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Indemnification

ContractsCon

ContractsCon Fun: Indemnification Training by Two Cavemen (25-Minute Video + Full Slide Deck)

Watch two cavemen lawyers (aka Jonathan Perkel and Sterling Miller) explain indemnification claims and exclusions.

Jonathan Perkel, Sterling Miller

Leading the Contract Function With Limited Resources

Future Webinars

Contract Leadership

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

Newsletter

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

ContractsCon

Weekly ContractsCon 2026 Ticket Giveaway: Official Rules

No purchase necessary! Read the rules below for more details.

Laura Frederick

Why You Should Put a Price on Contract Risk

Articles

Working With Clients

Why You Should Put a Price on Contract Risk

Framing legal risk in financial terms helps business teams understand it.

Laura Frederick

Drafting AI High-Risk Use and Regulatory Compliance

AI Policy and Governance

Future Webinars

AI Regulatory Compliance

Drafting AI High-Risk Use and Regulatory Compliance

Join Laura Frederick, Laura Belmont, and Kimberly Maney in this webinar on July 30, 2026 at 12 pm ET to learn how in-house counsel can manage high-risk AI use cases under the EU AI Act.

Laura Frederick, Laura Belmont, Kimberly Maney

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft AI Model Training Provisions

AI Contract Lessons

AI Data Rights

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

Newsletter

Sometimes there's nothing to negotiate. It's just a risk decision. | Newsletter July 9, 2026

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.

Laura Frederick

Sometimes there's nothing to negotiate. It's just a risk decision.

Articles

Working With Contracts

Sometimes there's nothing to negotiate. It's just a risk decision.

Enabling the business means carrying risk, including knowing when a problem is a risk decision rather than a negotiation.

Laura Frederick

Negotiation Strategy for Major Contracts and Deals for Lean Legal Departments

Future Webinars

Contract Leadership

Working With Contracts

Negotiation Strategy for Major Contracts and Deals for Lean Legal Departments

Join Laura Frederick, Krista Lynn, Blaine Prober in this webinar on July 23, 2026 at 12 pm ET to learn how lean legal departments lead on major contracts and decide when to step into a deal personally.

Laura Frederick, Krista Lynn, Blaine Prober

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft Input Data Definitions in AI Contracts

AI Contract Lessons

AI Data Rights

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft Input Data Definitions in AI Contracts

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.

Laura Frederick, Laura Belmont, David Sclar

ContractsCon

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

Newsletter

How Vendor Documentation Becomes a Trap Door in Your AI Indemnity | Newsletter July 2, 2026

This week: the vendor-documentation trap in AI indemnities, negotiating AI product testing clauses, and upcoming free CLE webinars.

Laura Frederick

How Vendor Documentation Becomes a Trap Door in Your AI Indemnity

Articles

AI Indemnification

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

Weekly Lesson: How to Negotiate AI Product Testing Provisions

Negotiation

AI Contract Lessons

Weekly Lesson: How to Negotiate AI Product Testing Provisions

Free video lesson and downloadable PDF to help you understand these essential provisions.

Laura Frederick, Olga V. Mack, Linsey Krolik

How to Build the Transactional Lawyer Career You Want

Professional Development

Future Webinars

How to Build the Transactional Lawyer Career You Want

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.

Laura Frederick, Kyle Robisch, Jay Harrington

Negotiation

Future Webinars

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

Newsletter

What Protects Your Client When the Contract Doesn't | HTC Newsletter June 25, 2026

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.

Laura Frederick

What Protects Your Client When the Contract Doesn't

Articles

Working With Clients

What Protects Your Client When the Contract Doesn't

When your clients are stuck signing a one-sided non-negotiable deal, their best protection may be the respect they show the other side.

Laura Frederick

Weekly Lesson: How to Evaluate Personal Data Definitions in AI Contracts

AI Contract Lessons

AI Data Rights

Data Privacy

Weekly Lesson: How to Evaluate Personal Data Definitions in AI Contracts

Free video lesson and downloadable PDF to help you understand these essential provisions.

Laura Frederick, Arohi Kashyap, Shannon Yavorsky

Newsletter

What to Do Before You Negotiate Your AI Contract's Training Clause | HTC Newsletter June 18, 2026

In this week's newsletter, I share the idea that we may be focusing on training issues too early in negotiations, a mini-lesson on drafting AI incident response obligations, links to register for next week's contracting webinars, info about our membership library, this week's meme spotlight, and a handful of contract tips.

Laura Frederick

Contracts Blog

ContractsCon Fun: Indemnification Training by Two Cavemen (25-Minute Video + Full Slide Deck)

Leading the Contract Function With Limited Resources

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

Weekly ContractsCon 2026 Ticket Giveaway: Official Rules

Why You Should Put a Price on Contract Risk

Drafting AI High-Risk Use and Regulatory Compliance

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft AI Model Training Provisions

Sometimes there's nothing to negotiate. It's just a risk decision. | Newsletter July 9, 2026

Sometimes there's nothing to negotiate. It's just a risk decision.

Negotiation Strategy for Major Contracts and Deals for Lean Legal Departments

Weekly Lesson: How to Draft Input Data Definitions in AI Contracts

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

How Vendor Documentation Becomes a Trap Door in Your AI Indemnity | Newsletter July 2, 2026

How Vendor Documentation Becomes a Trap Door in Your AI Indemnity

Weekly Lesson: How to Negotiate AI Product Testing Provisions

How to Build the Transactional Lawyer Career You Want

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

What Protects Your Client When the Contract Doesn't | HTC Newsletter June 25, 2026

What Protects Your Client When the Contract Doesn't

Weekly Lesson: How to Evaluate Personal Data Definitions in AI Contracts

What to Do Before You Negotiate Your AI Contract's Training Clause | HTC Newsletter June 18, 2026

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