A contract should read like instructions for building furniture – or an aircraft carrier
This week’s musings on tech contracts … Here’s a proposition: we should NOT seek shorter or simpler contracts where those goals contradict our higher priority: CLARITY. Brevity, simplicity, and clarity overlap, but they’re not the same. Clarity does often lead to shorter and simpler contracts. In fact, good writing itself leads to shorter and simpler […]
Thoughts about our future jobs, from David Tollen
Watch this video for some encouraging (and non-typical) thoughts about our future jobs, from David Tollen. And if you’d like hone these very skills, our trainings help you draft and negotiate IT contracts better, faster, and with more confidence: www.TechContracts.com
August 13 LinkedIn Live: Legalese and Complexity
We hear that contracts should be clear and brief. We also see the opposite: baffling, medieval-sounding language, reading like a charter from the king. What’s the best path? Your contract doesn’t need to be pretty. It’s the source code for a deal: a technical, sometimes intricate guide. On top of all that, you need language […]
Recording of recent LinkedIn Live with David Tollen now available
Recently, David Tollen spoke on a LinkedIn Live hosted by ScreensAI. You can watch a recording of the conversation by clicking the image below, or by clicking here. Event description: In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way legal professionals work and it’s crucial to understand the […]
Educational videos partnership with Briefly
Tech Contracts Academy and David Tollen have partnered with Adam Stofsky and Briefly Inc. to create a series of short, concise videos, covering contract basics. The videos are a part of Briefly’s contract education video library, a resource that helps educate businesses about contracts. See an example below in this blog post. You can access a selection of […]
New AI Contracts Training Available On-Demand
David Tollen’s Tech Contracts Academy just released a new, updated version of our popular training: AI Contracts – Drafting and Negotiating. With 1 year’s access, you can use it for training and as a reference.
The Tech Contracts Master Class™ Now Available On-Demand
We’re excited to announce that our popular Tech Contracts Master Class™ is now available as a recorded resource – in our On-Demand library . You get one year’s access, so you can use the program both for training and as a reference guide for future projects. And for a short time, you can buy the Master […]
Another Award for Our Founder’s Firm!
We are excited to announce that David Tollen’s law firm has won another award. Sycamore Legal, P.C. won Technology Sector Contracts Law Firm of the Year in California, for 2018 — from Global Law Experts. This is David’s and Sycamore’s fourth award in the last two years. Sycamore Legal won the 2018 Corporate INTL Magazine Global […]
Two New Awards for Our Founder
We are pleased to announce that our founder and his law firm were recently honored with two awards for excellence. David Tollen was named Internet & E-Commerce Lawyer of the Year in California for 2018, by International Advisory Experts. IAE is a global alliance of legal, financial and consulting firms. Sycamore Legal received the 2018 […]