We’re very excited to announce the third edition of The Tech Contracts Handbook — to be released by ABA Publishing later this month!
From the back cover: This practical reference guide is ideal for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, IT staff, and anyone else responsible for contracts. Perhaps most important, this book is accessible, clear, and precise—like a good contract.
The book will be available in print and e-book, and you can buy it from Amazon, the American Bar Association, and other retailers.
We’ll let you know as soon as it’s published …
Congrats, David. Can you let us know what kind of changes we may expect vs. the 2nd edition?
Please notify me when available. I use the indemnity and prior tech contract book all the time!
Jean.Fine@assuredpartners.com
please let me know when 3rd edition of tech contracts handbook is available.
Everyone, we will certainly announce the book as soon as it’s out — and provide links to buy. Please watch this blog!
Can you give us a flavor of the more significant updates/changes? The 2nd version seemed very comprehensive, covering even cloud contracts, so wondering what may change here.
Good question, Sam. First and foremost, the 3rd edition is updated, taking account of the past 6 years of legal developments. The 3rd edition also has added chapters on topics like disaster recovery, transition assistance, and SaaS step-in rights. And the 3rd edition goes into more detail re SLAs, data management, privacy policies, indemnities, limits of liability, escrow, open source software, and assignment, among other topics.
The added material, however, should not lead to a less user-friendly book. As with prior editions, topics are broken down into very short, bite-sized chapters and subchapters. So you always have the option to read or skip a topic.
Coming very soon!
Excellent. Looking forward to the 3rd edition. The 2nd is helpful when working with my business colleagues and need more lay-man terms to explain the concepts around their product’s licensing