Tech Contracts Master Classes™

In four on-line Tech Contracts Master Classes™ we cover all the essential topics in IT contracts, with live Q&A with our presenter, David Tollen:

  • Prime Clauses: License, Subscription, IP Transfer, Payment (2 hrs.)
  • General Clauses: Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and other General Clauses (2 hrs.)
  • Key Liability Terms: Indemnities, Warranties, and Limits of Liability (2 hrs.)
  • End-Game and Special Clauses: Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS (2 hrs.)

Taken together, these four courses will prepare you to negotiate contracts about software and cloud services with more confidence, more efficiently, and help you avoid common pitfalls. The program suits lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, executives, and IT professionals.

Each class is available once per series:

  • Sept/Oct Series: September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 2022 [Only available as the full 4-class Series]
    • Special format and limited capacity – maximum 23 students with the opportunity to turn on webcam and ask oral questions as well as in writing/via chat during Q&A.
  • Oct/Nov Series: October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 2022
    • Standard format – no capacity limit with the opportunity to ask questions in writing/via chat during Q&A.

Enrollment available now: click here to access registration pages. See below and registration pages for more details.

Attend all four courses and receive an automatic 10%+ discount (for a total of $1,395), and a Tech Contracts Master Classes™ Certificate of Series Completion. 

Group Discount – additional 10% off when 5 or more from a company attend all four Master Classes. Contact info@techcontracts.com to arrange group discount codes. (Only one discount code may be used per registration).

Attend any Master Class and receive a 35% discount on The Tech Contracts Handbook (when purchased direct from publisher – ABA), the program slides, a Certificate of Completion, and access to that program’s recording for 30 days.

CLE is approved, or applications are pending, in various jurisdictions. And we’re working on expanding our CLE offerings. For more information and current CLE status please click here.

Master Class™ topics include:

Title Agenda
PRIME CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class:

License, Subscription, IP Transfer, Payment

[FKA TCCP-1]

Dates/Times: September 13, 2022, October 26, 2022

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT/PST, including Q&A

Cost: $395 

 

 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
GENERAL CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class:

Data Management, SLAs, Confidentiality, and other General Clauses

[FKA TCCP-2]

Dates/Times: September 20, 2022, November 2, 2022

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT/PST, including Q&A

Cost: $395 

 

 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
KEY LIABILITY TERMS, Tech Contracts Master Class:

Including Indemnities, Warranties, and Limits of Liability

[FKA TCCP-3]

Dates/Times: September 27, 2022, November 9, 2022

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT/PST, including Q&A

Cost: $395 

 

 1. Warranties
2. Indemnities
3. Provider liability for 3rd parties
4. Limits of liability
5. Liquidated damages

Q&A
END-GAME AND SPECIAL CLAUSES, Tech Contracts Master Class:

Disputes, Termination, Special Terms, and OSS

[FKA TCCP-4]

Dates/Times: October 4, 2022, November 16, 2022

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT/PST, including Q&A

Cost: $395 

 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
Entire Series:

Prime Clauses
General Clauses
Key Liability Terms
End-Game and Special Clauses

Dates/Times: Sept/Oct Series: September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 2022
Oct/Nov Series: October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 2022

Cost: $1,395

 Agenda varies by class, see classes and coordinating agendas above
Previous Series Dates
Series 1         Fall 2021 October 5, 12, 19, 26
Series 2         Fall 2021 November 3, 10, 17, December 1
Series 3         Winter 2022 January 20, 27, February 3, 10
Series 4         Spring 2022 April 14, 21, 28, May 5