I always thought our company's legal team was just a cost center until the deposition last Tuesday.

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Really? I've always seen them as a shield. Our legal team caught a bad clause in a vendor contract last year that saved us from a huge penalty. They also train our sales staff on what not to say, which stops problems before they start. That's not a cost, it's cheap insurance.

robin_foster11mo ago

But how often does that actually happen? Most contracts are pretty standard, and sales training can only do so much. It feels like overkill for everyday business.

avery92121d ago

That's a good point about training, but in my experience, the standard contracts are where the biggest traps hide. A vendor can slip in a sneaky auto-renewal or a crazy liability clause that looks normal at first. Our legal folks review those "standard" agreements and find stuff our sales team would never catch.