It’s not secret. This is standard contract negotiation (sending along a new draft).
It's amazing that you people are still arguing this in earnest so far down the thread. Can you think for a second what the implications of this would mean for society, if it were an acceptable form of "negotiation"? It would be even worse for the ordinary little people.
But the comment I was referring to talked about "swapping" the papers and said "I doubt anyone would catch it". That does not sound like negotiating in good faith to me.