Perspectives
Positions, not platitudes.
Contracts are infrastructure.
I write about where it holds and where it breaks.
Cover story
AI gives answers. Your company needs the right ones.
Language models are becoming interchangeable. Your company’s legal knowledge is not. Why knowledge management is the infrastructure question for every business that works with contracts.
International Business Law
What matters in international contracts.
Arbitration or litigation?
Arbitration rules compared
Hardship: the clause for the case force majeure does not solve
Why most force majeure clauses fail
Consequential damages in international contracts
Why your limitation of liability in B2B contracts fails
Why contracts fail on the statement of work
Data and AI in contracts: what may your counterparty do with your data?
IP clauses in commercial contracts
Incoterms® 2020: A Reality Check
CISG: advantages and disadvantages for German exporters
Commercial Courts in Germany
How to avoid US tariffs as an international supplier
Open access to international business law
Incoterms® 2020: practical overview
All-Caps Clauses in Commercial Contracts
Best practice for handling foreign law
No exclusion of private international law
How to rescind a purchase contract correctly
Incoterms® 2020 FCA and CPT – Best practice
“No re-export to Russia”: compliant export contracts
Modern Contract Language
Evidence gathering in the USA for international arbitration
The indemnity clause in commercial contracts
Effective protection of trade secrets
Standard Terms
The core of German contract law.
Standard terms or individually negotiated?
Battle of forms: Whose terms apply?
Standard terms in B2B: freedom of contract is the exception
Standard terms: template, generator, or lawyer?
How to incorporate standard terms internationally
To the extent permitted by law? Not a good idea.
No individual agreement
No oral side agreements exist. But they do!
Knowledge Management
Knowledge that stays in the company.
Productivity
Tools and methods for productive work.
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