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Leading the Contract Function With Limited Resources

Join Laura Frederick, Chris Crook, and Tanya Avila in this webinar on August 4, 2026 at 12 pm ET to talk through what to keep in-house, what to send out, and how to build systems one person can maintain.

Laura Frederick, Chris Crook, Tanya Avila

Drafting Data Provisions to Comply With U.S. State Privacy Laws

Join Laura Frederick, Kimberly Pack, and Arohi Kashyap in this webinar on August 11, 2026 at 12 pm ET to find where one set of contract language satisfies multiple state privacy laws, and where it can't.

Laura Frederick, Kimberly Pack, Arohi Kashyap

The Mechanics of Trust in Contract Negotiation: How to Build It, Use It, and Lose It

Join Laura Frederick and Fernando Navarro Sánchez in this webinar on August 12, 2026 at 12 pm ET for a practical look at reading the room, handling tough personalities, and moving stuck talks forward.

Laura Frederick, Fernando Navarro Sánchez

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Why you should put a price on contract risk | Newsletter July 16, 2026

This week: the case for framing contract risk in financial terms, a PDF and video lesson on drafting AI model training provisions, upcoming free CLE webinars, plus a contract meme cartoon, and tips.

Laura Frederick

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft AI Model Training Provisions

This week's lesson on AI contracts includes a downloadable PDF and 15-minute video to help you get better at drafting provisions on model training for AI products.

Laura Frederick, Matt Kohel, Kate Aishton

How Vendor Documentation Becomes a Trap Door in Your AI Indemnity

Indemnified claims that point to vendor documentation for an AI product that may not be well understood significantly extends your uncontrolled risks.

Laura Frederick, Jade Hamilton, John Pavolotsky

The Case for ContractsCon 2026: What to Expect and Why You Should Come

On Thursday, July 9, 2026, I'm going live to walk through with some of our ContractsCon speakers everything we built for ContractsCon 2026.

Laura Frederick

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