Software Development Agreement: What Every Tech Company Needs to Know
Hiring a developer or development agency to build software for your business is one of the most IP-sensitive contracts your company will sign. When it goes wrong, the consequences are not limited to project delays or cost overruns. You can end up paying for code you do not own, shipping…
EULA for Software Companies: What Your End-User License Agreement Must Cover
If your company sells or distributes software, whether as a desktop application, a mobile app, an on-premise enterprise product, or an embedded system, the document that governs your relationship with end users is the End User License Agreement. Unlike a SaaS Terms of Service, which governs ongoing access to a…
Terms of Service for Online Marketplace Platforms: What Sellers, Buyers, and Operators Need
Running a two-sided marketplace is legally different from running a single-vendor e-commerce store. You are not selling your own products. You are operating the platform through which sellers and buyers transact, which means you are exposed to legal risk on both sides of every deal: seller fraud, buyer disputes, product…
Terms of Service for Mobile Apps: What Every App Founder Needs Before You Hit Publish
Your app gets rejected from the App Store. Or worse, it goes live, gets traction, and then a user dispute strips you of your intellectual property because your terms never established who owns user-generated content. Both scenarios happen to founders who treated their terms of service as an afterthought. Apple…
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…
Non-Compete Agreements in Technology: What Companies Need to Know in 2026
The FTC’s attempt to ban non-compete agreements nationwide collapsed in 2024 when a federal court struck down the rule as exceeding the agency’s authority. Since then, non-compete agreement technology companies 2026 enforceability has become a state-by-state puzzle that every founder, CTO, and general counsel must solve individually. Some states void…
COPPA Compliance in 2026: What Your Children’s Privacy Policy Must Include
The FTC’s updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule went into effect on April 22, 2025, and the COPPA compliance 2026 requirements demand more from website and app operators than any prior version of the rule. The amendments add biometric data to the definition of personal information, require written security programs…
What Makes an EULA Enforceable? Legal Requirements Every Business Needs in 2026
Your software is live, users are signing up, and somewhere in the onboarding flow sits a license agreement you drafted two years ago. Then a dispute arises. A user redistributes your code, scrapes your database, or files a class action claiming your liability cap is void. You pull up your…