A Q&A guide to services contracts in the United States (US).

This Q&A provides a high-level overview of key considerations when drafting a supply of services contract in the US for business-to-business commercial transactions. Issues covered include the legal framework applicable to services contracts, incorporation of standard terms, service provider obligations, customer obligations, service delivery, warranties, conditions, and indemnities, price and payment, assignment and subcontracting, enforcement and remedies, exclusion and limitation of liability, choice of law and jurisdiction, dispute resolution, other considerations for foreign counsel, and proposals for reform.

For an overview of key concepts of contract law in the US, see Contract Formation and Enforcement in the United States: Overview.

For more information on the regulation of outsourcing in the US, see Outsourcing: United States Overview.