SaaS Agreements: Drafting and Negotiating (Self-Study)

Course Description

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) arrangements are becoming ever more common and offer both considerable advantages and potential risks to SaaS customers.  SaaS agreements also contain provisions that are unique or specifically tailored to the cloud computing world.  This course will examine various key contractual provisions of SaaS agreements and will help you to understand, draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements.  The course will also help you to identify SaaS-related risks and concerns, and to better inform and protect your client or organization, whether you represent a SaaS customer or a SaaS vendor.

Syllabus

1. Basic contractual provisions, including warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, and remedies
2. Service level agreements, and related traps and pitfalls
3. Legal and regulatory concerns, including data protection and security
4. Cyber-insurance and other risk reduction strategies
5. Big data issues and concerns

Instructor

Milton Petersen, Esq.