What is Asset Protection? It is the process of legally safeguarding your assets from future creditors. Put more generally, you’re protecting your future from risks you haven’t encountered yet. Asset Protection Rules You can’t do much to protect from a creditor you already know of. Hiding your assets is never the solution. Nothing is guaranteed […]
Sample Severability Clause
A Severability Clause is part of the boilerplate provisions you find in many contracts. It essentially asks the court interpreting the contract to ignore just the unenforceable portions of the contract. Absent this provision, a court may choose to throw out the entire contract if there are any issues. Simple Severability Clause If any provision […]
Unenforceable Provisions in a Contract
Contracts often have unenforceable provisions in them. Therefore, not every provision is binding. In our previous blog, we talked about what makes a contract. In this blog, we discuss these exclusions. Court Interpretation When we say something is excluded from a contract, we mean a court has reviewed the contract language and decided that […]
Sample Merger Clause
A Merger Clause (AKA “integration” or “entire agreement” clause) is a boilerplate portions of many contracts. They define the scope of the interpretation of a contract. Therefore, they can be incredibly useful clauses for protecting yourself! Merger Clause Benefits The length of your document becomes the downside of these clauses. The more words, the more […]