contracts

A Great Blog Focused On The Importance of Words

February 23, 2010 15:00

Ken Adams is the leading authority on modern and effective contract drafting, and I'm one of the many happy readers of his blog, Adams Drafting. The blog focuses entirely on words, and how they effect the meaning of contracts.  Too frequently, lawyers draft contract documents by resurrecting a...

Making SaaS out of a Services Agreement

Jay Parkhill
February 20, 2010 16:52

Many software companies build products that live on the web and don’t install on local computers at all.  Enterprise-focused companies call this SaaS; everyone else just calls them web-based or hosted services. Either way, developers of these products sometimes look for customers among big ...

Developing an Information Security and Privacy Schedule for Service Provider Transactions (Part Two)

February 18, 2010 23:39

In Part One of this blog series, we looked at the proactive nature of a data security and privacy schedule ("Schedule"), and considered the compliance function of a Schedule.  Part Two of this series discusses security incident response contract terms that should be considered for a...

Negotiations to Contracts. What Happens When the Parties Agree to Increase the Price?

Gavin Craig
February 17, 2010 13:30

Contracts are funny things. They require an offer, acceptance and consideration. That seems simple enough, except that many people conducting business don't appreciate the necessary formalities. It is rare to see a valid claim of no consideration, but they arise every once in awhile. One client I...

Developing an Information Security and Privacy Schedule for Service Provider Transactions

February 16, 2010 06:09

It is a very interesting time for information security and privacy lawyers. Information technology and the processing, storage and transmitting of sensitive and personal information is ubiquitous. At the same time (and likely as a result of this ubiquity) the legal risk and regulatory compliance...