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Last Updated: August 9, 2026We wrote these Terms in plain English because that is how we think legal documents should read. If anything is unclear, ask us at [email protected].
Welcome and agreement
Eligibility, accounts, and security
Our content and your license
Your content and feedback
AI features and third-party content
Purchases, subscriptions, and cancellation
Memberships and events
Refunds
Acceptable use
Copyright and trademarks
Disclaimers, liability, and indemnification
Disputes, governing law, and arbitration
EU and Australian users
Changes to these Terms
Everything else
In short: Using our site or services means you agree to these Terms.The products and services offered and sold at www.howtocontract.com (“Website”) are provided by How to Contract, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“How to Contract,” “HTC,” “us,” “we,” or “our”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of HTC’s free and paid events, memberships, courses, downloads, materials, and other products and services offered by HTC or provided at our Website (“Services”).By accessing the Website, submitting your information in a form, signing up for a free or paid membership or event, watching a webinar, or otherwise using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, including the policies referenced in them. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Services or the Website.
In short: Adults only, accurate information, one person per account, and keep your password to yourself.
Eligibility. You may use our Services only if you can form a binding contract with HTC, and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws. Any use or access by anyone under the age of 18 is prohibited. You may not use the Services if you are located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist-supporting” country.
Your account. When you create an account or use certain features, you must provide accurate and complete information and keep it updated. Some Services work without an account, but with limited features.
Company and enterprise accounts. If you purchase an account on behalf of a third party such as your employer, you represent that you have authority to bind that third party. If you do not have that authority, these Terms apply to you personally. Enterprise accounts purchased for two or more individuals are limited to the individuals with paid accounts. In both cases, you must cause those individuals to follow these Terms, and you are liable for their violations.
One person per account. Each purchase is for one individual’s use. You may not share access to your account, or your login credentials, with anyone.
Security. Treat your username and password as confidential. Choose a strong password, do not let others use your account, exit your account at the end of each session, and use caution on shared computers. Notify us immediately at [email protected] of any unauthorized access or use of your account. We may disable any account at any time in our sole discretion, including for violations of these Terms. We work to protect the security of your account and information, but HTC cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not defeat our security measures.
Availability. We may withdraw or amend the Website and any Service or material in our sole discretion without notice, and we may restrict access to some or all of the Website from time to time. We will not be liable if all or part of the Website is unavailable.
In short: You get a personal, non-transferable license to learn from our materials. You cannot copy, resell, share, or build competing products from them.
Paid content. HTC grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our content and materials for your own personal or internal business use. You have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance, or in any way exploit our content. Content you purchase may not be sold or redistributed without our express written consent, and you may not create derivative works or offer competing products or services based on it.
Free content. The same license and the same restrictions apply to resources we provide in exchange for your email address.
No monetizing. You may not monetize, sell, or earn any financial or other benefit from the Services, other than by applying what you learn to how you draft and negotiate contracts in your own work.
Content offerings. Our memberships, events, courses, webinars, and other content offerings are created by Laura Frederick and other content providers. We reserve the right to cancel, interrupt, reschedule, or modify any content offering, or change what it includes, at any time without notice. When we host third-party guests, we do not control and cannot guarantee the accuracy of what they say.
Our intellectual property. HTC holds and reserves all intellectual property rights in content provided as part of the Services. The HTC name, logo, slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of HTC or its licensors, and you may not use them without our prior written permission.
In short: You own what you post. You give us a broad license to use it, and you are responsible for it.
Your content. The Services may let you share posts, questions, answers, and other content (“User Content”) with HTC, instructors, and other users. You retain all intellectual property rights in, and are responsible for, the User Content you share. You confirm you are legally allowed to share it and that it does not infringe anyone else’s rights.License to us. By providing User Content, you grant HTC a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, sub-licensable, and transferable license to use, access, store, reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, process into derivative works, broadcast, stream, transmit, or otherwise exploit that content to provide and promote the Services in any media or manner. To the extent permitted by law, you waive moral rights in that content.
Moderation. We do not filter or moderate User Content, but we reserve the right to remove, delete, block, or rectify it at our discretion and to deny a user access without prior notice. User Content does not include the course content and materials that HTC or its content providers place on the platform.
Feedback. We welcome suggestions, ideas, and other feedback. By submitting feedback, you grant us the right to use it without restriction or compensation.
In short: Our AI features run on third-party platforms. Outputs are education, not legal advice. Never submit confidential information.
Third-party platforms. Parts of our Services, including our AI-powered knowledge features, are delivered through third-party platforms, currently including Guru. We provide the content. The platform provides the software. Your use of these features is subject to the platform’s terms of service and acceptable use policy in addition to these Terms. We may change platforms or modify, suspend, or discontinue these features at any time.Use restrictions. When using our AI-powered features, you may not:
Copy, scrape, or bulk export content.
Access, tamper with, reverse engineer, or probe the platform.
Submit content that is unlawful, infringing, obscene, or abusive.
Use outputs to develop, train, or improve any AI model or service.
Share your access credentials.
We may suspend or terminate access for violations.
AI outputs. AI-generated responses may be incorrect, incomplete, or outdated. They may be the same as or similar to responses generated for other users, and they may not qualify for intellectual property protection. You are responsible for evaluating any response before relying on it. Responses are provided for general education only. They are not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by using these features.Do not submit confidential or privileged information to our AI features, including client names, deal terms, or any information you owe someone else a duty to protect. We handle prompts and responses as described in our Privacy Policy, and we may review them to maintain quality and prevent misuse.
Other third-party content. Through the Services you may access content and links provided by instructors, users, and other third parties. We cannot guarantee that third-party content will be free of objectionable material or malware, and we disclaim responsibility and liability related to your access or use of it. Third-party resources are governed by those third parties’ own terms.
In short: Prices in U.S. dollars, processed by Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically. Cancel anytime, effective at the end of your billing period.
Fees. Some Services are offered for a fee. Unless otherwise stated, fees are quoted in U.S. dollars, and you are responsible for the fees and applicable taxes stated on the order page. Fees may vary based on location and other factors, and we may change fees at any time. Changes are effective upon posting. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect the fees owed using other collection mechanisms.
Payment. All payments are processed independently by third-party payment services, currently Stripe. HTC does not collect your payment card details. We receive a notification once payment is complete. If a payment fails or is refused, we have no obligation to fulfill the order, and any resulting costs are yours.Delivery. Unless otherwise stated, digital content is delivered by download or online access on the device you choose. Your device and software must be legal, commonly used, up to date, and consistent with market standards. Access to downloaded purchases may be limited in time.
Automatic renewal. When you purchase a subscription, you authorize us to charge your chosen payment method on a recurring basis. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period, monthly or annual depending on your plan, at the then-current price, unless you cancel before the renewal date. We disclose the subscription price, billing frequency, and renewal terms at checkout before you pay. For annual subscriptions, we will send a reminder email before your renewal date telling you the renewal is coming and how to cancel.
Cancellation. You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings or by emailing [email protected]. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period, and you keep access until then. We do not provide refunds or credits for partial billing periods, except where required by law or as stated in Section 13.
Price changes. If we increase your subscription price, we will notify you by email at least 30 days before the increase applies. The new price takes effect at your next renewal after the notice period. If you do not want to pay the new price, cancel before the renewal.
Changes to the Services. We are constantly changing and improving the Services. We may add, change, or remove functions and features without notice, and we may suspend or stop part of the Services altogether. HTC may terminate your use of any Service for any reason. If your use of a paid Service is terminated, a refund may be available at our discretion. We may be unable to deliver the Services to certain regions, and in those cases no refund is available except as required by law.
In short: What your membership or event ticket includes, and the rules that come with it.
Membership area. Your membership includes access to a membership area. The membership area may include video, audio, and written lessons, guides, worksheets, checklists, scripts, and other training and support information. You have access for as long as the membership area exists. If we intend to close it, we will give members 30 days notice and the ability to download the core resources.
Bonuses. From time to time we offer bonuses to individuals who sign up. You are entitled to the bonuses offered at the time of your enrollment. Bonuses vary with promotions and are not guaranteed for the life of your membership.
Ask Me Anything sessions. Annual members can join AMA calls with Laura Frederick, which are recorded and available for replay when substantive questions are asked and answered. We may discontinue these sessions at any time, but no fewer than 16 sessions will be delivered from the date of your annual membership purchase.Paid events. Event purchases include access to an event area with the information and recordings provided to purchasers, for the period described in the event offer. If we close an event area early, we will give 30 days notice and the ability to download core resources. If an event offer is limited to a category of purchaser and you do not fit it, we may cancel your ticket, refund your payment less a 5% processing fee, and require you to purchase at the current price. For gift or group purchases, contact [email protected] before buying.
Payment authorization. You authorize HTC to charge your card automatically according to the offer you purchased. If any payment is not made, we may suspend your access. If you receive a refund, your license to the materials ends immediately, and you must stop using and destroy all copies of them.
Community confidentiality. You agree to respect the privacy of other members. Do not share anything another member shares inside the program without that member’s express written permission. Program content contains HTC’s proprietary methods, processes, forms, and templates. Do not share it with anyone outside the program. HTC content is not for resale, and infringement ends your license and access immediately, without refund.
Education, not legal advice. How to Contract provides information and education only, and does not provide legal or employment services or advice. We make no guarantees about your results. Your success depends on your own efforts, expertise, experience, and circumstances beyond our control or knowledge, and prior results obtained by others do not guarantee your outcome.
In short: Subscriptions are not refundable. Event refunds follow that event’s stated terms.Refund deadlines and policies may differ by product offer, and the refund terms stated in a specific offer control over this section if they conflict. We have no obligation to offer refunds to users who violate these Terms, even within a refund period, or to users who are unsatisfied with a product or service.
Annual subscriptions. We do not offer refunds for annual subscription payments. HTC is a digital content service and delivers substantial value right away. If you cancel, cancellation is effective at the end of the current annual period, you keep access for the remainder of that period, and no refund is issued.
Monthly subscriptions. The same rule applies to month-to-month plans. You may cancel anytime, you keep access through the end of the current monthly period, and no refund is issued.Events. We may offer refunds for certain events. The refund terms are those described on the Website for that event at the time of your purchase.Except as explicitly stated on the Website, HTC has no obligation to provide refunds for any Services. Refunds we do issue go through our payment processor, and we cannot expedite the processor’s timing.
In short: Use the Services to learn. Don’t harm, harass, infringe, spam, hack, or share your account.We want our users and instructors to feel safe and comfortable while using the Services. We may remove or edit inappropriate content or activity, and we may suspend, disable, or terminate a user’s access to all or part of the Services.
You may not use the Services to share content that:
Contains illegal content or promotes illegal activities.
Contains credible threats or organizes real-world violence or harm.
Harasses others. Abusive content directed at private individuals is not allowed.
Violates intellectual property, privacy, or other rights. Share only what you have the right to share, and attribute quoted material to its owner.
Spams others with irrelevant or inappropriate advertising, promotional, or solicitation content.
Otherwise violates these Terms. Specific content offerings may have additional rules.
You also may not:
Violate any law or breach your contractual obligations or fiduciary duties.
Share your password, let anyone else access your account, or attempt to access anyone else’s.
Reproduce, transfer, sell, resell, or otherwise misuse content from our Services without authorization.
Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of our systems, or break or circumvent our security or authentication measures.
Reverse engineer any portion of the Services.
Interfere with users, hosts, or networks, or distribute malware.
Use the Services for anything other than completing courses or for related learning purposes.
Impersonate anyone or misrepresent your affiliation, or help anyone else do anything on this list.
API. Any use of our API, directly or through a third-party product, is bound by these Terms. HTC bears no responsibility for damages or losses resulting from your use of the API or of third-party products that access data through it.
In short: We respect intellectual property rights and expect you to do the same. DMCA notices go to our copyright agent.HTC respects the intellectual property rights of its content providers, instructors, and third parties, and expects users to do the same. We may suspend, disable, or terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
DMCA notices. If you believe in good faith that materials on the Services infringe your copyright, you or your agent may send us a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act asking that the material be removed or access to it blocked. The notice must include:
The physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act for the copyright owner.
Identification of the copyrighted work, or a representative list if the notice covers multiple works.
Identification of the allegedly infringing material, with information sufficient for us to locate it.
Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement of good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act for the owner.
Send notices or counter-notices by mail to Copyright Agent, How to Contract, LLC, 9901 Brodie Lane, #160-1031, Austin, TX 78748, or by email to [email protected]. Consider consulting your legal advisor first. False claims carry penalties.Trademarks. If you believe someone is using your trademark on our Services in an infringing way, email [email protected]. We may remove content, warn the poster, or suspend or disable the account as we deem appropriate.
In short: The Services are provided as-is, our liability is capped, claims have a one-year deadline, and you cover us for claims caused by your violations.
Your responsibility. We do our best to ensure the information in the Services is accurate and valuable, but we cannot guarantee it. You accept personal responsibility for the results of your actions, agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence before acting on anything you learn here, and accept that neither HTC nor its owners or employees is responsible for damage resulting from your failure to seek competent professional advice for your situation.
Disclaimer. The Services and all included content are provided on an “as is” basis without warranty of any kind, express or implied. The HTC Parties (HTC, its content providers, instructors, contributors, sponsors, business partners, and their employees, contractors, and agents) specifically disclaim all warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade, and disclaim all liability related to your access or use of the Services. Any access to or use of the Services is at your own risk.
Limitation of liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the HTC Parties shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenues, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses. This exclusion covers losses resulting from (a) your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Services, (b) any conduct or content of any party other than the applicable HTC Party, and (c) unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your content or information. In no event shall HTC’s aggregate liability for all claims related to the Services exceed twenty U.S. dollars ($20) or the total fees HTC received from you for paid Services during the past six months, whichever is greater. These limitations reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk and are an essential basis of our ability to offer the Services on an economically feasible basis.
One-year deadline. Any cause of action related to the Services must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues, or it is permanently barred.
Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the HTC Parties from any claims, liabilities, expenses, and damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, made by any third party related to (a) your use or attempted use of the Services in violation of these Terms, (b) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party, or (c) your User Content, including any claim of infringement or misappropriation.
In short: Delaware law. Talk to us first. Then JAMS arbitration in Wilmington, Delaware, individually, with no class actions.
Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, you agree to contact us at [email protected] and give us 60 days to work with you to resolve the dispute informally. We agree to do the same before filing any claim against you.
Arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, our Privacy Policy, or the Services will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS. in accordance with its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures or, for claims under $250,000, its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. The arbitration will be seated in Wilmington, Delaware, and conducted in English before a single arbitrator. The parties will share the JAMS fees equally, and each party will bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs, unless the arbitrator awards otherwise. The arbitration, including the existence of the proceeding and the award, is confidential, except as needed to enforce the award or as required by law. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. This section is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
Class action waiver. You and How to Contract each waive the right to bring or participate in any class, consolidated, or representative action or arbitration in any forum. The arbitrator may hear only individual claims and may award relief only to the individual party seeking relief. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim, and only that claim, must proceed in the state or federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware, and the remainder of this section stays in effect.
Coordinated filings. If 25 or more demands for arbitration are filed against How to Contract with the assistance of the same or coordinated counsel raising similar claims, the parties agree that JAMS will administer them under its Mass Arbitration Procedures, in batches of up to 50, with a single arbitrator per batch and a single set of filing fees per batch per side, before the remaining batches proceed.
Equitable relief. Either party may seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief from a court in aid of arbitration, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court for infringement or misuse of intellectual property or for unauthorized access to the Services.
Jury trial waiver. For any claim that proceeds in court, you and How to Contract each waive the right to a jury trial to the fullest extent permitted by law.
In short: EU consumers keep their 14-day withdrawal right, and Australian consumers keep their non-excludable statutory guarantees.
EU users. This section applies only to users in the European Union and supersedes any contrary provisions in these Terms. Unless an exception applies, users who are European consumers have a statutory right to withdraw from contracts entered into online within 14 days, for any reason and without justification. To exercise the right, send us an unequivocal statement of your intention to withdraw before the withdrawal period expires. Users who correctly withdraw will be reimbursed for all payments made, without undue delay and no later than 14 days from the day we are informed of the decision, using the same means of payment as the original transaction and at no cost to the user.
Australian users. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any guarantee, condition, warranty, right, or remedy you may have under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or similar state and territory legislation that cannot be excluded, restricted, or modified. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our liability for a breach of a non-excludable right is limited, at our option, to re-supplying the services or paying the cost of having the services supplied again.
In short: We post updates with a new date, and we take reasonable steps to flag material changes.We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms on this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. For material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify you, such as a banner on the website, an email, or another method. Your continued use of the Services after the revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, stop using the Services and cancel your subscription.
In short: The standard closing provisions.
Severability and waiver. If a particular provision of these Terms turns out not to be enforceable, the other terms are unaffected. If you do not comply with these Terms and we do not take immediate action, we do not give up any rights we may have, such as taking action in the future.
Third-party beneficiaries. HTC’s content providers and integrated service providers are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce the provisions that relate to them.
Notice for California users. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California website users may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
Contact. How to Contract, LLC, 9901 Brodie Lane, #160-1031, Austin, TX 78748. [email protected].