyzed and evaluated subcontractor proposals, performed cost / price analysis, negotiated Subcontracts Agreements and executed a wide range of contractual documents; Non-Disclosure agreements (NDAs), and Teaming Agreements (TAs) • Monitored and managed
contract change activity to prevent unauthorized work or scope creep • Composed responses to Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), and federal / state / local bidder's lists • Conducted strategic planning sessions with sales, product management, operations, subject matter experts, and senior management to gain understanding of the prospect and how to best position the RFP response • Re - wrote / edited information received from other departments and ensured information met requirements of RFP • Managed annual proof of compliance documents for customers • Developed and maintained
boilerplate proposal, statement of work, and correspondence templates • Customized and maintained client specific order forms • Trained new hires on internal ERP system, Sant Suite, and departmental processes and procedures
Boilerplate provisions: Recently law professors in the United States and Canada have made extensive comments on boilerplate language in
Boilerplate provisions: Recently law professors in the United States and Canada have made extensive comments on
boilerplate language in
boilerplate language in
contracts.
Both the trial court and the appeal court dismissed the company's action as the circumstances did not really involve the customer assenting to the
boilerplate provision and therefore the company could not rely on unusual and onerous printed terms in the
contract that were not drawn to the customer's attention.
Many brokers include junk fees in the
boilerplate of their
contracts.
Last Update: 02/24/16 Florida real estate
contracts have lots of paragraphs and provisions — what many consider to be
boilerplate language — which are seen in purchase
contract after purchase
contract related to buying or selling of Florida real estate.