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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Are you acquiring, managing or disposing of ICT goods or services? Maybe implementing an ERP system?
Has an ICT vendor presented you with an agreement?
Has an ICT vendor (software vendor or hardware vendor) presented you with an agreement to sign? Are you sitting with one of the following agreements and you ...
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Your relationship with your customers is the most important thing. If your relationship with them ends, you don't have a business. Managing the legal relationship with them is one aspect of the relationship.
We can help you in the following ways:
Find related online legal guidance.
Provide you with Customer Agreement templates.
Customise them ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Horrible agreements cross my computer screen every day. The same old templates get re-used and circulated. Why are they horrible?
They are often too long - everyone complains about long documents. They are often badly structured - a really important commercial term (like "the fees") is hidden on page fifty ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
You get sales orders, purchase orders, and other kinds of orders. What is the difference between them? What is the difference between an order and an invoice? These are questions that people often ask, so we thought we would give you some answers.
The bottom line is that when you accept ...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
We often recommend a modular, object-orientated approach to drafting agreements (akin to building an agreement out of lego blocks). Not always, but often. It does not suit every agreement nor every offering. We find that the following are some of the benefits to using this structure:
Sign documents faster;
Avoid protracted negotiations;
Quicker ...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
There are two different kinds of localisations that can be done:
One is where the contracting party is changed from a offshore entity to a local South African entity and the governing law is changed from the law of a foreign jurisdiction to the laws of South Africa.
The other is where ...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Starting or running an online store is more complex than it appears. There are various aspects and different issues to consider. However, there is always a limited amount of time and budget. For this reason, the legal considerations often get ignored or put on the to-do list.
By online store we ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
History of the Framework
In 2002 Michalsons started developing an ICT Legal Framework document as a control tool for use by us when conducting our ICT Legal Audit. "ICT" stands for "information, communication and technology" - see the article "What is ICT?"
Our ICT Legal Framework was developed in response to the ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Creating the perfect legal agreement in terms of law is not always the sought after or perfect solution. When drafting an agreement, what is most critical for me is that the person drafting the agreement gets a solid grasp of the following:
Why the company wants ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Most Oracle partners rely on a few individuals within the organisation to provide the sales or proposal teams of the Oracle partner with the current details about its relationship with Oracle in terms of licensing and pricing policies, with no specific point of reference to the actual agreements and Oracle's ...
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