Insurance companies give “nuclear” indemnities. Tech vendors should not
This is what I call a “nuclear” indemnity: “Vendor shall indemnify Customer against any third party claim arising out of or related to Vendor’s breach
October 27, 2025
This is what I call a “nuclear” indemnity: “Vendor shall indemnify Customer against any third party claim arising out of or related to Vendor’s breach
By David Tollen As prep for a recent live training, I created a series of prompts for use with gen-AI contracting systems. You feed them
Here’s a cheat sheet of resources we offer to help you with information technology contracting (many free): Website Resources To access materials available on our
California just passed the first law that … well, it’s complicated. On Sept. 29, 2025, Governor Newsom signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act
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Late last month, California approved new regulations restricting automated decision-making –ADM – under the Californian Consumer Privacy Act. ADM refers to computer processing of personal
Gen-AI tools hallucinate, but that’s not their main problem when it comes to contracting. Rather, they reproduce errors typical of human contract-drafters (quite accurately, it
If you work with contracts regarding AI, you need to become familiar with the concept of “model distillation,” and the risks it creates for AI
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new, cutting-edge On-Demand course: Best AI and Other Software for Contract Professionals. Fresh off a successful inaugural launch
I’ve repeatedly warned that you can’t really own data, since no form of IP offers ownership of information. (Trade secret law comes close but still
Agreements for programming, implementation, cloud migration, and other services to be performed by humans – “professional services” – lie at the center of technology
Contracting professionals: We bet you know only too painfully well that indemnity clauses are often sticking points in negotiations about contracts involving information technology, be
This week’s musings on tech contracts… On Monday, a U.S. federal district court held that AI vendors don’t infringe copyright when they train gen-AI on
Join us, on your schedule, for David Tollen’s focused analysis of Key Liability Terms in Contracts about AI, the Cloud, and other Software: Warranty, Limit
End-Game and Special Clauses: Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS, is the last in the 4-course Tech Contracts Master Class™ series. In End-Games, David