Watch later drafts for clauses that were meant to be dealt with
The commonest way a negotiation is quietly lost is a later draft that restores a settled clause, slipped back among a page of other edits. Never assume a new draft only contains the changes you expected; read every version against the last, and check the points you won are still won. A clause reinstated unnoticed is agreed by silence the day you sign.
Updated: 22 August 2026
Keeping the negotiation record straight
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