She Drafted The Clause In 2017. She Counted Forty-One Words. Nobody Asked Her.
In 2017, a seemingly innocuous clause consisting of forty-one words embedded in a grant agreement changed the relationship between a major tech company and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. It allowed the company's products to be featured in the curriculum and provided privileged recruiting access to its students. Nobody asked the clause's drafter to clarify its intended implications.
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