When to Use This Agreement
This Agreement governs the relationship between your Consulting Firm and any current or potential Business Associate or Employee. Use this Agreement before you enter into any negotiations, interviews or other exchanges where confidential information or materials may be exchanged.

What It Protects
The Mutual Non Disclosure Agreement sets conditions for the exchange and use of confidential information and materials between you and a business associate. It requires the parties to hold sensitive information confidential and provides for remedies in the event the Agreement is violated. The Agreement calls for arbitration for the resolution of any dispute regarding violation of the Agreement.

Agreement Provisions Included

1. Confidential Material
2. Use and Treatment of Confidential Material
3. Return of Confidential Material
4. Remedies
5. Binding Effect
6. Employee Solicitation/Hiring
7. Non-Assignment
8. Arbitration
9. Attorneys' Fees
10. Severability
11. Waiver and Modification
12. Entire Agreement

Maintain Confidentiality with a Non-Disclosure Agreement
When confidentiality is mandatory, the non-disclosure agreement is a vital source to keep information protected. The non-disclosure agreement is the ideal contractual agreement when two parties need to share information without the general public knowing. These types of agreements are usually used to outline individual business processes in a confidential manner. There are many scenarios where a non-disclosure agreement can be a vital tool.

Avoid Legality Issues
Most non-disclosure agreements include general information, like what parties are involved, as well as very detailed clauses, like what information is to remain confidential. If either party should break the agreement, legal actions can be taken. The purpose of the non-disclosure agreement, though, should to be to avoid all legality problems. If both parties follow the non-disclosure agreement, things will run smoothly and the agreement will serve its purpose.

Sign an Agreement Before Sharing Information
The sharing of financial information, business strategies, and unpublished patent applications are also usually included in the non-disclosure agreement. This keeps all of the most important information protected by law so neither party can steal information without legal action. If you are about to get involved with sharing pertinent business information with another company, it is imperative that you have a non-disclosure agreement signed and looked over by a professional attorney. Court costs can be pricey and potentially risk everything you have created within your business.

Find Resources Online and at Local Colleges
Sometimes it’s hard to find attorneys at affordable prices, especially if you are an entrepreneur developing your startup. Realize that there are tons of resources available on the World Wide Web that you can use to your advantage. One website that makes it easy to get your non-disclosure agreement up and running is ContractEdge.com. There are resources and contracts available to help you and you’ll find setting up a non-disclosure agreement easier than before the Internet.