I often hear potential clients say things like, “I want to form an S-corp,” or “should I form an LLC, S-corp, or C-corp?” This illustrates a very common misunderstanding about the nature of an S-corp. …
Celebrity Endorsements and Social Media
If you follow any celebrities or sports stars on social media, you may have seen one of them endorsing or promoting a product. Just the other day, Katy Perry posted a photo of herself on Instagram, …
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New Federal Law Prohibits “Anti-Yelp” Contract Terms
Congress recently passed a new law that restricts a company’s ability to include an “anti-Yelp” type of non-disparagement provision in a standardized contract. The new law, called the Consumer Review …
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Copyright Office To Require Online Registration of DMCA Agents
If you have a website with any user-generated content, you want to take full advantage of the protection provided by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). This has two components. The first is …
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Does Your Uber Driver Make Any Money?
Today one of my twitter followers, and someone I actually know from the startup community here in Cincinnati, posted an interesting tweet: “I always open up my @Uber/@lyft email receipts, wincing at …
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Delaware Franchise Taxes – Read This Before You Pay!
If you have a startup incorporated in Delaware, this is franchise tax season. Your franchise taxes for 2015 are due by March 1. Before you do anything, you need to read this post. There are two …
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New Exemption for Sales of Restricted Stock
President Obama signed legislation this month that creates a new, explicit exemption for private resales of restricted and control securities. The legislation, contained in Fixing America’s Surface …
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If I Lie To My Lawyer, Will It Save Me Money?
Not a chance. Even so, I occasionally find a client or prospect holding back important information, presumably because they think it will complicate the project and cost them more money. But that’s …
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EQUITY CROWDFUNDING 2.0
On October 30, the SEC took another shot at legalizing equity crowdfunding, by passing final regulations that are much more streamlined and simpler than the original regulations. The new regulations …
Website Protection from Copyright Infringement Claims
If you operate a website, you may have to worry about copyright infringement claims. This is particularly true if you have a blog, or if you allow visitors to post photographs, music clips, videos, or …
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