Game Studios Distribution Platform Agreements: What Indie Developers Need to Know About Steam, Epic, and Console Store Terms Steam's Steamworks agreement, Epic's developer terms, and console store contracts impose real legal obligations on indie developers — not just revenue splits. Here's what each platform actually claims, what it can do to your game and account, and what you can push back on.
Health Tech Negotiating HIPAA Business Associate Agreements with Digital Health Vendors HIPAA's statutory floor for BAAs is lower than most covered entities realize. This guide covers what to demand in BAA negotiations with digital health vendors — from permitted use scope and AI training prohibitions to breach notification, audit rights, and PHI disposition at contract end.
Hardware Founders Invention Assignment Clauses — What They Actually Claim (And What They Don't) Your employer's invention assignment clause probably claims more than you assume. Here's what the four standard categories actually cover, where state law protects you (and where it doesn't), how the prior inventions schedule works, and what engineers should do before starting any personal project.
Hardware Founders Moonlighting from Arm, NXP, or Samsung Austin — What Your IP Assignment Clause Actually Claims Austin chip engineers sign IP assignment clauses that reach off-hours work. Here's what "related to company business" actually sweeps in, why Texas has no statutory floor like California's Labor Code § 2870, and the hygiene steps to take before starting any side project.
Health Tech Clinical AI Vendor Contracts: A Due Diligence Checklist for Healthcare Organizations Three regulatory regimes converge when you onboard a clinical AI vendor: HIPAA, Texas TRAIGA, and the EU AI Act. This guide walks through the due-diligence questions that matter most — training data integrity, BAA alignment, model transparency, and contract red flags.
Musicians Label Deal Red Flags: What to Negotiate Before You Sign Taylor Swift's masters, Madonna's 90% touring share, California's broken 7-year rule for musicians: what every artist should fight for before signing a recording contract.
Visual Artists Gallery Representation Deals: What Artists Need to Know About Exclusivity, Splits, and Termination Gallery contracts cover more than just commission. Here is what visual artists need to know about exclusivity scope, payment timing, and protecting your work if the relationship ends.
Visual Artists Commission Contracts for Artists: Protecting Your IP, Preventing Scope Creep, and Getting Paid When Projects Die A commissioned painting, illustration, or photograph cannot be work-for-hire — no matter what the contract says. Here is what your commission contract needs to cover: copyright ownership, scope creep prevention, kill fees, and the payment structure that protects you when projects die.
Streamers Talent Agreements with Managers and Agencies: Leverage Points for Streamers Most streamers negotiate brand deals carefully — and sign their management agreement without a second look. That agreement controls every deal that follows. Here's what's actually in it, which clauses matter most, and how to use your leverage before you sign.
Streamers Talent Agreements with Managers and Agencies: Leverage Points for Streamers Signing with a manager or agency could double your earnings — or lock you into a deal you can't get out of. Here's what every streamer should negotiate before they sign.
Musicians DIY Release Agreements: What Independent Musicians Need to Lock Down Before Distributing Most independent releases have at least one contract problem — you just never signed anything. This guide covers the collaboration agreements, split sheets, producer deals, and distribution terms every indie musician needs before uploading a single track.
Streamers The Brand Deal Contract Checklist: What Every Streamer Needs to Read Before Signing Brand deals come with contracts that most streamers sign without understanding what they're giving away. IP grants, exclusivity restrictions, and performance penalties can all limit your freedom and income long after the campaign ends.
Visual Artists NFT and Blockchain Art: What Legal Questions Survived the Bubble The NFT market collapsed. The legal questions didn't. Artists still face unsettled issues around what buyers actually own, why royalties stopped paying out, and what happens to art stored on platforms that no longer exist.
AI Law The Modern AI Vendor Contract: Eight Clauses Your Old Template Is Missing After Bartz, Kadrey, and TRAIGA, the 2022 SaaS skeleton is missing eight clauses: lawful-training-corpus warranty, AI BOM, model-card delivery, audit, incident reporting, data-use limits, AI indemnity, AI termination. Plus a 24-month reformation program.
AI Law From Procurement Questionnaire to Standing Answer: How Vendors Sell Into Enterprise AI-CAIQ v1.0.2 (Oct 2025) + SIG 2025 made the questionnaire the deal-gating event. Mid-market vendors lose deals when answers are ad-hoc and inconsistent with the MSA. Build the standing answer FROM the signable contract template.
AI Law AI BOM Disclosure: The OWASP and SPDX Standards for AI Procurement Two complementary AI BOM standards anchor 2026 procurement: OWASP AIBOM (six asset domains) and SPDX 3.0.1 AI Profile (machine-readable schema). California AB 2013 is the regulatory floor. Three implementation moves for procurement teams.
AI Law Lawful Training Corpus Warranties: Post-Bartz Rep & Warranty Drafting Bartz $1.5B + Kadrey caution = standard IP rep is not enough. Four-lane lawful-training-corpus warranty, AI BOM disclosure schedule, three indemnity calibration levers, three drafting fact patterns.
