Tips

How to Adjust Your Contract Edits to Fit the Document

Why good edits aren't just about substance, and how to make sure your changes match the look, cadence, and length of the contract

How to Manage Ongoing Updates to Your Contract Templates

A systematic approach to keeping your templates current without losing track of the changes that need to happen.

The Importance of Prioritizing Operational Provisions

Provisions like delivery requirements, acceptance criteria, and communication and governance provisions often determine the vendor-customer relationship's success.

When Consequential Damage Waivers Don't Apply

There are four situations you should know about when your waiver doesn't protect you.

How to Decide How Detailed Your Purchase Order Should Be

Three factors beyond dollar value that should shape how much detail goes into your purchase orders.

Why You Should Avoid Co-Ownership of Patents and Copyrights

The hidden restrictions that come with co-ownership, and why most commercial contracts are better off without it.

When Agreements to Agree Are Actually Enforceable

Two situations where agreeing to agree isn't as unenforceable as people often assume.

How to Defuse Tension After a Difficult Contract Negotiation

Why distrust doesn't disappear when the deal is signed, and what you can do to keep it from poisoning the relationship.

3 Things to Know About Drafting Amount Payable Provisions

Why a simple payment clause isn't always so simple, and three details that can shift real risk between the parties.

How to End Your Contract Obligations Without Termination

Here's a technique vendors and customers use to walk away from a deal without going through termination.

Follow Logical Order of Events

A simple drafting principle that makes both whole contracts and individual provisions easier to follow.

Terminating Long-Term Contract

Why an early case analysis from an experienced litigator can make all the difference when ending a long-term relationship.

Why You Need to Learn About Your Client's Products

Understanding the technical, commercial, and strategic context of what your client is buying or selling makes every contract better.

6 Ways Vendors Limit Liability for Third-Party Components

Common drafting techniques vendors use to push responsibility for supplier products back onto the customer.

The Data Ownership Problem in AI Contract Drafting

Most AI contracts are a mess when it comes to data ownership provisions. That's because they should be focusing data terms on rights and usage instead.

Negotiation Tip: The Importance of Prioritizing Operational Provisions

Provisions like delivery requirements, acceptance criteria, and communication and governance provisions often determine the vendor-customer relationship's success.

Who Grants IP Rights

Tip: When Consequential Damage Waivers Don't Apply

There are four situations you should know about when your waiver doesn't protect you.

Tip: 5 Customer Arguments for Limition of Liability Provisions

Customers often rely on these five arguments in their negotiation of limitation of liability provisions.

Tip: When Consequential Damage Waivers Don't Apply

There are four situations you should know about when your waiver doesn't protect you.

Tip: Finding Your Own Negotiation Style

You have to find an approach that fits you, not force yourself to adopt a style that suits someone else.

Tip: Get Out of a Contract Without Terminating It

This contract loophole has caught many vendors by surprise!

Tip: When Consequential Damage Waivers Don't Apply

There are four situations you should know about when your waiver doesn't protect you.