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July 13, 2010

Here is a link to this morning's KSEE 24 Central Valley Today, which started off with an interview with 59DaysOfCode winners PostEcho and MyNetworkFactory and 59DaysOfCode brainchild (and Geekwise owner and software developer extraordinaire) Irma Olguin.  

I attended the 59DaysOfCode event last month, and I can tell you, I was very impressed.  I (or my law practice) was the first sponsor to sign up.  I had just heard about the event.  I knew I wanted to be involved in some way.  I was riding my Trek hybrid bike back from a meeting (or just a long ride) and I sent a text to Irma Olquin or Travis Sheridan (I cant't remember which) and offered 'startup legal package' as an in-kind sponsorship.  It was a risk, this being the first 59Days event.  But it has really turned out to be a great thing to be involved with.

My hats off to Irma and Travis and the Central Valley Business Incubator for putting the 59Days event together.  They really did a first class job.  And my hats off to the many developers that participated in the 59Days.  

January 19, 2010

Outsourced General Counsel

If you are looking for a way to get a handle on your legal expenses, consider using CLG as your outsourced general counsel (OGC).  Whether you're a startup or a large, established business, two things are certain: (1) you need business-related legal support and (2) you need to control your legal expenses.

Under the OGC program, you get:

predictable monthly legal fees;

access to legal advice basically whenever you need it;

x number of legal documents/projects prepared for you each month/quarter/year (depending on the program you select).  This could be trademark applications, license agreements, consultant agreements, buy-sell agreements, operating agreements, service contracts, website documents, cease and desist letters, independent contractor agreements, pre-incorporation agreements, subscription agreements, stock purchase agreements, etc.

The bottom line is your legal spend becomes controlled and predictable and you no longer have to count the cost in billable time for each project you'd like to run past a lawyer.  Hire CLG as your Outsourced GC and let us be your strategic legal advisor.

Request a consult on the CLG site to get more information.

January 7, 2010

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December 17, 2009

Planning to sell or transfer shares of your corporation's stock?  Trying to raise money from 'investors'?

Before you do, it's important to review a few things, such as:

-the Articles of Incorporation (any restrictions on transfer?)

-the bylaws (restrictions on transfer? any internal procedures required?)

-your corporation's buy-sell agreement, stock redemption agreement or shareholders agreement

-if your corporation is an S corp, consider whether the prospective shareholder will jeopardize your corp's Subschapter S election

-if your corp is an S corp, consider whether the investor is asking for preferential treatment on dividends or other issues that could effectively create a second class of stock (and therefore destroy your S election)

-if your corp is a professional corp, can the prospective shareholder own shares in the professional corp?

-find the applicable state/federal securities laws exemptions (avoid securities laws violations)

December 15, 2009

Microsoft to Plurk:  Oops!

Today Microsoft released a statement admitting that its Juku beta application was indeed developed, in part, by copying code and some UI from Plurk.  According to Microsoft, it will suspend development of Juku.  Read Plurk's blog for more on this.  I guess every developer, no matter how large, is capable of making huge mistakes.