Tech Contracts Master Classes™ Agenda - Tech Contracts Academy®

In four online Tech Contracts Master Classes™ we cover all the essential topics in IT contracts, with live Q&A (students’ written questions, submitted via the chat feature) with our presenter, David Tollen.

Title	Agenda
PRIME CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class: License, Subscription, IP Transfer, Payment	Introduction 1. General Intro 2. Contract drafter’s job 3. IP in IT contracts Types of Deals and Prime Clauses 4. Type of tech deals 5. The prime clause Prime Clauses in Action 6. On-premise software license 7. Subscription for SaaS and other cloud services 8. Promise of professional services 9. Software ownership transfers 10. Combination agreements 11. Promise of Payment (including go-live and other timing issues, and revenue recognition) Q&A (live responses, to students’ written questions)
GENERAL CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class: Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and other General Clauses	General Clauses 1. Technical specifications 2. SLAs 3. Business continuity and disaster recovery 4. Services descriptions 5. Delivery, acceptance, and rejection 6. Nondisclosure Data Clauses 7. Privacy and security law 8. Defining, owning, and licensing data 9. Use of data, including aggregate 10. Compliance with privacy and security law 11. Data location, access, deletion, and e-discovery 12. Data security 13. Audits and testing 14. Data incidents 15. Provider-friendly data terms Q&A (live responses, to students’ written questions)
KEY LIABILITY TERMS, Tech Contracts Master Class: Including Indemnities, Warranties, and Limits of Liability	1. Warranties 2. Indemnities 3. Provider liability for 3rd parties 4. Limits of liability 5. Liquidated damages Q&A (live responses, to students’ written questions)
END-GAME AND SPECIAL CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class: Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS	1. Term & termination 2. Transition and deconversion 3. Non-solicit and noncompete 4. Dispute management, mediation, arbitration, waiver of class actions, and jury trials 5. Ancillary IP Terms 6. Assignment, change of control, and divestiture 7. Choice of law and courts 8. Order of precedence 9. Amendment 10. Open source software Q&A (live responses, to students’ written questions)
Entire Series: Prime Clauses General Clauses Key Liability Terms End-Game and Special Clauses	See class details above. (* Curriculum details subject to change).
Previous Series	Dates
Series 1 & 2 Fall 2021	Series 1: October 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 Series 2: November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 2021
Series 3 Winter 2022	January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2022
Series 4 Spring 2022	April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2022
Series 5 & 6 Fall 2022	Series 5: September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 2022 Series 6: October 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2022
Series 7 Winter 2022	Series 7: January 10, 12, 19, 26, 2023