Episode 52: Creative Legal for Your Customer Agreements

If you are in a business that offers any type of service where an individual could be harmed or hurt, I am sure you are familiar with waivers. In fact, I am sure you have to deal with waivers all the time. You are always looking for a good way to handle your waivers. A good way to store your waivers. And a good way to make them work for you when you need them. There are apps and all kinds of options available for your waivers.

But, that isn’t the big picture. The waiver is only a small part of the relationship between your business and a customers. The waiver only helps you if something happens to them when they are using your facilities or services. The waiver makes sure they understand the inherent risks and dangers and that they are not doing anything or on anything that could create an issue. It is about informed consent. It protects you if they are harmed because of something they did. This is a moving part.

BUT, so often that is where businesses stop in the contractual relationship with the customer.

I see a lot of businesses do what their industry does when it comes to legal. And that can be good. At least, it can be a good start. In some instances, the industry standard legal things that you see aren’t all that is there, it is just what everyone notices.

In this episode, we will discuss how to go deeper and think about creative legal. We will discuss how to plan to go a little further in your legal than the obvious and how, with some creativity, you can make sure your business is protected without overburdening your sales system.

In this 16 minute episode, we discuss:

How to think deeper about the legal needs of your business
How industry standards are an opportunity to take control of your legal
How creative legal can help you protect your business
What types of issues you may need to consider in your business
Why it is important to go deeper in your business planning to protect your business for growth

Referenced and Useful Content:

Episode 50: Not Controlling Your Legal Means Someone Else Is

Highlighted Topics:

Legal to English Academy

Listen to Legal to English with Josh Andrews below:

Avoiding Unintentional Personal Guarantees

Last week we talked about the set-off rights a bank has with deposit accounts. I mentioned that this could have an impact on you personally because of personal guarantee elements that often exist in bank loan documents. A personal guarantee is a guarantee by an individual to satisfy any unpaid debt of another person or […]

Set Off Rights

You may be considering expanding or adding new products or service lines in 2015. If so, borrowing money may be in your future this year (if you have not already). Today, let’s discuss an important part of the fine print in your deposit agreements with your bank. Your checking account, in the deposit agreement, grants […]

Building Systems to Develop Your Mission

Did you know summer is almost over? I realized this week that we are almost half way through July. I can’t believe summer has gone by this quickly! Can you? Part of it may be that I have been hard at work all summer on the new systems and development of my business. Because of […]

When a Client Asks To Change The Contract

I am sure it has happened to you before. You work hard on a client contract for you to use in your business. You consider all of the options. You think about what is fair and how you want things to run in your business. You make sure your contract protects you when you need it. You send a […]

What to Consider in a Business Sale

If you spend much time as an entrepreneur, you may find yourself with a business sale. This may be the opportunity to purchase another business or to sell your own. You may even begin your entrepreneurial journey with the purchase of an already-existing business. If that is the case, you should understand a few things […]

In this 16 minute episode, we discuss:

Referenced and Useful Content:

Leave a Reply Cancel reply