By Jennifer L. Sheridan, Esq. In the last post, I introduced BizConnect, a hypothetical startup software company, who is concerned about privacy law compliance. BizConnect is in discussion with several prospective... read more →
By David W. Tollen You're negotiating a contract, and you send your company's standard form agreement. The other party then marks it up -- "redlines" it -- and sends it... read more →
By David W. Tollen Many tech contracts include terms like the following: "If Customer disputes an invoice in good faith, it may withhold the amount in dispute but shall pay... read more →
By David W. Tollen Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) contracts grant a "license" to use the vendor's software. That's a mistake. Licenses are for on-premise software. SaaS is a service, as the... read more →
We're very pleased to announce that our founder, David Tollen, has joined the LegalSifter Board of Advisors. LegalSifter provides cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology that helps lawyers and their clients review... read more →
CIO.com recently published an article by our founder, David Tollen. Please click here.
This is the fourth in a series of five posts on Open Source in Software Procurement. Click here for the prior post, and click here for the intro, which lists all five... read more →
This is the third in a series of five posts on Open Source in Software Procurement. Click here for the prior post, and click here for the intro, which lists... read more →
This is the second of five posts in a series called Open Source in Software Procurement. Click here for the first/introductory post. Open source software is software licensed (a) with... read more →
Please join Tech Contracts Academy and Black Duck Software for a webinar on November 30th, at noon PST, as we discuss the implications of open source software in tech contracts.... read more →
by Deborah Pulido If you are an internet service provider taking advantage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor, you have until December 31, 2017 to re-register your designated... read more →
by David W. Tollen and Nathan Leong You’re a lawyer looking for online software and other tools to run your firm—tools like email, word processing, calendaring, timenotes, legal research, and... read more →
By Phil Brown and David W. Tollen Lawyers love tradition, but many clients want to communicate with 21st Century tools. Texting, Skyping, SnapChatting: all of these would mystified most lawyers... read more →
Capterra's IT Management Blog just published an article by David Tollen: 5 Simple Rules for Negotiating Software and IT Contracts. It's a customer-focused articles, addressing five mistakes customers tend to... read more →
FYI, The Tech Contracts Handbook is the number-one bestseller on Amazon's Business Purchasing and Buying list! Please check it out! David Tollen, THE TECH CONTRACTS HANDBOOK: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software... read more →
I’m very pleased to announce the new TechContracts.com. It’s a portal on software licenses, cloud computing agreements, and other information technology contracts. It offers contract negotiators and drafters: Hundreds of Free Clauses:... read more →
Lawyerist.com recently interviewed me on cloud computing agreements, and you can listen to the podcast at their site. Lawyerist focuses on the needs of small law firms, but the interview... read more →
Hours ago, EU and U.S. negotiators agreed on a new framework for data sharing across the Atlantic. It's called the "EU-US Privacy Shield." Cutting to the chase, we should soon... read more →
I use the table of contents from The Tech Contracts Handbook as an issue-spotter for software licenses, cloud computing agreements, and other IT contracts. I'm posting the table so others... read more →
