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Mutual vs. One-Way NDA: Which One Fits the Deal?

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When a one-way or mutual NDA fits, what changes between them, residuals and non-solicit add-ons, and the DTSA notice for employees and contractors.

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Corporate Formation

Converting an LLC to a C Corporation Before You Raise

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Why investors often ask for a corporation, how statutory LLC-to-corporation conversion works in DE, AZ, TX and CA, and what to check before converting.

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Corporate Formation

Delaware, or Incorporate in Arizona, Texas or California?

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What incorporating in Delaware changes for a startup in Arizona, California or Texas: internal affairs, foreign registration, Cal. Corp. Code 2115 and courts.

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Contracts

Your Team Delivered Work Made Partly With AI. What Can You Promise the Customer About Who Owns It?

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Your agency or dev shop delivered work made partly with AI. What an assignment, an originality warranty and an indemnity can carry, and what to settle first.

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Contracts

Someone Pasted the Other Side's Draft Into an AI Tool. What Does the NDA You Signed Say About That?

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Someone put the other side's draft or data room into an AI tool. How to read the NDA you signed against the tool's terms, and what to check first.

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Contracts

"Open-Weight" Does Not Necessarily Mean "Open Source": What AI Model Licenses Can Limit

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Downloadable model weights still come with a license. User-count thresholds, use policies, attribution and pass-down terms, read from five licensors' own pages.

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Contracts

Your Customer Sent a Texas Data Processing Addendum. What Does Texas Law Require It to Say?

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What the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act says a controller-processor contract must include, and what to check in a customer's Texas DPA section.

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Contracts

Your Enterprise Customer Sent an AI Addendum. What Is It Asking You to Promise?

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An enterprise customer sent an AI addendum. The seven requests that tend to appear, what each asks of a SaaS vendor, and what to check before you sign.

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Contracts

Your AI Vendor Says It Will Defend You If the Output Infringes. What Do You Have to Do to Keep That Promise?

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Several AI providers promise to defend customers against IP claims about output. Where the promise lives, the conditions that recur, and the gap with your own.

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AI Governance

California's ADMT Compliance Deadline Is January 1, 2027: What SaaS Vendors Will Be Asked For

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California's ADMT compliance deadline for existing uses is January 1, 2027. What covered businesses must do, where SaaS vendors come in, and what to review.

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Contracts

A Bigger Customer Wants Source Code Escrow for Your SaaS Product. What Are They Asking For?

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A larger customer asks your SaaS company for source code escrow. What the request means, the release events and license terms to settle, and seven questions first.

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AI Governance

You Fine-Tuned a Model for Your Product. What Does California's AB 2013 Ask You to Post About Your Training Data?

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AB 2013 asks developers of generative AI to post a summary of their training data. What the statute says, the pending court challenge, and seven questions to settle first.

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