August 4, 2022
Common Paper Data Processing Agreement v1.0
Our team has been hard at work alongside our committee of attorneys and we’re excited to announce our latest standard – the Common Paper Data Processing Agreement v1.0! Our DPA is designed as a straightforward way to help meet GDPR requirements and is available today in the product or on our website for download.July 19, 2022
Generate DOCX Versions of Agreements
We’ve added the ability to generate a Word document version of any sent agreement either by the sender or the recipient to handle situations when offline document based negotiation is needed. Read moreJuly 14, 2022
Propose Changes improvements
We’ve released a minor update that allows senders to propose changes to their agreements at any time up to the point where it is signed. This is a great option to correct any issues with a sent agreement or to accommodate changes from a recipient that are proposed outside of the platform.July 11, 2022
Agreement Event Webhooks
We're excited to launch a new feature that allows customers to receive webhook notifications for all events associated with an agreement. Read moreJuly 7, 2022
Keeping Additional Recipients in the Loop
Sometimes there are other people beyond the primary recipient that need to be involved with the agreement process. This new feature allows users to add up to 3 additional people that will have view-only access to an agreement in-flight and be copied on all the emails the primary recipient receives.June 16, 2022
Common Paper SLA v1.0
We're proud to announce the availability of the Common Paper Service Level Agreement v1.0! Developed by our committee of attorneys, this SLA is designed to be used with our Cloud Service Agreement. Read moreJune 1, 2022
Attaching PDFs to Agreements
We've released support for uploading and adding PDF attachments to Cloud Service Agreements in Common Paper! This new feature allows users to extend Common Paper agreements to include additional terms that are specific to their business. Read moreMay 30, 2022
Better Mobile Device Support
We’ve made it easier for you and your recipients to be able to review and sign agreements on your mobile devices. The full desktop experience is still recommended for setting up templates and sending initial agreements.May 26, 2022
Separating Senders and Signers
We’ve added a new feature that allows users to specify an internal user as the signer that can be separate from the user that’s handling the sending and negotiation of an agreement. The signer only gets involved when an agreement reaches the signature stage.May 16, 2022
Controlling the Signing Order
We’ve added the ability to control whether your organization is the last to sign an agreement. A toggle at either the template or agreement level, this new setting allows a user to ensure that the recipient signs first in all scenarios including when changes are proposed.May 13, 2022
Agreement Histories
You can now see the entire chain of events from agreement sent to agreement signed (and everything in between) laid out in our new agreement history feature! Clicking on any agreement in the agreement list will take you to a chronological list of activities, including who performed each action. Read moreMay 9, 2022
Common Paper Info Sheet
We’ve released a new PDF that you can pass along to customers to introduce them to the Common Paper standard agreements and give them some background on how they work. It’s available alongside each of the standards on our website, or directly from here.May 4, 2022
Resending Email Notifications
Waiting on a recipient to review or sign an agreement? Now you can resend the last email notification they received to remind them that the ball is in their court. You can find the option under the ‘Other Actions’ menu when viewing an agreement.May 2, 2022
Reassignment Improvements
We’ve made it so that you can easily reassign sent agreements to different recipients. Additionally, comments can now be included when reassigning agreements to give the new assignee some context.April 28, 2022
Include Standard Terms in PDFs
We’ve introduced the ability to optionally include the full text of the Standard Terms for agreements along with the cover page in the PDFs generated by the platform. There’s a new toggle available on both template creation/edit and when creating an agreement.April 15, 2022
Embedded eSignature
You can now apply electronic signatures directly within Common Paper. Both senders and recipients can review and sign agreements from within the application rather than through a separate workflow.April 13, 2022
Support International Addresses/Autocomplete
The application now supports international addresses for both organizations and agreements. We’ve also added auto-complete functionality to make adding addresses quicker and easier.April 8, 2022
Markdown Support
We’ve added the ability to use Markdown in any of the open text fields in the Cloud Service Agreement templates. This lets you add formatted text including bold/italics, headings and both numbered and bulleted lists.April 4, 2022
Connect with a Lawyer
A new feature on the CSA template creation and editing page lets you request an introduction to a lawyer with deep familiarity with tech contracts.March 10, 2022