Category: Corporate

Browsewrap and clickwrap agreements must be updated to remain legally enforceable as courts scrutinize their clarity. Here’s how to ensure your online agreements will hold up.

The FTC updated its endorsement guidelines to address influencer marketing and social media disclosures. Here’s what the revised guidelines require from brands and content creators.

The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts and practices in commerce. Here’s how the FTC defines deceptive business practices and what enforcement actions the agency takes.

Business contracts govern relationships with customers, vendors, employees, and partners. Here’s an overview of key contract provisions every business owner should understand.

A material breach of contract allows the non-breaching party to terminate the agreement and sue for damages. Here’s how courts determine if a breach is material and what remedies apply.

Intellectual property (IP) rights are valuable assets and startup companies need sophisticated legal and business strategies for monetizing these IP assets. The basic IP inventory for startup companies contains: Trade Secrets Trademarks Internet Domain Names Copyrights and Patents The obvious way in which new startup companies monetize their IP is to incorporate the IP into […]

Many startup companies do not realize that their intellectual property (IP) rights are often their most valuable asset. Few startups have portfolios of real property or vast quantities of retail inventory and other physical assets. What startups usually have are ideas, and ideas are valuable if they are properly protected. The Basic Intellectual Property Inventory […]

Non-compete agreements protect businesses from losing clients and trade secrets to departing employees. Here’s why non-competes matter and how to draft enforceable restrictions.

In certain advertising disputes, it may be possible and considerably more affordable to argue the advertising dispute before the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, rather than taking the matter to court or to some other government entity. The NAD is a branch of the self-regulating Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) […]

SaaS agreements govern software-as-a-service relationships between providers and customers. Here’s what cloud business SaaS contracts must include to protect both parties.