The Tech Contracts Handbook

David Tollen’s The Tech Contracts Handbook is a comprehensive yet concise summation and discussion of the principal issues involved in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating technology agreements. The book’s insightful analysis of indemnities as well as data management privacy and security is especially helpful given the ever-increasing importance of these issues in today’s technology agreements. – H. Ward Classen, Author of The Practical Guide to Software Licensing and Cloud ComputingFrom cloud computing environments to hardware and software products, proprietary and open source licenses, and technology professional services agreements, we increasingly live in a digital world governed by information technology (IT) contracts. The Tech Contracts Handbook, written by one of the most experienced technology lawyers and educators, provides a concise, well-organized, and clearly written guide for lawyers and non-lawyers alike who need to understand and negotiate IT contracts. The third edition provides up to date explanations and practical insights about how to navigate the evolving IT contracts realm. Highly recommended. – Peter S. Menell, Koret Professor of Law, Director and Co-Founder, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, UC Berkeley School of Law

David Tollen

In his practice, Mr. Tollen represents buyers and sellers in technology transactions, particularly IT outsourcing contracts and other large-scale agreements. He also provides advice and assistance related to e-commerce, social media, industrial design, and intellectual property. He practices in San Francisco with a law firm he founded, Sycamore Legal, P.C.

Mr. Tollen graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and has degrees from Cambridge University in England and U.C. Berkeley. In addition to his legal work, he’s the author of an award-winning novel that uses fantasy to teach history, called The Jericho River. David currently lives in Los Angeles, California.