Software companies are usually asked to carry errors and omissions (E&O) insurance as a condition of custom development agreements. I am frequently asked for information on coverage, so I polled a number of attorneys and I have posted a page with a short list of companies offering E&O insurance coverage for software developers, and some [...]

Courts have traditionally allowed software companies to avoid handing over their source code in litigation — under the legal doctrine that the software source code contains trade secrets — trade secrets which would be disclosed, and therefore legally jeopardized, by discovery to third parties. This has been particularly true within the ‘breathalyzer’ industry which — [...]