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10/09/2026

Your first enterprise customer wants a pilot. What goes in the agreement before they get access?

Our new post is a checklist:
- What is being tested, for whom, and for how long
- What counts as success, and who makes the call
- Who owns the product, the customer's data, the outputs and the feedback
- What stays confidential
- How the pilot ends, and what happens next

We are still out in San Francisco for Tech Week, so if you are a founder in town with a pilot on the table, come say hello.

The post is general information. It does not cover how a court would read a particular pilot agreement, privacy-law duties for specific kinds of data, or procurement rules for government customers.

Read the post:
https://accordshield.com/blog-saas-pilot-agreement-what-to-include?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog-saas-pilot-agreement-what-to-include&utm_content=facebook-page

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What a SaaS or AI pilot agreement usually covers before a customer evaluates your product, from scope and success criteria to ownership, data and exit.

10/08/2026

Do your legal promises match what your product actually does?

Privacy policies, website terms, product terms, disclaimers, and compliance documents grounded in real business practices.

Learn more: https://accordshield.com/privacy-policies-terms-disclaimers

10/07/2026

Your SaaS product sends customer content to an AI provider. The provider says it found unauthorized access. Who has to notify your customer, and by when?

Our new blog post, by Nadine Deeb, compares how Arizona, California and Texas handle the two notification duties: vendor to data owner, and owner to affected individuals.

We're at Tech Week in San Francisco and would love to see what you're building.

https://accordshield.com/blog-ai-vendor-security-incident-who-notifies-customer?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ai-vendor-incident-post&utm_content=facebook-page



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How Arizona, California and Texas breach-notification statutes split the duty to notify: vendor to data owner, then owner to affected individuals.

10/05/2026

If a product was built mainly by prompting an AI coding tool, which terms and records come with it?

"Vibe coding" is a term commonly used for building software mainly by prompting an AI tool and accepting what it generates. Our new post takes up three questions it raises:

• Whose terms govern the tool, and who accepted them?
• Can generated code bring open-source license conditions with it?
• What may an investor or buyer ask to see?

It also looks at what a customer contract says about code a team did not write by hand, and lists items to consider putting in place. These are questions to check, not conclusions, and several depend on the facts.

Read the post:
https://accordshield.com/blog-vibe-coding-legal-risks-investor-diligence?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vibe-coded-post

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10/05/2026

Is everyone building your company properly classified and protected?

Employment agreements, contractor relationships, workplace policies, confidentiality, and ownership terms for growing teams.

Learn more: https://accordshield.com/labor-employment

10/02/2026

Hire a lawyer, go fractional, or keep outside counsel on retainer?

They can sound interchangeable. They aren't. Each arrangement changes who manages the work, how much context carries over from matter to matter, and where the scope stops.

Our new guide breaks down what each option actually is, a side-by-side comparison, and the questions to ask (and get in writing) before you choose.

Read it: https://accordshield.com/blog-in-house-fractional-or-outside-general-counsel



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10/01/2026

Does your company actually own what it paid to create?

Intellectual-property ownership, licensing, assignments, trademarks, and agreements protecting what gives the business value.

Learn more: https://accordshield.com/intellectual-property

09/29/2026

A client handed us an AI-generated contract. By the end of the review, it was "more red than it was black." 🖍️

Founding attorney Nadine Deeb (licensed in CA, AZ & TX) on why an AI draft isn't the same as a usable contract.

🎙 From Nadine's conversation with Heather Hansma, COO of Nayak.ai.

Using an AI-drafted contract? Get it reviewed before you sign → accordshield.com
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09/28/2026

You paid a contractor for the work. They used an AI tool to help make it. Do you own it?

It depends on three layers: copyright law (AI-only material may not be protected), your contract with the contractor (work made for hire has limits, and a transfer generally needs a signed writing), and the AI tool's own terms, which speak to the contractor, not to you.

Our new post explains each layer and what to check in your contractor agreements.

https://accordshield.com/blog-contractor-used-ai-who-owns-the-work



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09/28/2026

Is your team adopting AI faster than your policies can keep up?

Practical AI-use policies, vendor review, data considerations, and governance for businesses deploying artificial intelligence.

Learn more: https://accordshield.com/ai-governance