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Independent Contractor Agreement: What to Include
Key clauses for an independent contractor agreement: scope, payment, IP assignment, confidentiality, DTSA notice, termination and insurance.
Read Article →Is a Letter of Intent Binding? AZ, CA and TX Cases
Which letter of intent terms can bind, how Texas, California and Arizona courts assess intent, and drafting tips for exclusivity and non-binding clauses.
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Mutual vs. One-Way NDA: Which One Fits the Deal?
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.
Read Article →Converting an LLC to a C Corporation Before You Raise
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.
Read Article →Delaware, or Incorporate in Arizona, Texas or California?
What incorporating in Delaware changes for a startup in Arizona, California or Texas: internal affairs, foreign registration, Cal. Corp. Code 2115 and courts.
Read Article →Your Team Delivered Work Made Partly With AI. What Can You Promise the Customer About Who Owns It?
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.
Read Article →Someone Pasted the Other Side's Draft Into an AI Tool. What Does the NDA You Signed Say About That?
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.
Read Article →"Open-Weight" Does Not Necessarily Mean "Open Source": What AI Model Licenses Can Limit
Downloadable model weights still come with a license. User-count thresholds, use policies, attribution and pass-down terms, read from five licensors' own pages.
Read Article →Your Customer Sent a Texas Data Processing Addendum. What Does Texas Law Require It to Say?
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.
Read Article →Your Enterprise Customer Sent an AI Addendum. What Is It Asking You to Promise?
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.
Read Article →Your AI Vendor Says It Will Defend You If the Output Infringes. What Do You Have to Do to Keep That Promise?
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.
Read Article →California's ADMT Compliance Deadline Is January 1, 2027: What SaaS Vendors Will Be Asked For
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.
Read Article →A Bigger Customer Wants Source Code Escrow for Your SaaS Product. What Are They Asking For?
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.
Read Article →You Fine-Tuned a Model for Your Product. What Does California's AB 2013 Ask You to Post About Your Training Data?
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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