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Join Laura Frederick, Hebe Doneski, and Matt Kohel in this webinar on August 19, 2026 at 12 pm ET as they cover how to draft the commercial and data handling terms in MCP agreements.
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.
This week: what goes into vendors agreeing to concessions on small contracts, a lesson on reviewing AI incident response clauses, upcoming free CLE webinars, a contract meme, and contract tips
Just because it's a smaller contract risk or value does not automatically mean there will be no concessions. For both vendors and customers, successfully navigating small-deal negotiations depends on how you ask.
Join Laura Frederick, Joanna Valencia, and Anya Ryjkova in this webinar on August 26, 2026 at 12 pm ET as they cover which AI bias terms hold up and which vendors strike.
This week: why I choose not to share model provisions, a lesson on how to draft indemnification claims and exclusions, upcoming free CLE webinars, insights into the University of Chicago 1L course changes, a contract meme, and four fresh contract tips.
Despite providing hundreds of hours of training programs and thousands of posts with contract advice over the past five years, I've never shared model versions of contract language. Here's why.
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.
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.
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Framing legal risk in financial terms helps business teams understand it.
Laura Belmont and Kimberly Maney joined host Laura Frederick to redline high-risk AI provisions, covering human oversight, use case restrictions, EU AI Act duties, warranty scope, and information demands.
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.
This week: getting stuck in negotiation mode when the situation requires something else, a PDF and video lesson on drafting input data definitions in AI contracts, and upcoming free CLE webinars.
Enabling the business means carrying risk, including knowing when a problem is a risk decision rather than a negotiation.
Krista Lynn and Blaine Prober joined host Laura Frederick to share how lean legal teams lead major deals, protect leverage, manage outside counsel, and contain concessions that stretch risk tolerance.
This week's lesson on AI contracts includes a downloadable PDF and 12-minute video to help you get better at drafting definitions for input data.
On Thursday, July 9, 2026, I'm going live to walk through with some of our ContractsCon speakers everything we built for ContractsCon 2026.
This week: the vendor-documentation trap in AI indemnities, negotiating AI product testing clauses, and upcoming free CLE webinars.
Indemnified claims that point to vendor documentation for an AI product that may not be well understood significantly extends your uncontrolled risks.
Free video lesson and downloadable PDF to help you understand these essential provisions.
Join Laura Frederick, Kyle Robisch, and Jay Harrington in this webinar on August 18, 2026 at 12 pm ET for a candid look at the decisions that shape a transactional law career.
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.
In this week's newsletter, I discuss how we can help clients stuck in non-negotiable one-side deals. I've also included a new [AI guide] from one of our featured contributors, plus updates on ContractsCon and our membership, this week's meme spotlight, and a handful of contract tips.
When your clients are stuck signing a one-sided non-negotiable deal, their best protection may be the respect they show the other side.
