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Typo in contracts
I have found a typo in a contract that we are currently disputing with one of our service providers. The typo seems to change the implied meaning of the paragraph:
... fees and expenses, including ...
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Verbal Partnership Agreement Binding?
I have a provisional patent for a product that I have been developing. I had a meeting last weekend with two individuals and we have verbally agreed to form a partnership. The partner who will be ...
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Does the company own all my ideas?
A company has the following contract.
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Does this mean if one is working on something in their free time while ...
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Can a minor form an LLC in North Carolina?
I am 16, and live in North Carolina. I want to start a software company. I have made some programs that could make some money, and I would like to start an LLC. Is this possible? If not, is there ...
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Sample partnership/cofounder contract clause for force-out payment schedule
I'm altering a contract between myself and another individual. The contract defines clauses for forcing another partner out but does not define how percentage of ownership shall be handled. I.e. how ...
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Alternative to expensive legal contract review? [closed]
I have a partnership agreement I'd like a second opinion on, but I can't afford a lawyer right now. What other resources are out there? I've found a web-based contract review site that uses attorneys ...
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Contract signing and signature forgery
When signing a contract, how can we make sure the other party's signature is real? what if that person scribbles some random signature? And if disputes arises he can claim that it was a forgery.
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Company Signing rights
What determines who has authority to sign a contract on behalf of the company?
What if a low level employee signs a contract in the name of the company, is it still binding?
What happens when there ...
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Is Service Agreement Nullified if missing a referenced document?
Does a reference to another document which is no longer available or lost make a contract void or nullified?
Such as a service agreement between two companies that makes reference to a marketing ...
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liabilities and consequences
I have agreed to undertake he design and delivery of a website for my cleint. their is a contract, but it is unsigend by both parties.
The work has been partially paid for ( 2/3rds )
The work has ...
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Contract for services not executed
We're a small start-up with a written and signed contact for services with a large company. The contact is for professional services and has no official start-date but the terms are 1 year with ...
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Can I use Terms of Service for my SaaS instead of regular contract?
I have a B2B SaaS web app. In most cases my clients are small or medium sized organizations and we have annual contracts. In other words, they sign the contract, according to which they are 'locked ...
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Contract jurisdiction venue
I'm in the process of closing a somewhat sizable deal with a new client, and the only sticking point with the contract is the choice of jurisdiction.
I am located in state A, the client in state B. ...
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How do I draft a letter of intent?
I have an idea I am working on that I believe will be useful. I have been told that verbally several times.
Rather than spend money on developing it to completion, I want my proposed ...
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Intellectual Property and Day Jobs
I run a small tech company providing custom web development (in Ontario, Canada), and I have a few clients. However, as I am still a student in university, I have co-op positions that I take every ...
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How do I protect myself contractually while providing software consulting services?
My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with ...
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Need a terms of service generator for a web design startup
Does anybody know a good terms of service generator? I need one that, besides inserting company name and etc, will outline my and my customers' rights so I don't have to read the whole thing. I'm only ...
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I am a web model and I signed a contract with a non-compete clause I want to get out with out a problem help?
The contract is for 2 years and im only 2 months into it and it also has a non compete clause/Exclusivity clause ... so i really want to get out of this fast its a bad bad deal..
D. Exclusivity. Not ...
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Writing a contract for SaaS sales - what to expect?
My side project startup company is close to starting to sell our product. We are offering it using a Software as a Service pricing model. The price is well defined and will range from $1,000 to $4,000 ...
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How important is it to have the original of a contract?
How important is it to have the original of a contract? Would having just a copy of a signed contract still make it enforceable? Is it any different than signing two copies of the same contract?
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What does employment at will actually mean for an employee?
I've recently (5 months ago) signed and employment-at-will contract with a largish company. I start in 2 months. Given different scenarios, I want to figure out not only what this legally means, but ...
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California law and sending “written notice” by email
I've decided to ask this question here, as there is no better StackExchange site to ask and it's also not that much off-topic for OnStartups.
I'm from Europe and I signed (by email) IT service ...
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Can a contract legally cover something that happened before its signing?
When we hired a new employee we forgot to make him sign an NDA. Now, a year into his employment, we want to make sure that he signs one. My question is, what language should I use in the contract to ...
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Is there an inbetween step between “a trial period” and “co-founder”?
Greetings,
I am planning on joining a start up with someone as a co-founder and right now we're in a hurry to get product off the ground. I've worked with this person in
a trial period and I ...
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Overbudget and unable to complete software contract. What can I do and what can I expect to happen?
This might be a slightly long story, but I really would appreciate any help you can give me here. I am a young entrepreneur and currently run a struggling website development / software company.
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Is the promise of a contract legally binding?
I promised someone that I would enter into a contract with them in the future. Basically I promised that I'd sell them a website for a fixed price in the future. This was an informal, oral agreement, ...
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Should a software license and maintenance support be on same agreement?
If I am selling to an SMB or enterprise should I have seperate agreements for license and annual maintenance /tech support?
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Online contract management solution? [closed]
Anyone know of an ONLINE solution for managing contracts, legal forms, etc? Something where I could generate, send, sign, and store legal contracts online- so that both parties would never need to ...
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How to relieve customer's concerns about what happens to my one-man startup web service if I die?
I own an S Corporation that has launched a niche market web service and have signed up a few customers. I'm still very much bootstrapping this and doing everything myself (a one-man show).
I'm ...
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Distribution contract review rates and services
I would like to have a distribution contract reviewed by a lawyer specialized in worldwide intellectual property, to ensure that the contract is fair for all parties involved.
I asked to one lawyer ...
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Validity of Shareholder Agreement
We are a newly formed corporation in NY and have just drafted our first shareholders' agreement. There are five shareholders in all but only four of us have signed the agreement. We are acting as if ...
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Sample contract for vested equity for 4 years in a Hong Kong company
I'm going to join a company as a late cofounder and after negotiation will receive a significant percentage of equity vested every months over 4 years and a small salary. The company is based in Hong ...
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Protections for minority shareholder in SHA (shareholders agreement)
We are in early startup phase. One founder has a big majority stake and we are co-founders with small 5 minority stake. We have good relations and we are happy with the stakes, but we would like to ...
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Can you be forced out before the cliff?
If your founder's contract has a "cliff", can the other founders decide to force you out before that cliff or do you have to quit to lose all your equity?
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What's the best way to structure software contracts for small projects?
What are the proper incentives, and workflow processes, for contract development?
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Initial Agreement
I've come to an employment agreement with a startup company and they've sent me a copy of our agreement to look over and sign. I can't afford to get a lawyer to take a look at it, but I would like to ...
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Legal issues with contract labor?
Are there any legal pitfalls I should know about when creating a service where I pay users to provide a service to customers? The model I'm thinking about is like Amazon Turk for a certain vertical. ...
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Good 'starter' SOW or Contracts for Consultant business?
I run a consulting biz on the side (just me), doing odd IT jobs ranging from web development / design / db management etc;
I have typically made small contracts or statements of work for the jobs, ...
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Reasonable budget to prepare a shareholder agreement
What's a reasonable budget for forming a proper shareholder agreement in a new start up, formed as a corporation to be owned between 4 founder/shareholders? I understnad there's some variation ...
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How do I engage an international student with a contract?
I'm considering hiring a software developer in Germany. He's a student so he's unlikely to have any type of corporate structure set up. I've had numerous conversations with him online, and we get ...
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Where can I get free/cheap legal documents?
We're looking to hire our first employee and we want to make sure the employement and stock vesting stuff is all in order - we're in the UK so is it safe to assume that anything we read regarding USA ...
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Could someone help me write a contract
I have started an online take away food ordering website and I am looking to write a contract between me and the restaurants that allow orders on my site.
I don't know how much legal stuff I need to ...
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Contract with co-founder signed before starting startup?
Co-founder is someone we really trust. But still there is a possibility for dispute.
Is it better to put everything in writing and sign it before starting startup? Is it worth to pay legal fee ...
