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Error on contract, term not defined on revoke clause for a startup [closed]
I have a doubt related to legal documents. I just read a "SEPARATION AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT" from the startup world made to an employee. Basically the agreements gives the employee money in ...
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How is an ownership group formed?
I am interested in forming an "ownership group". I see the term all over the place, especially in sports, but can't seem to find any details on how these groups are initially formed. Is it a legal ...
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Language for Articles of Organization LLC Ownership
I am in the process of drafting the articles of organization for my LLC.
I would like to specify in there, that the ownership of the LLC is specified with units, and LLC members receive a certain ...
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Lawyer/advisor for evaluating (or help drafting) a startup's first offer [closed]
A profitable, single-founder web startup is making me an offer as the first employee (for CTO position).
It's particularly hard to evaluate the offer because:
This company has never received any ...
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Implementation partners-protecting source code
I have an existing SAAS platform and I am in the process of working with multiple implementation partners or vendors for some enhancements. How do I make sure my source code is protected? Some of ...
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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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Fulfillment services in the US for international sellers? [closed]
I am the owner of a start-up in Egypt. I am planning to ship my products to one of the fulfillment centers in the US and use one of the fulfillment services to fulfill my orders within US. Do you know ...
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Director service contracts
The two of us are going to found a company and will work on all necessary tasks without taking pay at least for the first year. In this case, are we going to be Executive Directors? If so, will we ...
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Legal Agreement for Discounts
I have been talking to a few companies about offering an exclusive discount which I will be selling to some of my clients and I was curious what kind of legal agreement I should make with these ...
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Does a notary public need to understand a document to notarize it?
Part of starting a startup with a foreign partner is notarizing documents. Some documents are in non English language. The documents need to be notarized in the US. I contacted some notaries and ...
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What legal documents should I receive after incorporation of a private company?
Few months ago, I started to incorporate a private company in India. Due to legal process overheads, I outsourced the task to a reputed law company.
Now, whole process is almost finished. I want to ...
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What's the cost and paperwork of dissolving a Delaware corporation?
I have been working with my co-founder for the past year and recently we decided to part ways. However, about 2 months ago we incorporated our business in Delaware. Each of us is starting from scratch ...
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What is the name of this legal document?
I need to get a legal document to sign with our clients. But I'm not sure of the name, which makes it even harder to look for this. We are in the following situation. We have developed a system that ...
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ITIN+ Resale Certificate
I'm in an e-commerce business, selling products online.
Recently, I've contacted several trusted wholesale companies within US, for selling their products online as well.
I was required to present ...
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Where to declare startup officers?
I co-founded a company recently, and we incorporated as a Delaware C-Corp.
We listed President/Secretary/etc when filing, but we simply decided CTO, CEO, and CFO. I've heard from others that what is ...
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Where can I find good document templates for various purposes related to online business [closed]
I am looking for good sample documents/document templates, for the following requirements-
(1) Employment Contracts (for employees who will work from home using their own PCs, with software provided ...
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On working with consultants
I have been asked by many startups to help them with their core machine learning IP
Unlike outsourced software development, machine learning is difficult to outsource or even to specify because it ...
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Can we say we are HIPAA compliant
I work at a small company that writes cloud based medical software, I often get asked if we are HIPAA compliant. To the best of my knowledge we are but I am unsure whether or not a certification or ...
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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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What is the default liability without a contract or clause?
Was just curious about this. With Intellectual Property, if there is no contract and you are a contractor, all the work you create is owned by the creator by default.
How does liability work though? ...
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How to write introduction document of a company and an app?
I am an indie developer who works on android applications currently. One of the big OEMs wants to cooperation with me on my most popular app. They requested me to share an introduction document of my ...
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Terms and Conditions for a Meetup.com-style network?
I am about to open up registrations to my open-source meetup.com alternative, but am worried about the legal side.
What sort of things should I put in the Terms and Conditions, and do I need them to ...
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Signing agreements and contracts, what name to use? (California)
I am a videographer in San Diego, CA and I'm fairly new to working freelance. I've recently aquired a Fictitious Business Name (or DBA) under my first and middle name (my stage name when I was ...
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How do you sign someone on a document over the internet?
I want to sign a freelancer on a legal document, what is the best way to do this?
The document is something like ten pages with the last page containing the place to put the signature.
Is it good to ...
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How to align the Terms of Service with a Social Network Providers TOS?
Hello we're trying to afford the Terms-of-Service compilation on our own taking as the base the wonderful Wordpress TOS: http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
In a great part it is absolutely OK for us. But ...
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Standard Articles of Incorporation Documents - resources
What are the best incorporation (and related) document resources? Are the YCombinator incorporation docs available?
There are a number of 'model' or 'open source' documents for a startup's first ...
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Is there an online network of independent lawyers looking for one-off or quick work?
I'm looking for a network that matches lawyers to people looking to get a contract written or have a bit of legal work done. I know there are lots of freelancing sites and networks out there for logo ...
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Contract for start-up employees and how to secure myself as the leader of the company
I'm a computer science student and have had an idea for a website for a while. Up until now, I haven't told anyone about it(even my family and girlfriend). Anyways, I decided to tell a friend of ...
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Where can I get a reliable writing service for EULA and licensing agreements?
I would like them to rewrite and create my own through the samples that I will copy from my competitor's website.
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Are US NDAs enforceable in other countries?
Are NDAs a safe thing to do when hiring out of the country? I'm hiring freelancers to do some mobile programming work, and they reside in France. They have, very kindly, signed the NDA I provided for ...
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Does one man startup require signing any legal documents?
Ok, let say. I have created a web based application, registered a domain name, and hosted it on the Internet. Can I say it's a one man startup?
If not, then: What will it be if I just host my app on ...
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my business is in my legal name i.e. “John Smith” do I still need a DBA to form an LLC?
Being an independent artist, if my business is in my legal name i.e. "John Smith" do I still need a DBA to get an LLC ? The bank was asking for a DBA.
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Proof of managing director or signing officer for a LLC
I'm a member of a domestic US LLC, formed in the state of Delaware. I'd like to open a foreign exchange account with a vendor for my LLC to pay my suppliers in Europe.
The vendor requires a ...
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Considering selling imported goods through ebay and/or etsy.com How to not get on the bad side of US government?
I hope this question is on topic. I have a plan to make a bit of extra income.
I know a person in Africa (let's keep it this general for now) who can help me import some cheap local non-edible goods ...
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How do I make sure that my company owns my software?
This seems like a silly question, but I want to make sure that my interests are protected. I own a software development company, LLC in Virginia, and I have a product that I developed and have ...
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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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Do I have to use real personal name when signing checks and/or legal documents for my LLC?
I am starting my own LLC internet-based service business (this will be just a one man shop - me). I would like to try to remain as personally anonymous as possible (not because of anything illegal, I ...
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Legally required to provide hard-copy of receipts/invoices?
Just a quick question related to my start up.
Am I legally required to provide posted hard-copies of invoices and receipts to clients or are email PDFs sufficient (if I know they can receive and read ...
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Is there a guide on writing a Founder's Termination Agreement?
My co-founder wants to suspend our company instead of terminating it. Is there such a thing as a Founder's Suspension Agreement? If not, is there a guide on how to write a Founder's Termination ...
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I need a document that both parties will sign agreeing not to sue each other
What kind of document would this be called?
A little background:
Party#1 is the programmer contracted to help build my website. He has signed an NDA/work for hire. Over the last couple months he ...
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What's the best way to get a legit TOS that will hold up?
We're looking for a TOS. We have some options, but I want to make sure it's done right.
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What should I put as “the nature of business” in my LLC application?
I am filing for a LLC. It asks for the nature of business, what I should put in there? What my company doing, in one sentence, is - "provide location based service via web/website and mobile device ...
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E-commerce and electronic payment laws. Where can I read them?
As the title says I need to read e-commerce and e-payment related laws of the following countries: Canada, USA, European Union, Philipinnes, South Korea, UK, China.
Links are appreciated?
My google ...
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what should go in a Memorandum of Association?
I'm planning on setting up a new business in the UK and gather I need a "Memorandum of Association". How important is this for a one-man company? Unbelievably, googling it does not yield any example ...
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Would you sign this liability clause?
I am going to get this checked by a lawyer, but I was wondering if people generally sign a clause like this (as the Contractor)?
"The Contractor indemnifies --Company-- for all liability ...
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When is an NDA valid? OR How generic is is too generic?
There are a lot of questions up here about NDAs but I didn't see anything for more generic forms. Here's my issue:
I'm a software engineer and have written some iOS (iPhone/iPad) software. A friend ...
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Operating agreement vs Founding Agreement?
I am part of an L.L.C. and have heard a lot about operating agreements and founder's agreements. Can anyone clarify the differences between the two for an L.L.C.
Thanks!
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Where can I get cheap and good legal advice?
I am looking for good/cheap legal advice for a web application my friend is building.
We will need to write a Term Of Service.
Do we really need a lawyer for that?
Are there templates out there?
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Can you lawfully take over a company if someone steals your idea and they sign a document prior to you revealing your idea
If you hire somebody to develop a product for you, and they take the credit and the idea and make a success out of it, is it possible to have them sign a document stating that if they steal the idea, ...
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US web startup - what legal steps do I need to take
I am on the verge of being ready to launch a new web application. The application charges a small monthly fee to its users. It is hosted on servers overseas.
However, currently, there is no legal ...
