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Judicial Guidance on Enforceable Clickwraps and Hybrid-Wraps

In September of 2024, the Court of Appeals for the U.S. Seventh Circuit decided Domer v. Menard – and eventually issued an opinion with new and clarified guidance on clickwraps and hybrid-wraps. That decision gives us a good outline of the steps necessary to create an enforceable online contract. In Domer, the Seventh Circuit found […]

Complimentary Video Lesson From The First Tech Contracts Master Class. Do You Think Something Is Wrong With This Clause?

We invite you to watch this short video excerpt from The Tech Contracts Master Class: https://courses.techcontracts.com/courses/master-class. In it, David Tollen explains concerns with this clause. This complimentary lesson is from the first of our four Tech Contracts Master Classes. This lesson (“Prime Clauses in the Cloud“) covers the vendor’s prime clause in SaaS and other […]

Struggling with your contracts? We have resources to help you – many free.

Struggling with information technology contracts? Need resources? Our founder, David Tollen, frequently speaks and publishes about technology contracts. Many of the resources he offers are free; we also offer a wide array of paid trainings. Here are links to just some of David’s articles freely available on our website (techcontracts.com):  For more free resources, we […]

Watch Recording of David Tollen in Conversation with Adam Stofsky – The 2 Contract Terms That Can Kill Deals (Indemnities and Limitations of Liability)

David Tollen, founder of Tech Contracts Academy, and Adam Stofsky, CEO of Briefly, discussed indemnities and limitations of liability on LinkedInLive on April 9, 2025. Including the countless misunderstandings surrounding these common contractual clauses – and the counter-intuitive relationship between them. Whether you’re a legal professional, business owner, or anyone involved in deal-making, understanding these […]

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 on service availability and performance.” I’ve heard similar arguments elsewhere, in most cases citing the rise of software-as-a-service (SaaS) as the driver behind […]

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: https://www.youtube.com/@techcontractsacademy. Our founder and principal trainer, David Tollen, shares short videos and conversations about information technology contracts you won’t want to miss. Here are just some of the videos […]

David 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 with Adam Stofsky, CEO of Briefly. We appreciate the invitation from Briefly, the program’s host. You can enroll here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/briefly-inc_-activity In this […]

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 purchase and sale of artificial intelligence (AI). It was a great event, and we thank NPI and Sony for the invitation. We’re […]