Category Archives: "What Did I Just Sign?"

“What Did I Just Sign?”–Notice Provisions

I recently reviewed a contract for a client that had the following Notices provision (a provision which specifies how one party should provide notice to the other party under the contract):
Any notice or communication hereunder must be in writing, and shall be personally delivered, or sent bytelegram, telex or facsimile, or by registered or certified [...]

“What did I just sign?”–Inaugural Post

“Don’t worry about it, this is just our boilerplate.  No, it’s not negotiable.”
“All that small type printed in light-gray on the back of our invoice?  That’s just our standard terms, don’t worry about them.  Just sign where indicated.”
We’ve all heard this from customers and vendors.  Many of you likely don’t bother to read the “small [...]