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{{a|negotiation|}}The dilemma for professional services providers is how to show your positive contribution without actively destroying value<ref>other than the value destruction that inevitably follows from your engagement in the first place — your professional fees, that is.</ref>. | {{a|negotiation|}}The dilemma for professional services providers is how to show your positive contribution without actively destroying value<ref>other than the value destruction that inevitably follows from your engagement in the first place — your professional fees, that is.</ref>. | ||
For, if I send my lawyer a 90-page indenture and it comes back unmarked, “all fine”, but accompanied by a hefty note of costs, do I feel I am getting value for money? | For, if I send my [[lawyer]] a 90-page [[indenture]] and it comes back unmarked, “all fine”, but accompanied by a hefty note of costs, do I ''feel'' I am getting value for money? | ||
Generally, I do not. So lawyers have developed techniques for making formal changes which do not alter the substance, but | Generally, I do not. Even though I might be. The [[The dog in the night time|dog that doesn’t bark in the night-time]] brings me no comfort, even if there is nothing to bark at. | ||
So, [[Lawyer|lawyers]] have developed techniques for making [[Form|formal]] changes which do not alter the [[substance]], but signal that they have indeed pored over the document, subjecting it to their unique forensic consideration — that it has been buffed and polished to a high sheen. You can spot these parenthetical statements, which we call [[flannel]] in these pages, by their tells: “[[for the avoidance of doubt]]”, “[[without limitation]]...”, “[[whether or not]]...”, or “[[notwithstanding the foregoing]]...”. | |||
It is a [[Anal paradox|paradox]] that, however [[tedious]] it is to have some cretin add this unnecessary heft to your draft, it is even more [[tedious]] to insist upon their removal. Thus over time legal forms tend towards [[barnacle]]-encrusted, impenetrable mush. | |||
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*[[Anal paradox]] | |||
*[[Flannel]] | |||
*[[In your face]] |