Kinetic Law LLC
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Kinetic Law LLC
"We want to give Barbara 4% of the company. How many shares is that?" I get questions like that frequently, and once you understand the math, the solution is pretty simple. Hey, I'm a lawyer, and I …
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Are you a founder, officer, or major shareholder of a c-corporation? If so, keep reading… Corporate governance – nobody likes doing it, but it’s essential to maintaining your corporation’s liability …
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Companies that offer subscriptions that renew automatically now have to pay attention to tiny Vermont, which just passed the strictest automatic renewal law in the country. Several states, including …
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On July 1, 2018, California's subscription auto-renewal law is about to change in a couple of important ways. This law applies to e-commerce vendors who sell to consumers on a subscription basis, …
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In a recent case, the California Supreme Court adopted a new standard for determining when a worker is an independent contractor, and when a worker is an employee. This is a major departure from how …
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There is an interesting provision in Donald Trump's tax reform proposal. Specifically, he proposes to lower the corporate tax rate to 20%, while setting the maximum tax rate for LLC's and S-corps at …
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. …
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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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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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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