For this assignment, you will be preparing an independent contractor agreement. An independent contractor agreement for the purposes of this assignment will be a contract between two companies. The University of South Florida will be hiring a company for a specific project. You will create the project. It can be for anything you select, such as development of a website, to provide legal or accounting services, or to provide some other important service. The only limitation on this is to make sure that it is not for something that would constitute employment and it must require some type of confidential material being shared. To be an independent contractor agreement, the services cannot be controlled by the University of South Florida such as what will be done and how it will be done. If the time place and manner for the provision of the services is controlled, it is employment and that will be improper for this assignment. You will need to make sure the independent contractor agreement is a complete agreement. Make sure you clearly provide the following information: 1. The identity of the contracted company 2. The date of the agreement 3. The experience of the contracted company to provide the services, include licensing if required to provide the service. 4. The relationship of the parties to show that the agreement is not one for employment 5. The term of the agreement 6. Method of termination of the agreement 7. A detailed listing of the service to be provided 8. Compensation and payment details 9. Requirements to provide such as licensing 10. Confidentiality and non-competition protections 11. Indemnification 12. Alternative dispute resolution 13. Representations and warranties that may be needed by one company to the other 14. Assignability 15. Notice requirements 16. Ramifications for breach, such as liquidated damages 17. Choice of law and venue 18. Other provisions that you think may be beneficial

I want you to take a strong stand for one side. The agreement should be very one sided in favor of the party that you are representing. You want to show your ability to make a custom contract and not show the ability to fill in the blanks to a form. Again, please be detailed with the rights and obligations of each party as well as the consequence if it is not complied with.