Contract Teardown Show from Law Insider

In this episode of Contract Teardown from Law Insider, Matt Nuzum—software developer-turned-lawyer—tears down the General Public License. Most open source coders rely on this document to create new software, and getting it wrong may mean having your political social network taken down (as a random, recent example), so let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, experienced startup general counsel and author Paul Swegle tears down the Coinme terms of service. Coinme is a company that allows consumers to buy bitcoin from a kiosk in a grocery store, so you can imagine how new many relevant questions are. Paul balances a drafter's need to be safe with the hope to not turn off regulators or courts from bitcoin’s wild frontiers, so let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, Rebecca N’Dung’u, in-house counsel in the telecommunications industry, tears down a master sales agreement from TeleCommunications Systems Inc. The MSA sets terms for on-the-ground services that can really add up in these infrastructure projects, so let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, construction lawyer and contract brevity expert Sarah Fox tears down a standard construction consultant agreement. Sarah has strong feelings about lawyers thoughtlessly copy/pasting and teaches those lawyers how to build contracts focused on what really matters. So, let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, Soumya Shekhar tears down the Binance NFT Marketplace Terms and Conditions. We talk about the fast-moving legal ecosystem around web 3.0 and the lawyers’ need to protect clients in a vague context. So, let’s tear it down.

In this episode of the Contract Teardown Show by Law Insider, law professor turned online educator, Michael Bloom, walks through the confidentiality section of Microsoft’s Partner Network Agreement. He balances a contract drafter’s desire to use broadly applicable principles with the need for precise language. So, let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, lawyer and legal technology entrepreneur Justin MacFayden tears down the publication rules in OpenAI’s terms of service. Justin points to OpenAI’s mixed goals of creating a sharing culture while having to impose some ethical and legal limits. Contracts can often undermine the goals of a company like OpenAI, so let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown from Law Insider, business attorney Jeffrey Pomeranz digs into the Tesla solar panel Purchase Agreement. This a consumer contract but for a very large purchase and Jeffrey focuses on how the contract process can get in the way of a sales cycle. So, let’s tear it down

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, attorney Diana Isyanova tears down an amended loan agreement. She focuses on the liability section as we tease a new resource on Law Insider. We’ll tell you about that, and go deep on joint, several, and joint and several liability. So, let’s tear it down.

In this episode of Contract Teardown by Law Insider, attorney Andrew Antos and accountant Nick Tiscornia tell us why the money language matters in contracts. They review three clauses from three different master services agreements to underline how your language choices can impact the money team. This is so important for proving your company's profitability as you contract. So, let’s tear it down.