Train with Tech Contracts Academy, and enhance your contracting skills. Next month, we offer a webinar, Top Six Mistakes in Cloud Services Agreements, Including SaaS and AI, and a Tech Contracts Master Class series. All taught by industry expert, author of The Tech Contracts Handbook, David Tollen.
Our classes are conveniently available via distance learning, with access to recordings afterward for a limited time. They benefit lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, engaged in contracts involving technology – including the purchase or sale of artificial intelligence (AI). We are approved for CLE in California, and offer discount codes for teams and (for webinars only) individuals who sign up for multiple 2023 webinars. We hope to see you soon.
Also, on Sept. 27 at 6 AM PT/9 AM ET, David collaborates with World Commerce & Contracting for its AI Contracting Week. David’s session is “AI Tools for Drafting and Negotiating Contracts”. Learn more about the event, and register for it here. And if you’re looking for more resources about contracts for purchasing or selling AI – including sample contract clauses – check out David’s recent blog posts here.
Sept. 12 Webinar: Top Six Mistakes in Cloud Services Agreements, Including SaaS and AI
Small mistakes can cost a fortune in SaaS and other cloud computing contracts. This popular webinar will help you avoid the most typical errors, ranging from simple to subtle.
Topics include:
- Misunderstanding fundamental cloud and AI computing concepts
- Confusing cloud/SaaS and AI subscriptions with software licenses or professional services
- Focusing on ownership of data in an artificial intelligence or cloud system, instead of data control
- Losing a good deal over data breach indemnities
- Doing SaaS escrows wrong
- Accepting SLAs with eyes closed
Webinar Discounts: Register 5 or more from the same company for this webinar, and enjoy a 15% discount. NEW: For a limited time, an individual discount is available – enroll in one webinar at full price (starting with the July 2023 webinar), request a 10% discount code to use when enrolling in subsequent 2023 webinars. Contact [email protected] before registering for details and to obtain a discount code.
- Key Liability Terms in Contracts about AI, the Cloud, and other Software: Warranty, Indemnity, Limit of Liability and More (October 12)
- AI in the Legal and Contracting Professions: Today and Tomorrow (November 16)
- Artificial Intelligence Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating (February 13, 2024)
- Top 7 Worries for Customers in Contracts about Software, AI, and other IT (March 12, 2024)
- The Indeminar: Indemnities Contracts about Software, the Cloud, and AI (April 16, 2024)
- IP Terms in Contracts about AI, the Cloud, and On-Premise Software: Licenses, Warranties, Open Source, and More (May 21, 2024)
September Tech Contracts Master Class Series
Taken together, our four Tech Contracts Master Classes will prepare you to negotiate contracts about software, cloud services, and professional services more confidently and efficiently, and help you avoid common pitfalls. And, we’ve added new content about AI contracts: Worried about IP rights in outputs, training data and prompts? Liability for errors (“hallucinations”), infringement, and misuse of private information? Join David Tollen to explore these and other key tech contracting topics (examples below).
Our September series runs Thursdays from Sept. 7-28. Conveniently available via distance learning (with recordings available afterward on request, for a limited time), each class is two hours, and includes Q&A. (The next series runs weekly in November (no class the week of Thanksgiving) with the final class the first week of December).
Most students choose to take all four classes (with an automatic series discount). (And there’s also a 10% discount available to company teams of 5 or more). But classes are also available to purchase individually.
Prime Clauses: License, Subscription, IP Transfer, Payment (Sept. 7)
General Clauses: Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and other General Clauses (Sept. 14)
Key Liability Terms: Including Indemnities, Warranties, and Limits of Liability (Sept. 21)
End-Game & Special Clauses: Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS (Sept. 28)
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CLE. Tech Contracts Master Classes™ and Tech Contracts Academy’s webinars are approved for Continuing Legal Education credit in California. Licensed elsewhere? Jurisdictions (and professions) differ as to whether students may apply individually for continuing education credit, and what is required. Materials we make available for Tech Contracts Academy’s programs (e.g., slides, presenter’s biography) may assist students’ self-submission efforts. Check here for more details about CLE.
Discounts: See program registration pages for information about group discounts (teams of five or more from same company, for same program: 10% off a full Master Class series; 15% off any webinar). And, NEW: For a limited time, a 10% discount is also available for individuals – after enrolling in one webinar at full price (starting with our July 2023 webinar), returning students may request a 10% discount code to use when enrolling in subsequent webinars through the end of 2023. Contact [email protected] for more information, and to obtain a discount code prior to enrolling. (Only one discount code per program may be used. Individual discount does not apply to Master Classes).
Our presenter. David Tollen founded Tech Contracts Academy® LLC. An attorney, instructor at U.C. Berkeley Law School, and expert witness, he authored the American Bar Association’s perennial bestseller, The Tech Contracts Handbook (ABA Publishing; 3rd ed. 2021). It is available from Amazon here, and other retailers.
Tech Contracts Academy® is a professional training company, created to bring confidence and expertise to professionals responsible for technology contracts. It provides public and in-house training on drafting and negotiating IT agreements. Contact us here or email [email protected] for more information about training for just your team.
Our programs provide general education, not legal advice. This communication is not, and our programs are not, advertising to provide legal services. Only one discount code may be used per registration.