The consultant does violate the NDA or CDA by copying the template from the previous company. Each company should follow their own template when completing contracts. Although companies are similar in their products and goals, that still doesn’t mean that they are allowed to use the same template. Unless the company whose template is being used has agreed to another company using their template, it is a violation of the NDA or CDA. This why it is important to have lawyers present in the company for these situations to know what counts as violation and what doesn’t. Just because another company’s has a good formatting for the template, it does not give them the right to use it, without permission.