Posted on 09 April 2009
Tags: Fee Agreements, overview
A Fee Agreement is a wide ranging document that covers any kind of fee expectation from one party to another. Most lawyers use fee agreements with prospective clients to clearly outline their hourly rate and other financial expectations the client will be responsible for. Fee agreements can be used in almost any aspect of law and business to represent the obligations one party has financially with another. While fee agreements can range from 1 page and two paragraphs to something resembling a phone book, every fee agreement must have the same basic parts for them to be considered binding.
The beginning of every fee agreement will clearly spell out all of the parties involved in the transaction followed by a complete description of the fees being charged and what those fees cover. The next part of the agreement should cover the terms under which the fees are being charged, how long that term lasts and what happens if the contract is terminated before the agreed upon end date.
More complex fee agreements often contain many more sections, but the essential structure remains the same. Moreover, different industries will have different agreements with different essential clauses, so it is important to understand the specific industry before you attempt to craft a fee agreement.
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Posted on 09 April 2009
Tags: Definition, Fee Agreements
A Fee Agreement is any legal document that clearly spells out the payment for a fee under a particular set of circumstances. Fee agreements are used in practically every area of law and business. Common uses of fee agreements include contracts written by lawyers describing their fee structure for clients or a fee agreement for a web based referral business. Every fee agreement needs to have several important parts to be binding, including a clear outline of the parties involved, the exact services and fees assigned to them, a time frame and termination date as well as mention of when compensation needs to be paid by.
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Posted on 09 April 2009
Tags: Fee Agreements
A Fee Agreement is a blanket name for any contract that explicitly lays out particular fees to be charged by a company. You may sign a fee agreement when you go to rent a car or you may sign one before you hire a lawyer the next time. Every industry has their own individual fee agreement structures and you will often find clauses in one that wouldn’t be pertinent in another.
Fee agreements are unique in the fact that some are merely a paragraph or two in length (and still legally binding) while others resemble the Manhattan Yellow Pages. Regardless of the kind of fee agreement you are looking to either create or sign, there are a handful of important aspects you need to read or include.
Make sure you clearly outline the names, titles and companies represented in the first paragraph. Double check spellings and company names so that they are completely accurate. A simple typo here can completely invalidate the rest of your document. Next, take time to completely spell out all of the fees that the client is responsible for. Even if a fee is small, it needs to be included so that there aren’t any surprises later on. You also need to mention (or have a separate section for) how the fees outlined in your contract are to be billed, how they are to be paid and what the deadline is for payment. In conjunction with this, you will also need to outline what the repercussions will be if payment is not made on time.
Fee agreements in law are often the most common way of using this particular document. If you are a law professional, there are certain things you need to keep in mind while drawing up your fee agreements. First, make sure you keep in mind everyone that is going to be working on a particular case or particular client, how you and your staff plan to bill your client (by the hour, flat rates, etc) and how you bill for incidentals. It will likely take several drafts of your fee agreement before you come up with an ironclad one you can use for most cases you take on. The same is true for anyone that wishes to create a fee agreement, just remember that while you are going through drafts that the ones you use are legally binding.
A fee agreement is a flexible, easy to draft document that can help you and your company lock in the fees and services you want at the price you set.
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Posted on 09 April 2009
Tags: DST Systems Inc., Fee Agreements, GCF Bank
Venice, CA - The Fee Agreement for GCF Bank was made available today by online legal document provider RealDealDocs.com.
Drafted for GCF Bank and the Board of Directors for the bank, this fee agreement is a director fee continuation agreement amended to include a retirement benefits plan. The DST Systems Inc. fee agreement filed in January 2009 details the directors’ deferred fee plan to to defer fee payments that otherwise would be payable currently in cash, and to receive additions to such deferred amounts made by the Company. Both of these fee agreements are available in their entirety on the RealDealDocs.com website.
A fee agreement is a legal document defining the fees associated with a transaction as outlined in the agreement.
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Posted on 05 January 2009
Tags: Favrille Inc., Fee Agreements, Private Trading System
The Fee Agreement for Private Trading System was made available today by online legal document provider RealDealDocs.com.
In October of 2008, Dematco Inc. filed a Fee Agreement with Private Trading System in order to facilitate the electronic transition of products. A different type of fee agreement was drafted in August of 2008 by Favrille Inc. in an attempt to finalize the terms of a salary deferral payment. Both of these Fee Agreements are available in their entirety on the RealDealDocs.com website.
A Fee Agreement is a legal document defining the fees associated with a transaction as outlined in the agreement.
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Posted on 10 December 2008
Tags: Dematco Inc., Fee Agreements
The online legal document provider, RealDealDocs.com has released a number of Fee Agreements for the top companies in America including many Fortune 500 companies. These are the actual legal documents drafted by the nation’s top law firms.
In October of 2008, Private Trading System, also known as PTS, entered a fee agreement with Dematco Inc. in hopes of exploiting the opportunities arising from senior life settlement properties and products based upon them so as to trade such products on the Private Trading System electronic trading platform called PETS. This Fee Agreement is available in its entirety on the RealDealDocs.com website.
A Fee Agreement is a legal document defining the fees associated with a transaction as outlined in the agreement.
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Posted on 13 November 2008
Tags: Edgen Corporation, Electro Motors, Fee Agreements, WorldStar Energy Corporation
Big Business Fee Agreements Released by Legal Insider
A fee agreement is a legal document defining the fees associated with a transaction as outlined in the agreement.
In 2007, WorldStar Energy Corporation entered a finder’s fee agreement with Electro Motors in order to garner investors to subscribe in a number of shares in WorldStar Energy. In 2006, another type of fee agreement called a transaction fee agreement was drafted by the Edgen Corporation in order to placate a number of the company’s directors and executives during a sale agreement.
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