A short video on NDAs
In this short video, our founder, David Tollen, discusses the terms and nature of nondisclosure agreements – in collaboration with Adam Stofsky and our friends at Briefly Inc. It makes some...
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Outcome-Driven Descriptions in Big, Complex SoWs
This week’s musings on tech contracts… The SoW for a large IT development project generally features a long list of duties for the vendor. But the customer usually has tasks too, often woven in among...
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LIVE Tech Contracts Master Classes Return – Taught by David Tollen
We’re happy to announce that our LIVE Tech Contracts Master Class series for 2025 is open for registration. Join David Tollen, and learn how to negotiate information technology contracts better,...
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The Overuse of Indemnities
This week’s musings on tech contracts… Many American IT contracts feature a strange clause. One party (usually the customer) asks the other for an indemnity against, “any third party claim resulting...
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In defining “Confidential Information,” don’t throw in the kitchen sink
This week’s musings on tech contracts… NDAs and confidentiality clauses often define “Confidential Information” to include … anything the drafter can think of. For instance: “Confidential Information”...
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NEXT WEEK – Tech Contracts Academy’s LIVE webinars return
We hope you will join us NEXT WEEK on March 20, 2025 for our live webinar: Artificial Intelligence Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating. Artificial intelligence contracts raise new concerns, as well as...
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David Tollen At Sony Studios for Sony Pictures/NPI Summit
Tech Contracts Academy founder and trainer David Tollen recently spoke at a summit hosted by our friends at NPI and by Sony Pictures, at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. David addressed contracts for...
View ArticleDavid Tollen in Conversation with Adam Stofsky, April 9, 2025 on LinkedIn Live
We invite you to check out a complimentary LinkedIn Live session on April 9, 2025: “The 2 Contract Terms That Can Kill Deals.” David Tollen, founder of Tech Contracts Academy®, will be in conversation...
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YouTube – Source for Free Tech Contracts Academy Resources
Hello, Tech Contracts Academy community of contracts drafters and negotiators! We invite you to visit (and to subscribe to) our YouTube channel for great, free resources:...
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Your SLA does not replace your warranty
This week’s musings on tech contracts… An article I read recently says, “Traditional warranties that cover product defects for a set time are giving way to SLAs [service level agreements], which focus...
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