Module 4
Clause libraries and playbooks: standard text, fallbacks and who decides
Even documents that are too varied to automate as a whole are built from clauses that recur. An indemnity, a confidentiality obligation, a governing-law clause and an assignment clause appear in hundreds of contracts, and most organisations have several versions floating around, each slightly different, none known to be the best. A clause library gathers the approved versions in one place, with their purpose, their alternatives and the rules for choosing between them. A playbook goes further: it tells the negotiator what may be agreed without approval, what needs a senior lawyer and what must never be given. This module teaches how to build both, how to select clauses by rule and how to keep them consistent and current.
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