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5 Issues for Employers re Social Media – Infographic
We’ve been discussing this since Feb 2010, but were told that SLF was a little ahead of the times on this matter. Now, the employers-employees-and-social-media issue is lighting up, and for some...
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Personal Liability of Corporate Shareholders
Originally published in Corporate Counsel NY. It’s a little known fact (especially in the startup world) that New York privately held corporations can hold the top 10 shareholders of such corporations...
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Are Twitter Followers a “Client List”– and Who Owns the Account?
When you start tweeting as part of your corporate position, the lines between what is a personal Twitter account and one made for business purposes is blurred – especially in the world of startups, new...
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VC Financing for Startups: Understanding Cost Drivers
There has been a lot of debate on the legal costs associated with financing rounds for startups. Fred Wilson’s challenge to startup lawyers called for legal costs to be reduced to $5,000.00 for a seed...
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Angel Financing: 4 Things Startups Must Know
Angel financing is loosely defined, as it runs the gamut in terms of executions. We’ve seen angels simply hand a check to a startup; while other angels hire aggressive large law firms with armies of...
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3 Key Things for Your Social Media Training
Social media is about interaction, and for growing companies that interaction is critical. However, both companies and employees make mistakes, whether it be on social media platforms or in some other...
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UK LAW REFORMERS URGE SOCIAL MEDIA CLAMPDOWN
Social media is facing an overhaul of the contempt laws prompted by the rise of Twitter and bloggers. The Law Commission, the UK government’s law reform watchdog is set to publish a consultation paper...
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Instagram’s New Policy: Yes, it does mean what you think.
You do have the rights to your Instagram photos, but you share the rights to your photos. That means when someone pays Instagram to use your photos, you can’t do anything about it (like litigate.)...
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Top Six Legal Issues Facing Today’s Online Media Companies
Social and digital media has grown exponentially in the last decade, with enterprising companies creating uncontested market space in the online and digital industries. Whether your company is engaged...
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Starting a New Company? Here’s Your Checklist.
Reblogged from Corporate Counsel : Ever wonder what’s required or recommended to set up a new company? Yes, incorporation is an obvious first step, but there is much more to delineating a company as a...
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Stock Dilution: an infographic
Every now and then we have meeting with an individual in the market for investment and they say, “We want to make sure our stock does not get diluted.” We nod and agree, and then they say, “Could you...
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Trademark infringements are one of the most talked about issues faced by young companies – both because they unknowingly infringed on another’s trademark and because someone else is using their...
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The Twitter War: they stole our name
Recently one of our clients launched their revamped site only to find out that someone else had snapped up the company’s name as a Twitter handle. As they had not registered the Trademark for their...
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Letters of Intent & Buying a Business
We get a lot of requests to meet up and talk business with professionals that want to switch to “business.” Many times those professionals are looking to buy a business but have not had any experience...
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EVENT: The Practical Implications of Equity and Non-Equity Crowdfunding
Sheheryar Sardar, Partner at Sardar Law Firm, will be moderating this panel on crowdfunding. This month, the New York Legal Hackers will meet to discuss crowdfunding. In 2012, Congress passed the JOBS...
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UK LAW REFORMERS URGE SOCIAL MEDIA CLAMPDOWN
Social media is facing an overhaul of the contempt laws prompted by the rise of Twitter and bloggers. The Law Commission, the UK government’s law reform watchdog is set to publish a consultation paper...
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