The Oreo Cookie Method: How to Get the Best of Human Expertise and AI in Contract Review
The Oreo Cookie Method is a five‑step, tool‑agnostic workflow that places two attorney‑led reviews around AI‑driven redlining. By having lawyers set context, direct AI playbooks, run general reviews, and perform targeted clean‑ups, the process captures AI speed while preserving human judgment. The framework promises faster, more consistent contract reviews without sacrificing strategic insight. It can be applied to any AI contract‑review platform, from commercial vendors to custom GPT models.
Prehistoric Procurement: Why Underbidding Is the Real Apex Predator
The article uses Jurassic Park’s Dennis Nedry fiasco to illustrate how underbidding critical software contracts creates powerful insider‑threat vectors. By paying a lead architect too little, InGen left a single individual with unchecked access, leading to sabotage and data theft....
The IP Social Club: Why Handshakes Are a Founder’s Ruin
The article uses the film *The Social Network* as a cautionary tale to illustrate how informal handshakes and missing paperwork can cripple a tech startup. It highlights three critical failures: the absence of a signed Assignment of Inventions, vague equity‑dilution...
Poor Unfortunate SLAs: Why Your Terms Shouldn’t Require a Soul Transfer
The article uses Disney’s *The Little Mermaid* to illustrate how poorly drafted service level agreements can trap businesses in impossible performance obligations and expose them to data‑security risks. It warns against specific‑performance milestones that let the provider control outcomes, stresses...
Making Complexity Clear: Contract Design for Multilingual, Multi-Jurisdiction Deals
Large APAC deals now routinely cross several borders, languages and legal systems, turning contracts into dense, hard‑to‑interpret documents. The article argues that intentional contract design—plain language, visual aids, bilingual layouts, and layered structures—can dramatically reduce misinterpretation. Digital platforms and AI‑driven...
Who Wears the Shoes: Drafting the Who, What, and How of Indemnification
The article outlines a practical framework for drafting effective indemnification clauses by focusing on three core questions: who provides the indemnity, what claims are covered, and how the indemnity is triggered and managed. It stresses that clauses must be concise,...
The Power of Good Contract Templates
The article argues that well‑crafted contract templates are a strategic business tool, not merely legal paperwork. By codifying risk preferences and commercial intent once, templates streamline negotiations, reduce legal review cycles, and prevent ad‑hoc risk decisions. Organizations that rely on...
Top 3 Indemnification Drafting Lessons From a General Counsel
General counsel outlines three critical indemnification drafting lessons. First, indemnity must be tied to specific contractual breaches rather than act as blanket insurance. Second, it should be limited to third‑party claims and drafted in sync with the limitation of liability...
Anatomy of a Data Security Addendum
The article dissects Data Security Addenda (DSAs), highlighting how most vendor templates lack the structural completeness needed for real breach scenarios. It stresses that precise definitions of Customer Data and Security Incident are foundational, influencing every downstream obligation. The piece...
When ‘Market’ Isn’t Market: The New Reality of AI Contract Negotiations
The article argues that the traditional notion of market language in technology contracts no longer applies to AI agreements, where terms are still evolving. Because regulatory, insurance, and liability frameworks remain unsettled, parties craft varied clauses focused on transparency, data...
GDPR Joint Controller Agreements
Eight years after GDPR’s rollout, joint controller agreements remain a complex, under‑defined area for privacy teams. Article 26 creates joint controllership when multiple parties jointly decide the purposes and means of processing, making the arrangement inseparable. Unlike standard DPAs, these agreements...