As reaffirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, federal courts must acknowledge the supremacy of federal law that favors arbitration. See Nitro-Lift Technologies v. Howard, 568 U.S. 17 (2012). In ...

“While the evolving capabilities of AI bring increased functionality and features, they also raise important legal considerations for parties negotiating software license agreements.” As software ...

Maybe it was a slow news day. Tiger was in rehab. The Salahis were before U.S. congressional hearings, hiding behind the Fifth Amendment. Whatever. I was installing a tool chain and actually read the ...

Software companies frequently choose to sell their products to the government through resellers as a cost-effective way to reach the federal marketplace with minimal compliance obligations. But even ...

Software audits are on the rise—a fact well-documented by Gartner. Software giants have long recognized that audits are a way to generate additional revenue, and vendors like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Keeping track of software licenses and contracts that permit their use is not a new problem for IT managers. Software asset management (SAM) has ...

Transact Technologies ( ($TACT) ) has issued an announcement. On December 30, 2025, TransAct Technologies agreed with Avery Dennison and ...

U.S. agreements are not easily transferable and translatable to foreign markets with little or no change to license agreements, marketing styles, methods of distribution, and the like. This covers a ...

Software providers, asset managers, and licensees can consider various strategies to help assess risk and effectively negotiate software license compliance disputes. Software is the heartbeat of every ...

When considering whether software contracts are for the sale of goods or services, most courts turn to the Uniform Commercial Code. Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss how courts ...

Federal IT officials are starting to consider another side effect of the demand for near-universal telework: the need for better inventorying of their software licenses, especially now that agencies ...