What's actually inside the contract.
Clause-by-clause walkthroughs of the deals we negotiate every week. What each clause does, what's market in 2026, what red flags look like, and how to fix them.
4 deals · Updated 2026
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Sports & NIL
Anatomy of an NIL Collective Deal
What's actually inside the contract between a college athlete and an NIL collective — and where deals go sideways after the House settlement.
10 clauses · 8 red flags · 4 FAQs
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Tech, AI & SaaS
Anatomy of a SaaS MSA for an AI Startup
What an AI-native enterprise MSA looks like in 2026 — model output ownership, training data rights, indemnity, and the clauses generic SaaS templates miss.
12 clauses · 8 red flags · 4 FAQs
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Creator & Entertainment
Anatomy of a Creator Brand Deal
Deliverables, exclusivity, usage rights, whitelisting, FTC disclosure, and the clauses standard brand templates ask for that creators should push back on.
10 clauses · 8 red flags · 4 FAQs
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Gaming & Skill
Anatomy of a Skill-Gaming State Launch
From legal opinion letter to live in 35–45 states — what the regulatory stack actually looks like, and where launches break.
10 clauses · 8 red flags · 4 FAQs
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