Days after being contacted by reporters, Mr. Madden's company drafted a letter promising Mr. Leary's charity at least 10percentt of the profits from the Bravest.
Also outlawed are the notorious ghostwriting services, in which a drug company drafts a journal article and then persuades a respected academic to sign on as the lead author, giving it a gloss of objectivity that it may not deserve.
A spokesman said the company drafted in 1,000 staff over the weekend and provided hot meals for those affected.
The company drafted in new chief executive Ben Verwaayen last year to stem its losses, and its shares have been grasping for a rally since March in the hope that he might deliver improved quarterly results.
Such pacts are thriving in all industries, Mr. Carlinsky said, but particularly in high technology, where an extremely mobile work force and the high value of intellectual property have some companies drafting and trying to enforce strict noncompete clauses for employees at all levels.
Launching out of the latest YC class, Ironclad is an automated service to help companies draft, organize and execute common legal paperwork.
Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this year, Mr. Noto emphasized the importance of an investment bank's role in helping a company draft its S-1 document, which Twitter filed late on Thursday.
Christopher M. Long, who was a lobbyist for Enron, suggested in an internal memorandum that the company draft issue briefs for Mr. Gore on "four policy areas on which Enron has unique experience: electricity deregulation, e-commerce (trading), energy services and broadband".
Mr. Schrempp said the company was drafting a turnaround plan for Freightliner that would be rolled out this fall.
He said that, like other financial services firms, the company was drafting contingency plans for a possible Brexit.
