Design Your Next Contract to Go Beyond "Cheaper"

by Sara Cullen

As so many clients have told me, the number one thing they would do differently if they could start over would be to design their contracts better -- not from a legal point of view, but from the business perspective. In the current economic climate, the business perspective will have a heavy financial emphasis; thus, it is worth exploring how you might go about measuring a bit more than just "cheaper" from a financial perspective.