SaaS Escrow Agreements Explained: What They Are and Why Enterprise Buyers Require Them
SaaS escrow agreements protect your business if a vendor goes bankrupt or shuts down. Learn how they work, what materials are deposited, and when to require one before signing a SaaS contract.
IP Assignment Agreements for Startups: What Founders, Employees, and Contractors Must Sign
IP assignment agreements ensure your startup legally owns what its team builds. Learn who needs to sign, what provisions are essential, and what happens when these agreements are missing.
Warranty Disclaimers in SaaS Agreements: What Tech Companies Must Include and Why
A customer signs your SaaS subscription agreement and begins using your platform. Six months later, they claim the software failed to perform as you described in a sales call, that your API produced incorrect results that caused them to make a bad business decision, and that your platform should have…
Governing Law and Jurisdiction Clauses in SaaS Contracts: How to Choose and Why It Matters
Your SaaS company is based in California. Your enterprise customer is headquartered in New York. A dispute arises over a data breach, a missed SLA, or an intellectual property claim. Which state’s laws govern the outcome? Which courts hear the case? If your contract is silent on these questions, a…
Force Majeure Clauses in SaaS and Tech Contracts: What They Cover and When They Apply
A pandemic shuts down data centers. A major cloud provider suffers a region-wide outage. A cyberattack takes down a third-party payment processor your platform depends on. Your SaaS agreement says you guarantee 99.9% uptime — but none of those events were remotely within your control. Force majeure clauses exist to…
Software Escrow Agreement: What SaaS Companies and Their Customers Need to Know
Your SaaS vendor has been a reliable partner for three years. Then they get acquired, run out of funding, or simply shut down. Overnight, your team loses access to software that powers critical business operations — and you have no way to recover the platform, the source code, or even…
Influencer Marketing Contract: What Brands and Creators Need Legally in 2026
The FTC issued updated endorsement guides in June 2023 that fundamentally changed what brands and creators are required to disclose in paid partnerships. Penalties for non-compliance now reach $51,744 per violation — and the agency has signaled it will hold brands equally accountable as the creators who post the content….
NDA for Tech Companies: What Founders Must Know Before Sharing Confidential Information
Founders share confidential information constantly: with co-founders during formation discussions, with developers building early prototypes, with potential investors during fundraising, with enterprise customers during contract negotiations, and with vendors integrating into their tech stack. In most of those conversations, nothing is signed. And nothing being signed means nothing is protected….
Arbitration Clauses in Terms of Service: Should Your Business Use One?
A class action lawsuit can turn a minor dispute into a nine-figure liability. When even a small product defect or billing error affects thousands of users simultaneously, plaintiffs’ attorneys can aggregate individual claims into a single action that costs millions to defend, regardless of outcome. For SaaS companies, app developers,…
ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits: What Your Compliance Strategy Needs in 2026
Federal ADA website accessibility lawsuits hit 3,117 filings in 2025, a 27% increase over the prior year. E-commerce businesses account for roughly 70% of those targets. If your online store lacks proper accessibility features, plaintiffs’ attorneys already have a playbook for suing you. Below, we break down what changed in…