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Top 10 Legal Documents for Tech/Social Media Businesses in New York and Elsewhere (Pt. I, 1-5)
May 11, 2010 – 2:56 pm | One Comment
Top 10 Legal Documents for Tech/Social Media Businesses in New York and Elsewhere (Pt. I, 1-5)

Part II (Documents 6-10)
When launching a startup involving any technology, (e.g., a software development operation or a social media venture), there are key documents that are necessary to make sure that the essentials are protected …

Getting Ahead of The Legal Issues for iPad Developers in New York and Elsewhere
April 5, 2010 – 12:49 pm | No Comment
Getting Ahead of The Legal Issues for iPad  Developers in New York and Elsewhere

In a phrase: The future of apps is not going to be “Supermonkeyball HD.”

Prediction:  As apps go from byte sized to life sized, developers for the iPad will increasingly run into many of the …

Blue Sky Filing Exemption Tip for the New York Business Raising Capital and Everyone Else
March 30, 2010 – 12:26 pm | No Comment
Blue Sky Filing Exemption Tip for the New York Business Raising Capital and Everyone Else

Tip:  When making blue sky filings, look for the exemption path of least resistance.
Any business (technology, film, hedge fund) that is raising capital through a regulation D private offering (e.g., an LLC is selling units …

Basic Math Skills for a “Preferred Series A” – Financing Round
March 25, 2010 – 3:02 pm | No Comment
Basic Math Skills for a “Preferred Series A” – Financing Round

Founding a company and evaluating funding options seem like a mathematical challenge best left for the Einstein’s of our generation. This is definitely not so. Everyone interested in founding a company which is likely to …

The Basics of the New York DBA aka “Doing Business As”
March 24, 2010 – 5:07 pm | No Comment
The Basics of the New York DBA aka “Doing Business As”

Businesses like rock stars often want to set aside their real name and have a separate persona in the marketplace.  The typical route to do that in New York is to register and form a …

Is Your Company Software Product Subject to New York Sales Tax?
March 23, 2010 – 7:41 pm | One Comment
Is Your Company Software Product Subject to New York Sales Tax?

Most software operations never think twice about sales tax; that keeps the physical goods people (e.g., furniture, equipment, etc.) awake at night, right?  And many of us have heard the horror stories of tax penalties …

Kaiser Wahab on Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Webinar Regarding Digital Rights Management of Entertainment Properties—3-23-2010–2PM
March 22, 2010 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
Kaiser Wahab on Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Webinar Regarding Digital Rights Management of Entertainment Properties—3-23-2010–2PM

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With broadcasters and operators distributing content on multiple platforms at an increasingly higher volume, the need for effective and efficient rights management has never been greater. And …

Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection
March 22, 2010 – 9:30 am | No Comment
Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection

Your Business, Your LLC, Your Baby–Properly Managing an LLC to Avoid Losing your Liability Protection
So you want to start your own business and can’t decide whether you want to open a corporation, limited liability company …

Yelp’s Class Action Lawsuit Makes Anti Class Action Clauses in Social Media Terms of Service Agreements More Likely
March 20, 2010 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
Yelp’s Class Action Lawsuit Makes Anti Class Action Clauses in Social Media Terms of Service Agreements More Likely

Social Media sites see many faces and not all of them are smiling. Hence the stalwart Terms of Services Agreement stands as the first line of defense against potential lawsuits. And often these terms lay …

If Your NY LLC Operating Agreement Is Short on Words you May be Short on Options—NY Appellate Division Rules One Partner Can’t Expel Another without Member Expulsion Language
March 20, 2010 – 2:45 pm | No Comment
If Your NY LLC Operating Agreement Is Short on Words you May be Short on Options—NY Appellate Division Rules One Partner Can’t Expel Another without Member Expulsion Language

The Court in Man Choi Chiu v Chiu recently ruled that that a member of an LLC looking to expel another member for alleged misconduct is simply out of luck, if the operating agreement is …

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