Click-Through Software Vendor Contracts Are Anything But Inconsequential
Any software vendor contract should be approached with caution and trepidation – just because it is executed in a ‘click-through’ format does not mean that it should be treated any differently.
It’s Our First Anniversary as Pioneers in the Emerging World of Unbundled Law Firms
If this past year has taught us anything, it is that Beeman & Muchmore is at the forefront of an exciting and necessary evolution towards unbundled law firms. And our first year far surpassed our wildest dreams.
Our Letter of Thanks for a Sensational Year — and What a Year it’s Been
It seems a fitting bookend that now, on our one-year anniversary, many of us are beginning to emerge from the pandemic. As we collectively begin exploring just what our new world is and what it means to all of us, we continue to adhere to the mantra that launched our firm a year ago: The Best is Yet to Come.
Sunrise Firefighters and Google: Oracle’s Troubled 2021 Continues into the Courthouse
2021 isn’t shaping up to be Oracle’s year, and we explain what this means for the Oracle licensee: for now, the Oracle licensee can count a few blessings and look forward to the future with less apprehension.
“Vendor Software License Audits Have Become More Frequent. Are You Prepared?” Editorial Published in Database Trends and Applications
In this recently published article, co-authored with our partners Dean Bolton and Michael Corey of LicenseFortress, we discuss our observations regarding software license audits since the Covid-19 shutdown began just over one year ago.
Beware of Licensing Pitfalls When Running an Oracle Database on Amazon RDS: A 2-Part Blog Post by LicenseFortress
Dean Bolton, chief architect at LicenseFortress, wrote about how recent observations point to the fact that Oracle LMS auditors are taking more aggressive approaches to Amazon-RDS license-included instances.
Guest Blog Post: Why You Should Plan for Oracle’s End-of-Fiscal-Year Now
At the end of 2020, as the Christmas season was approaching, Lena Weiner of LicenseFortress posted the following wise words regarding preparing for Oracle’s end-of-fiscal-year. In cooperation with our partners and friends at LicenseFortress, we are reposting the sage wisdom here, with an easy quarter to go before Oracle’s fiscal year-end.
Law360 Publishes Beeman & Muchmore Article: “What the Oracle-TikTok Saga Means for Oracle Licensees”
We are delighted to share news that on January 20th, 2021, Law360 published a consolidation of several of our blog posts in an article titled “What the Oracle-TikTok Saga Means for Oracle Licensees”. We have admired the efforts of Law360 for decades and are honored to, once again, have our efforts associated with that institutional publication.
*Updated* Postscript: Oracle & TikTok
In the time since we published Part III, Trump lost the Presidential election and a new administration will occupy the White House later this week. So, how does it appear the Trump/Oracle/TikTok saga will end?
Happy Holidays from Beeman & Muchmore!
As we say farewell to 2020, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued support of Beeman & Muchmore. To say that 2020 has been an interesting year would be an understatement, as abrupt changes swept across the globe in nearly every profession and walk of life.