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Personal guarantee or liquidated damages

Apa yang klausa ini lakukan

You are personally on the hook for money beyond the business.

Kenapa ia sakit?

This reaches past the business into your personal assets. A liquidated-damages figure can exceed anything you ever earned through the agency, turning a bad contract into a life-altering debt.

Apa yang kelihatan seperti versi adil

No personal guarantee. Liability capped at fees paid over the prior 12 months.

Kataan yang boleh anda hantar balik

Neither party shall be personally liable beyond the scope of this Agreement. Each party's aggregate liability is limited to the total fees paid in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

Tepek ini ke dalam jawapan anda. Meminta perubahan spesifik lebih berkesan daripada meminta mereka untuk "melembutkan" klausa.

Bagaimana untuk mengenalinya

Cari kontrak anda untuk perkataan ini:

personally guaranteeliquidated damagespersonally liableindemnifyhold harmless

Periksa kontrak sebenar anda

Tepek atau muat naik dan kami akan cari klausa ini dan 17 yang lain, sebutkan bahasa yang tepat kepada awak, dan cipta surat rundingan.

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This is an automated review to help you spot common problems — not legal advice, and not a substitute for a lawyer. We can miss things, and a clause that looks fine in isolation can still be a problem in context. Have a lawyer review anything you are about to sign.