LIVE Tech Contracts Master Classes Return – Taught by David Tollen

We’re happy to announce that our LIVE Tech Contracts Master Class™ series for 2025 is open for registration. Join David Tollen, and learn how to negotiate information technology contracts better, faster, and with more confidence. David is known for his practical, accessible approach – and he focuses on business issues at stake in IT contracts. Keep up-to-date on […]

A short video on NDAs

In this short video, our founder, David Tollen, discusses the terms and nature of nondisclosure agreements – in collaboration with Adam Stofsky and our friends at Briefly Inc. It makes some interesting points – in 3 minutes (and of course, you can learn more from our training programs). Got a few minutes to learn about […]

2025 Live Webinar Schedule and Registration Links: Tech Contracts Academy

Tech Contracts Academy’s 2025 LIVE public training schedule is here. Improve your information technology contracting expertise – join us! All courses are taught by David Tollen and include live Q&A. California CLE is available – including, for our May 22 webinar, Best AI and other Software for Contract Drafters and Negotiators, subfield credit (1 hour, […]

Updated Course Announcement – Top 6 Mistakes

Let’s face it – Contracts about information technology are complex, and often confusing. (“SaaS?” “Cloud?” “On-Premise Software?” “Artificial Intelligence?” “Gen-AI?” “SLAs?”) And small mistakes in your contracts can be costly. We can help. We’ve recently updated our popular on-demand course, Top 6 Mistakes in SaaS, AI, and Other Cloud Agreements. This short (appx. one hour) course will help you avoid […]

Mark your calendars – Tech Contracts Academy’s 2025 LIVE training schedule is here

Mark your calendars – Tech Contracts Academy’s 2025 LIVE training schedule is here! Program details and registration links are coming soon; please keep an eye on your inbox or visit https://courses.techcontracts.com/p/live-webinars. 2025 Live Webinar Schedule: All courses are taught by David Tollen and include live Q&A. On-Demand Options:Want one year of access, to programs broken down into […]

New Enterprise Training Options

We’re excited to announce new enterprise options for IT contracts training: new ways for companies and government agencies to train the whole team and save. You can now buy your staff all-access passes (coming soon for individuals too) – or you can buy a la carte with volume discounts. If you’d like to learn more, […]

Two NEW On-Demand Programs from Tech Contracts Academy

We’re pleased to announce two new recorded focused topic programs are available on-demand now from Tech Contracts Academy. See below for details and a sample chapter of each program. Recorded earlier this year, both programs are up-to-date with the latest information to help you draft and negotiate technology contracts better, faster, and with more confidence.  Both programs […]

Next Live Master Class Series Runs Sept. 17-Oct. 17

Enroll now for our next live Tech Contracts Master Class™ series: Master Class #1 – September 17, 10 AM-12 PM PT: Prime Clauses: License, Subscription, IP Transfer, and PaymentMaster Class #2 – September 24, 10 AM-12 PM PT: Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and Other General ClausesMaster Class #3 – October 8, 10 AM-12 PM PT: Indemnity, Limit of Liability, Warranty, […]

Join us next month for live trainings

Live webinars from Tech Contracts Academy return this fall, ranging from one to eight hours. Join David Tollen, our founder — your teacher, and improve your technology contracting skills: And, each offers 30 days’ recording access. First, we hope you will enjoy our brand new focused topic webinar: Data Terms in AI and Cloud Contracts, Sept. 12, 2024, 11 […]

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 […]