Language on a Confidentiality Agreement

Elaine Margarett said:

Could anyone give me an idea of the language/word usage on a simple one page confidentiality agreement/contract.

For example, what do you call the two people involved? Party One and Party Two?

TIA!

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I can't even imagine a one page confidentiality contract. Shortest one I've seen was five pages, and most much longer.

Parties are called by their last names. Often capitalized. And after they are identified, and then comes the phrase, "hereinafter SMITH."

Best of luck,

Jim Clark-Dawe

What state/country are you in?

What you call the parties depends on the nature of the transaction. In a contract between two individuals, the most common form is to refer to them by last name, as Jim said. In other contexts, the parties are often referred to by role, such as Employer and Employee, Buyer and Seller, Borrower and Lender, or Company and Provider (the latter being for a service contract). That is not an exhaustive list of the possibilities.

For sample language, I suggest Googling "Non-Disclosure Agreement." Again, the specifics will vary depending on context, and where in the world you are.

Oy. I've signed a buttload of NDAs. (And yes, most of them were longer than a page, but some were only a paragraph.)

They usually went with what was easiest, IIRC -- words that easily identified what they meant.

Okay, most of the ones I've signed have been in person, but I just searched my email and found the following for Party #1 and Party #2 (oh no! I'm disclosing stuff about nondisclosure agreements! That's so meta! ):

Company/Recipient (production company and everyone involved with the film)

Company/Recipient (internet company and their contractors)

Production Company/Crew Member (production company and everyone involved with the film)

Hope that helps.

Elaine Margarett said:

Could anyone give me an idea of the language/word usage on a simple one page confidentiality agreement/contract.

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The last one I signed was 31 pages...

I have had several that were only a few pages. I'll see if I can find an example.

Elaine Margarett said:

For example, what do you call the two people involved? Party One and Party Two?

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Names were used.

You know, rather than me tracking mine down, I Googled. Couple seconds to find an answer you should have:

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sample-confidentiality-agreement-nda-33343.html

Jeff