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This article continues a series which explains legal concepts in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues looking at common agreements into which businesses enter by reviewing licensing agreements. It points to these...
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This article continues a series which explains legal concepts in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry kicks off a series which provides an overview of various kinds of agreements a business owner might end up using by looking at...
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This article continues a series which explains legal concepts in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts by looking at two ideas related to your performance of the...
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This article continues a series which explains legal concepts in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts by looking at the use of agents. After explaining what...
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A recent article discussed the concept of reliance on a promise to the relying party's detriment; in legal terms, this is referred to as "promissory estoppel." This article explains why the two concepts are, to an attorney's ears, similar, and...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular entry...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular entry...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular entry...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular entry...
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When speaking with your attorney, you will notice in many contexts that they will use words ending in "-ee" or "-or." Contract law and the law of trusts and estates are rife with this kind of language. This article explains how these...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues to review the elegant law of contracts, with an overview of the related concepts...
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Given that a contract must be accepted to bind the parties, and given that the terms of a memorandum of understanding are often so broad as to preclude this level of acceptance (they are often called agreements to agree), why are...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry focuses on releases for photography of models, and use and licensing of those...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article begins a series looking at the importance and explaining some mechanisms of business succession planning. This introduction to the series focuses on what succession planning is, why it's a good idea for your business, and how it...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry continues a section of that series which focuses on contracts. This particular...
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This article is part of a series which explains legal concepts especially relevant to entrepreneurs in both words and (often funny) pictures. This entry in the series focuses on contracts. The article covers what a contract is, drafting a...
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The turn of the year has seen a number of interesting news stories crop up at the intersection of social media and the law. This article highlights three such stories: litigation over the rightful owner of a Twitter account (and whether...
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This article continues a series on common contractual terms or clauses which are often referred to as boilerplate. This entry in the series looks at the concept of a "memorandum of understanding", which in business terms can be conceptualized...
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This article continues a series explaining the function and purpose of clauses commonly seen in contracts which many dismiss as mere "boilerplate." This entry in the series focuses on the "force majeure" clause, otherwise known as the "Act of...
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The most recent article in a series about boilerplate provisions in contracts focused on clickwrap agreements. This article supplements the series, as it calls attention to a recent clickwrap agreement many gamers signed just this week. ...
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This article continues a series looking at common provisions in contracts which are often dismissed as "boilerplate" but actually greatly impact the legal rights of the parties to a contract. This entry in the series looks at "clickwrap"...
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This article continues a series looking at common features of contracts which cause many readers' eyes to glaze over. This entry in the series reviews the validity and enforceability of various types of electronic agreements (such as...
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This article continues a series explaining the meaning of common boilerplate provisions in contracts. This entry in the series casts light on interpretive clauses. After explaining what interpretive clauses are (guides to a third...
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This article continues a series explaining the meaning of common boilerplate provisions in contracts. This edition of the series focuses on disclaimer clauses. Disclaimers, as the article explains, are an exculpatory clause, in that they...
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This article continues a series explaining the meaning of common boilerplate provisions in contracts. This edition of the series focuses on the governing law clause (also known as the choice of law clause). The article compares and...
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This article begins a series explaining the meaning of common boilerplate provisions in business contracts. As the article explains, much of what is in a business contract is put in place to determine what happens should the agreement go...
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This article calls attention to a new Hawaii law which imposes obligations on employers of victims of domestic violence to make reasonable accommodations for those employees. The article explains the types of steps such an employer should...