In a recent article published in QSR Magazine on December 17, 2024, Partner Tracy Caswell discussed the importance of a strong contracting process for companies in the restaurant industry.

“Understandably, evaluating and changing the contracting process can feel daunting when it involves so much substantive legal work, but it doesn’t have to be, Caswell wrote. “A competent, experienced attorney can evaluate and revamp a company’s processes relatively quickly using something similar to the following process.”

Caswell provided a number of key items to be included in a contracting process document, including, “Clear guidelines regarding considerations before submitting the contract to legal. For example, if using the other party’s paper, the document must be in Word or a similarly editable version. Also, read the document before sending it to legal. It is the requestor’s responsibility to know the contents of the document and ensure that it presumably expresses the deal struck with the other party.”

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