Draft a payment clause that does not depend on payment further up the chain
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the marked pay-when-paid list and the payment timing the lawyer instructs, prepare a first-pass clause that states the liability to pay and the due date without reference to payment under another contract.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer rewrites the clause to match the agreed timing, checks it against the statutory definition, and approves it before the contract is issued.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the marked pay-when-paid list and the payment timing the lawyer instructs, prepare a first-pass clause that states the liability to pay and the due date without reference to payment under another contract. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the due date is a date or a period, not the date the head contractor is paid.
- Confirm the clause does not condition liability on the operation of the head contract.
- Check the rest of the contract for a second clause that restores the dependency.
- The lawyer approves the final words. The first pass is not issued.
Sources
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.