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Blog postTech Contracts Academy’s next training will be our June 15 webinar, Top 6 Mistakes in Cloud Computing Contracts. Registration is available now. You can see an excerpt of this webinar from a previous session by clicking here. We are planning several more one hour webinars between now and the end of the year. Each will provide insight into how to negotiate tech contracts better, faster, and with more confidence. We hope you will join us. June Webinar: Top 6 Mistakes in Cloud Computing Cont
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Blog postPlease join David Tollen on Wednesday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. PDT for a webinar on indemnities, hosted by our good friends at Parley Pro. Over the course of an hour, we’ll explore in depth the least understood, most negotiated, and most mishandled clause in IT contracts. Topics include: Reducing negotiation tension by focusing on the indemnity’s actual, oft-misunderstood meaning; The Cause Problem”: little-known, thorny issues in indemnities involving losses the indemnitor caused (e.g., data i
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Blog postThe 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ended the Wars of the Reformation, laid the foundations for today’s system of nation-states, and drew the key borders of modern Europe. Below is a 100% accurate rendition of the final negotiations.
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Blog postToday, Russia celebrated Victory Day: the anniversary of Germany’s 1945 surrender in World War II. That milestone offers a lesson about the war in Ukraine, but not the one claimed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the past fifteen years, Western nations have ignored one of World War II’s most obvious warnings … possibly until … Continue reading Putin and Appeasement’s Bad Track Record
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Blog postOur series of Tech Contracts Master Classes™ continues on Thursday, April 28th. Don’t wait – enrollment is available now. Our webinars continue also: On May 17, don’t miss Dissecting a Vendor-Friendly Tech Contract, and on June 15, Top 6 Mistakes in Cloud Computing Contracts. Eager to hone your skills in negotiating and evaluating software and cloud services contracts? Our programs are for attorneys and business people. All programs include live Q&A with David Tol
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Blog postModern democracy gives us the best governments the world has ever seen. Or maybe Winston Churchill put it better when he said, “democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried.” But democracy hasn’t taken root everywhere. And its success has robbed all other governments of legitimacy … Continue reading Democracy Creates a Mess for the Rest of the World
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Blog postOur next series of Tech Contracts Master Classes™ continues on Thursday, April 21st. Don’t wait – enrollment is available now. Eager to hone your skills in negotiating and evaluating software and cloud services contracts? These four on-line Master Classes are for attorneys and business people. All programs include live Q&A with David Tollen, one of the industry’s leading authorities, copies of the slides, and certificates of completion. And enrollment in Master Cl
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Blog postOur next webinar is on April 19th: Data Privacy Terms in Tech Contracts. And our four-class Tech Contracts Master Class™ series is under way. Details below. We hope you will join us. All programs include live Q&A. April 19 Webinar: Data Privacy Terms in Tech Contracts Puzzled about data privacy terms in tech contracts? You are not alone. In this one hour webinar, David Tollen and Kathy O’Sullivan (CIPP/US) will discuss: Data privacy terms to consider even if not required by law for y
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Blog postRevolutionary France had a Black general. His name was Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and he was born a slave in Haiti — then a French colony — the son of a French nobleman and his African slave. Dumas’ father had little money and actually pawned the boy in 1776, when he was fourteen, but then bought him … Continue reading The Black General in 18th Century Europe
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Blog postOur next series of Tech Contracts Master Classes™ begins Thursday, April 14th. Don’t wait – enrollment is available now. Eager to hone your skills in negotiating and evaluating software and cloud services contracts? These four on-line Master Classes are for attorneys and business people. All programs include live Q&A with David Tollen, one of the industry’s leading authorities, copies of the slides, and certificates of completion. And enrollment in Master Classes includes a 35% discount o
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Blog postLast week, David Tollen taught a two-hour workshop for the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The ACC Mountain West Chapter held its annual Tech Law Symposium in Salt Lake City. And David taught Key Terms in Cloud and Software Contracts: Intellectual Property, Commercial Terms, and Liability. In other words, ACC held a live, in-person event! Here’s hoping we’ll see more in-person meetings as the nation recovers from the pandemic. The Tech Law Symposium was a big success and
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Blog postLooking for training about technology contracts? Master Classes: Our next series of four on-line Tech Contracts Master Classes begins April 14th and runs weekly until May 5th. Each class focuses on a different topic. And combined, they cover essential topics for understanding and negotiating technology contracts. Webinars: Our April webinar, Data Privacy Terms in Tech Contracts, is highlighted below. Check out techcontracts.com for more information about webinars. All include live Q&A wit
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Blog postToday, Ukrainian President Zelensky called on the U.N. to remove Russia’s permanent seat on the Security Council. That would end Russia’s power to veto Security Council action — including authorization of international military force. The British ambassador tweeted that the United Nations can’t do that. But she’s wrong. Removing Russia’s permanent seat seems unlikely at … Continue reading The U.N. CAN Remove Russia’s Security Council Seat
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Blog postWe just discussed privacy terms in tech contracts, in a free short (28 min.) audio/visual program on LinkedIn. Topics covered included: Terms re moving private data to the U.S. under GDPR (after Schrems II) and under the UK’s post-Brexit rules (including through contract attachments called “IDTAs”) Use of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) under GDPR The new EU/U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework Terms required under U.S. state laws like California’s CCPA and Virginia’s VCDPA You can
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Blog postDo the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act govern your transfers of personal data to the United States? (Or do they apply to your personal data transfers to another country without “adequate” safeguards?) The UK has launched new mandatory contract terms for those using contracts to legitimize transfers. What terms? Those relying on contract terms for transfers must choose (a) the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement (“IDTA”) or (b) the UK Addendum to
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Blog postThe world risks a new cold war thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — of the Crimean Peninsula. The conflict calls for short history of the two nations and of Crimea. [Originally posted in 2014. I’m reposting because this article has so much to say about today’s news from Russia and Ukraine.] Russia was born … Continue reading The Historic Ties Binding Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea
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Blog postVladimir Putin may have created a new superpower — and it’s not Russia. In the weeks since Putin invaded Ukraine, the European Union has changed. A recent New York Times opinion piece suggests the invasion has both united and militarized the EU (transforming it into a far more effective partner for the U.S). Europe could … Continue reading EU Superpower: The New Holy Roman Empire
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Blog postRecent events have reminded me of America’s unusual advantage on the world stage. We have a highly professional and uncorrupt military: a blessing enjoyed by few nations today or at any time in history. The Russian kleptocracy goes to war Today, the Russian army is bogged down in Ukraine — apparently due to its corruption … Continue reading Thank you, American armed forces
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Blog postAncient Greek and Roman scholars achieved some amazing things. They foreshadowed many of the inventions and discoveries that shape our world. Anaximander of Miletus / Evolution & Life’s Aquatic Origins: Anaximander was one of the first philosophers and the author of the earliest known philosophical text. He lived in the Greek city of Miletus in … Continue reading Four Modern Breakthroughs that Ancient Science Just Missed
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Blog postThe legend of Lady Godiva is based on real events, according to a startling new discovery — but the facts were distorted right from the start, during the heroine’s lifetime. Several months ago, a student found a medieval manuscript in a cellar beneath Queens’ College, Cambridge. It included a 14th Century copy of the 11th Century text below. Queens’ is my alma mater, so I was one of the first non-academics to receive this translation from the Latin. It will blow your mind. (And after all thes
