BIZ DEV COMMITTEE: Understanding the Background, Need and Purpose of Standard Clauses "In the Back" of an Agreement
Monday, December 14 2009
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Please join the Business Development committee in this breakfast event for a discussion and presentation on deciphering and interpreting many of the usual clauses seen at the back of an agreement which usually get termed as "boilerplate".
Jeff Johnson, Partner in the Technology Transactions and Licensing Group at WilmerHale, will lead the discussion, presentation and moderating comments from the audience around the standard clauses of a licensing agreement, including:
- INDEMNIFICATION
- WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- INSURANCE
- HSR
- FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
- GOVERNING LAW
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Assignment; Change of Control
- Force Majeure
- Injunctive Relief
- Severability
This presentation aims to take some of the mystery out of why our legal counterparts can go into great battles over what seems to be boilerplate language....and we will endeavour to ensure the topic is informative and engaging!
