11 Documents to Maintain for Your Company's Legal Health

Standardized contract or terms and conditions.
The most important risk reduction document.
Standardized proposal or RFP/RFQ.
Proposals are for integrators; RFPs are for owners.
Standardized purchase order.
Seals the deal and (ideally) neutralizes contrary terms.
Standardized rider/addendum.
The antidote to "take it or leave it" contracts.
Employee handbook.
The rules for your workers.
Noncompete / nondisclosure agreements.
Protects your most important assets - your ideas.
Employee benefit documents.
Everything from retirement to tuition reimbursement plans.
Corporate minute book and other records.
Maintaining company formalities protects owner assets.
Intellectual property schedule.
Tracks all inventions.
Employee R & D agreements.
Makes clear employees are working for you when innovations are made.
Intellectual property licensing agreement.
It is important to have an intellectual property strategy.