PREFACE

When I started my career in contracts management 22 years ago, my manager handed me a new request for proposal from a prime contractor, asked that I review the terms and conditions and get back with her later in the day with my findings. I panicked. I was fresh out of college and had no formal training in contract law at the time. Several questions immediately came to mind: (a) What specific terms and conditions should I be addressing? (b) How was I going to decipher what constitutes a favorable provision from one that is unfavorable? (c) Are there specific clauses that I should be addressing? (d) How should I deal with any potentially damaging provisions, provided that I could ascertain what constitutes harmful language?

To my dismay, ...

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