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Why Learning AI Tools You Will Replace Is Still Worth Your Time

We are not just learning a tool for the sake of the tool. We are learning it to prepare for what is to come.

Jun 11, 2026

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Laura Frederick

Negotiation

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How to Budget Your Negotiation Currency in Contract Talks

Why thinking of bargaining power like money helps you decide what to ask for and when.

May 19, 2026

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Laura Frederick

Membership

How to Contract's Membership: A Better Way to Learn Contracts

How to Contract offers a 12-month training subscription for lawyers and professionals who want to get better at contracts. This program includes 30+ hours of structured courses, three certifications, and a searchable expert library, all built or curated by Laura Frederick.

May 9, 2026

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Laura Frederick

Future Webinars

Patent Licensing and Infringement Issues in Digital Product Contracts

Join Laura Frederick, Fred Wilf, and Brian Chang on June 23, 2026 at 12 pm ET as they walk through how patent licensing and infringement issues play out in digital product contracts.

Jun 2, 2026

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Laura Frederick, Fred Wilf, Brian Chang

Future Webinars

Video Game Contracts: Platform Deals, Creator Agreements, and IP in a User Generated Content World

Join Laura Frederick, Adam Starr, and Keith Cooper on June 24, 2026 at 12 pm ET as they walk through platform deals, creator agreements, and IP issues in video game contracts.

May 24, 2026

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Laura Frederick, Adam Starr, Keith Cooper

Future Webinars

Leading Contract Risk and Policy for Small Legal Departments

Join Laura Frederick and Stephanie Woodworth in this webinar on July 14, 2026 at 12 pm ET as they discuss setting contract risk policy and signing authority when you're the whole legal function.

Jun 16, 2026

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Laura Frederick, Stephanie Woodworth

Past Webinars

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Past Webinars

Leveraging Contract Data: How AI Tools Helped Lawyers Triage Issues and Accelerate Deals

Daniel Di Maria joined host Laura Frederick to discuss how legal teams leveraged contract data with AI, where benchmarks and playbooks changed outcomes, and what separated adopters from stalled rollouts.

May 26, 2026

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Laura Frederick, How to Contract Team, Daniel Di Maria

Past Webinars

Foundation Model Provider Provisions: How to Draft the AI Contract Layer Most Lawyers Skip

Kay Lee and Carly Penner joined host Laura Frederick to redline three AI-drafted foundation model provider provisions covering feedback data, prompt disclosure restrictions, and training data provenance disclosure.

May 12, 2026

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Laura Frederick, Kay Lee, Carly Penner, How to Contract Team

Past Webinars

Indemnification for Bad Acts: How to Negotiate Negligence, Gross Negligence, and Willful Misconduct in Your Contracts

Jonathan Savar and Lindsay Sands joined host Laura Frederick to unpack how negligence, gross negligence, willful misconduct, and fraud function inside indemnification provisions and where vendors and customers should fight.

May 26, 2026

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Laura Frederick, How to Contract Team, Lindsey Sands, Jonathan Savar

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Our members get 12 months of access to courses, certifications, and a searchable expert library, plus AI training, webinar recordings, and early access to ContractsCon. Here is everything you get.

May 9, 2026

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Laura Frederick

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What Makes ContractsCon Different From Every Other Contract CLE

ContractsCon pairs sophisticated commercial contract training with small-group drafting exercises, peer-to-peer learning, and speakers in costume. Attendees return year after year because the format teaches skills that stick.

May 9, 2026

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Laura Frederick

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How I Contract: Insights from With Angela K. Lawrie, Sr. Counsel at RxBenefits

May 22, 2026

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Angela K. Lawrie

Interviews

How I Contract: An Interview With Gabriel Lau, Legal Director of Commercial and Product @ AKASA

May 20, 2026

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Gabriel Lau

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How I Contract: Interview With Mary Hamaker, Deputy General Counsel at Barracuda

May 20, 2026

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Mary Hamaker

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Contract Tips

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Why Your IP Assignment May Need a Grant-Back License

What happens when the assigning party still needs to use the IP after the assignment, and how a grant-back license fills the gap.

May 19, 2026

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1 min read

Laura Frederick

Tips

How to Define Goods in a Purchase Agreement

Three drafting choices that shape how warranties, deliveries, and remedies actually work in your goods contracts.

May 19, 2026

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1 min read

Laura Frederick

Tips

What Happens When You Buy or Sell Goods Without a Contract

Why a missing contract isn't always a disaster, and when you should genuinely worry about the gap.

May 19, 2026

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Laura Frederick

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Featured Posts

Why Learning AI Tools You Will Replace Is Still Worth Your Time

How to Budget Your Negotiation Currency in Contract Talks

How to Contract's Membership: A Better Way to Learn Contracts

Future Webinars

Patent Licensing and Infringement Issues in Digital Product Contracts

Video Game Contracts: Platform Deals, Creator Agreements, and IP in a User Generated Content World

Leading Contract Risk and Policy for Small Legal Departments

Past Webinars

Leveraging Contract Data: How AI Tools Helped Lawyers Triage Issues and Accelerate Deals

Foundation Model Provider Provisions: How to Draft the AI Contract Layer Most Lawyers Skip

Indemnification for Bad Acts: How to Negotiate Negligence, Gross Negligence, and Willful Misconduct in Your Contracts

Browse Everything

AI + Data Contracts

Boilerplate

Drafting

Goods

Indemnification

IP and Licensing

Limitation of Liability

NDA and Confidentiality

Negotiation

SaaS and Software

Services and SOWs

Vendor Contracts

HTC Updates

What's Included in How to Contract's Membership Program

What Makes ContractsCon Different From Every Other Contract CLE

Contracts Community

How I Contract: Insights from With Angela K. Lawrie, Sr. Counsel at RxBenefits

How I Contract: An Interview With Gabriel Lau, Legal Director of Commercial and Product @ AKASA

How I Contract: Interview With Mary Hamaker, Deputy General Counsel at Barracuda

Matt Kohel

Shannon Yavorsky

Bradley Dlatt

Contract Tips

Why Your IP Assignment May Need a Grant-Back License

How to Define Goods in a Purchase Agreement

What Happens When You Buy or Sell Goods Without a Contract

This Week’s Memes

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