Maine in June 2019 significantly changed its laws governing noncompete agreements. The new rules will make it harder for employers to enforce these contracts, with a goal of allowing talent to switch jobs more freely and more often. In a noncompete, an employee agrees not to...
The NDA is possibly the most overrated type of legal document that companies will ever use, but still a critical tool to use when you need to. This article will answer the when do you need to? question. NDAs: The Basics Every company at some point will encounter...
This is a guide to the key provisions that every Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company should include in its agreements with its users. It applies both to B2C and B2B SaaS products. The list is not exhaustive, but it covers the most important clauses (which I often...
If you make, sell or license software, you'll want to have a basic understanding of the common legal documents that are used in your profession. Here's a field guide to these documents. My goal here is to demystify some terminology that can be confusing, explain what...
We represent service providers of all types: software developers, commercial photographers, graphic designers, I.T. firms, and many more. The single most common piece of legal advice I give them is: always get paid in advance. Require your clients to pay at least a portion of your expected...
Our clients have lots of questions about two related issues involving their business websites: Terms of Use and privacy policies. Here's our breakdown of these common questions and what you need to know as the operator of a business website. What's the difference between a website's...
We just read the Terms of Use for 39 websites so you don't have to. There's an easy way to make sure that your website does not violate the Terms of Use of the third-party services it needs to operate: have a privacy policy on your...
We help a lot of software developers manage their contracts and relationships with their clients, and we've seen them run into a few problems over and over. Here are three common challenges developers encounter, coupled with our tips on how a good software development agreement can prevent them. 1....
Plenty of people spend their nights and weekends working on a startup or another business “side project” that’s separate from their day job. That can be exciting and rewarding. But it’s worth taking a second to make sure you have the legal rights to work...
You know that feeling when you read a legal document and you think Why isn’t this written in plain English? Why is everything “whereas” and “hereinafter?” Can’t they write it in a way that people can understand? Yes. You can have contracts that people can understand. And...