GROW & SCALE YOUR BUSINESS

GROW & SCALE YOUR BUSINESS

so your business is growing but you’re feeling a little “naked” in the legal department? that’s because you are.

If you’re on this page, you are most likely aware that the day-to-day decisions in your business can have significant (often catastrophic) legal implications.

Whether you’re entering into a JV or collaboration, hiring employees or contractors, working with guest bloggers and collaborators, entering into client relationships, signing a lease, or entering some other business relationship, it’s important to understand the legal implications and can protect your business from preventable mistakes that could wipe out your business and profits if not handled proactively.

How We Can Help

Employee and Independent Contractor Agreements

Failing to properly classify the members of your team can have serious tax and financial consequences. The same is true for relationships that are not based on a solid, written contract laying out the rules. Contact us today if you would like our help growing your team legally! 

Website Legal Documents

Whether you need a Privacy Policy (because it’s required by law), Terms of Use/Service (to lay down the law on what visitors can and cannot do with your website and information) or Disclaimers (to protect you from lawsuits brought by people mis-using the information on your site), we can help!

Client Agreements

Your Client Agreement is the most important document in your business. It is your #1 tool to manage client expectations, and is THE LAW when it comes to scope of services, payment terms, refunds and cancellations, non-performance, remedies, and a million other things. Do not cut corners on this one. Contact us for a fixed fee quote!

NDAs, Non-Competes & Non-Solicitation Agreements

Worried about clients walking off and starting businesses with your proprietary content that took years to develop? Want to have recourse if someone discloses your secret sauce to a competitor or steals the best members of your team? Give us a call – we have you covered!

Podcast, Guest Blogger, Testimonial, Photo, Live Event & Other Releases

As a general rule, you have no legal right to use someone else’s name, likeness, image or intellectual property in your business, unless you secure a license or release granting you permission to do so. If you want to avoid costly legal disputes, fill out our contact form to get the documents you need to legalize your guest and collaborator relationships.

Marketing, SMMA, Affiliate & Influencer Agreements

It seems impossible to spend five minutes on social media without running into a horror story about business owners getting scammed by shady marketers and agencies being burned by clients refusing to pay for services performed. Disputes with influencers and affiliates over unclear terms and mis-matched expectations are just as common. These disputes, and resulting chargebacks, can be mitigated and often avoided by having a well-drafted contract in place. 

Online Course & Membership Site Terms of Use / TOS

Does your course Terms of Service reflect YOUR policies when it comes to content, IP, payments, cancellations, remedies, choice of law, standard of conduct, and consequences for failure to follow the rules? If not, you are likely exposing your business to unnecessary risks and liabilities that can be avoided with a custom-drafted TOS. 

Photography Agreements & Model Releases

If you ever worked with a brand photographer – or plan to do so – it is important that you have a contract specifying editing rights and allowing you to use the images in every way you intend to use them: on social media, in advertising, on your website, on product packaging, etc. Without such a contract, you may not have the right to use the images – even if you pay for them.

JVs and Collaborations

Are you entering into a JV or partnership with another business or individual? Or maybe you’re planning to work with influencers, affiliates or similar strategic partners to promote a product or service? If so, we can help you ensure that each party’s rights and responsibilities are properly spelled out in a valid, enforceable contract that protects the best interests of all participants.

Commercial Lease Negotiation & Review

Are you planning on leasing a commercial building, store front, warehouse or office? Do you need help deciding whether leasing or owning is the best decision for your business? Or are you looking for legal advice explaining contract terms and your rights as a tenant? Give us a call if you’d like to speak to an attorney before signing something you may not fully understand.

Marketing & Advertising Compliance

If you market your products and services – online or offline – you are subject to a host of federal and state regulations governing what you can and cannot say; the requirements that must be met to make certain claims; the disclaimers, disclosures and policies you need on your site; and more. Contact us to schedule a compliance audit today to avoid exposing your business to lawsuits, fines and customer complaints.

Business Disputes

Sometimes you do your best, but a business dispute is unavoidable. Whether it’s a lawsuit by a client, a business partnership that fell apart, a claim you have against a vendor or contractor who did not perform as promised, or an enforcement action on a past due invoice, our firm is equipped to help defend you, or negotiate for the best result under the circumstances.

scale™ – like a boss

Save More With Our Essential Contract Bundle

SCALE™ is our custom contract and legal service bundle consisting of a 1-hour strategy session and three essential contracts most entrepreneurs need to grow, scale and protect their businesses. It was created to provide our startup clients with certainty and predictability when it comes to proactive risk management and conducting business legally, while eliminating the stress of dealing with recurring, unpredictable legal bills.

The SCALE™ bundle includes any 3 of the following:

 

► Client Agreement

► Non-Disclosure / Non-Compete / Non-Solicitation Agreement

► Employment Contract (with bonus Employment Offer and Termination Letter templates)

► VA Agreement

► Marketing / SMMA Service Agreement

► Joint Venture Agreement

► Podcast or Live Event Guest Agreement and Release

► Guest Blogger Agreement

► Influencer Agreement

► Brand Photography Agreement and Photo Release

► Online Course Terms of Use/Service

► Affiliate Agreement

Investment: $3,750.00

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Our subscription plans are a great way to have an experienced business attorney on your team who can provide you with specific answers to legal questions and counsel you on important legal decisions on an ongoing basis – without the price tag of a full-time in-house counsel or the unpredictability of paying a firm by the hour.

Subscription Legal Plans

all access to a business attorney for a predictable, fixed monthly fee

Ready to make business decisions without constantly wondering if you’re exposing yourself to lawsuits, fines, strained client relationships, IRS disputes and other legal disasters? Want to have an attorney on speed dial so you can get your legal questions answered and contracts reviewed before you sign them?

Our subscription plans are a great way to have an experienced business attorney on your team who can provide you with specific answers to legal questions and counsel you on important legal decisions on an ongoing basis – without the price tag of a full-time in-house counsel or the unpredictability of paying a firm by the hour.

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