Beyond the Work Product : A Guide to Relationship-Driven Transactional Lawyering / / Rachel Landy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788389703321
• Autore: Landy Rachel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-64105-841-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 pages)
• Disciplina: 340.02373
• Soggetti: Attorney and client - United States; Lawyers - United States; Business enterprises - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Getting Comfortable Talking-and Thinking-about Costs -- A Book about Relationships -- Chapter 1 Our Client: Fitness Feet -- Our Framework -- Chapter 2 Understanding How a Contract Fits Together -- Covenants of Performance -- Risk-Shifting Provisions -- Rules of the Road -- Organizing Information -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 3 Clearing Conflicts: A Useful Proxy for Difficult Conversations -- Running a Conflicts Check -- Communicating with Your Client -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 4 Efficient Preparation: Getting All the Facts and Understanding Objectives -- Call Preparation -- What You Need to Know -- Asking the Questions -- Understanding the Law and Leveraging Expertise -- Strategies for Success -- Sample Exercise Responses -- Chapter 5 Finding and Using Precedent and Outlining Your Agreement -- Finding and Using Precedent -- Outlining -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 6 Putting Pen to Paper: User-Friendly Drafting -- Draft Mindfully -- The Efficiencies of User-Friendly Drafting -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 7 Marking Up Someone Else's Draft and Reviewing Redlines -- Identifying Issues: Business Versus Legal -- Issue Spotting -- Providing Recommendations and Obtaining Feedback -- Addressing Issues in the Draft -- Strategies for Success -- Sample ; Exercise Responses -- Chapter 8 Negotiating the Deal -- Leading the Negotiation -- Enabling Your Client to Negotiate -- Final Points -- Strategies for Success -- Chapter 9 Final Tips and Tricks for Success -- Tips and Tricks -- Exhibit A: Sample Order Form -- Exhibit B: Sample Outline -- Exhibit C: User-Friendly Drafting-Excerpt from a Nondisclosure Agreement -- Original -- User-Friendly Drafting -- Thank You -- Index -- Back cover.