Hello, all Can you help me decipher this piece of looney
legalese, in which I have masked the entity names:

2023.01.17

In accordance with the Agreement for Foo Services,
CompanyOne (C1) and CompanyTwo (C2) agree to the
termination of the 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 Foo Solution
Agreement between CompanyTwo and CompanyOne ("the
Agreement") pursuant to CompanyTwo's decision effective
2023.02.24.

Apart from the terrible style, ambiguities, and probably
poor grammar, my question is: since what date is the said
agreement considered null and void and terminated? Is it
since the date in the title of the document (2023.01.17), or
the date in the text (2023.02.24), which is in the future.
What does "effective 2023.02.24" -- effective since,
effective till, or nonsense?

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Hi, Anton -- on Jan 18 2023 at 19:03, you wrote:

2023.01.17

In accordance with the Agreement for Foo Services,

[...]

Agreement") pursuant to CompanyTwo's decision effective
2023.02.24.

Apart from the terrible style, ambiguities, and probably

[...]

date in the text (2023.02.24), which is in the future.

The termination will take effect ("become effective") on 2023.2.24.

What does "effective 2023.02.24" -- effective since,
effective till, or nonsense?

This is a fairly standard legal phrase meaning "will take effect on". All legal documents appear to be written in the most obtuse language possible. I think it so that everything is open to interpretation, thus leaving the door open for future (profitable) litigation!!


Cheers... Dallas

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Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev:

In accordance with the Agreement for Foo Services,
CompanyOne (C1) and CompanyTwo (C2) agree to the
termination of the 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 Foo Solution
Agreement between CompanyTwo and CompanyOne ("the
Agreement") pursuant to CompanyTwo's decision effective
2023.02.24.

The termination will take effect ("become effective") on
2023.2.24.

I failed to understand it, having thought that `effective'
modified `dicision' rather than `termination' -- a word an
hundred miles back up the road.

This is a fairly standard legal phrase meaning "will
take effect on". All legal documents appear to be
written in the most obtuse language possible. I think it
so that everything is open to interpretation, thus
leaving the door open for future (profitable)
litigation!!

Yeah, an esoteric langugage of the legal mafia, to keep the
laymen at a distance. Thank you for the answer.

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