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FTC Fake Reviews & Endorsement Compliance: A Checklist for DTC Brands

FTC Fake Reviews & Endorsement Compliance: A Checklist for DTC Brands

The FTC's 2024 Consumer Reviews Rule imposes civil penalties up to $51,744 per violation for fake reviews, undisclosed endorsements, and review suppression. Here's what DTC brands must do now.

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Lootbox Regulation in 2026: A Compliance Checklist for Game Studios Under EU, UK, and US Law

Lootbox regulation in 2026: EU CPC microtransaction guidelines, UK ASA app store enforcement, Belgium/Netherlands gambling-law precedent, US state bills (NY A9044, WA), and platform odds-disclosure requirements. A practical compliance checklist for indie and mid-size game studios.

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Practice Transitions

Selling Your Texas Law Practice: A Succession Planning Guide for Solo and Small-Firm Lawyers

Selling a Texas law practice requires understanding valuation methods, TDPC Rules 1.02 and 5.04 compliance, client transition protocols, and how AI adoption affects firm saleability in 2026.

Sync Licensing for Independent Musicians: How to Get Your Music Into Film, TV, and Ads

Sync Licensing for Independent Musicians: How to Get Your Music Into Film, TV, and Ads

Sync licensing for independent musicians: the two licenses you need, how fees are negotiated, PRO registration for backend royalties, one-stop deals, and red flags in sync agreements.

AI-Generated Game Assets: What Game Studios Actually Own — and What They Can’t Protect

AI-Generated Game Assets: What Game Studios Actually Own — and What They Can't Protect

AI-generated game art, music, and code may not be copyrightable without human authorship. Here is what studios can protect, Steam AI disclosure rules, and Unity/Unreal AI terms in 2026.

AI Agent Legal Liability: Who Pays When Your Autonomous Tool Binds Your Company

AI Agent Legal Liability: Who Pays When Your Autonomous Tool Binds Your Company

When your AI agent signs a contract, issues a refund, or negotiates a deal, who bears the legal liability? Agency law, UETA, UCC Article 2, TRAIGA, and EU AI Act rules every founder deploying autonomous AI must know.

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Evaluating AI Legal Research Tools: A Vendor and Ethics Compliance Guide for Solo and Small Firms

Practical vendor selection and ethics compliance guide for solo and small-firm attorneys evaluating AI legal research tools. Covers data handling, contract negotiation, output verification, and audit-ready workflow design under ABA Model Rules 1.1, 1.6, 1.4, and 5.3.

Indie Film Distribution Agreements: What Filmmakers Sign Away in Rights, Revenue, and Control

Indie Film Distribution Agreements: What Filmmakers Sign Away in Rights, Revenue, and Control

Indie film distribution agreements: a clause-by-clause breakdown of rights grants, revenue splits, accounting transparency, term length, holdbacks, marketing commitments, reversion rights, and post-strike AI provisions every filmmaker must negotiate before signing.

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Carbon Credit Contracts for Climate Tech Startups: Structuring Sales Agreements, Verification Standards, and IRA § 6418 Tax Credit Transfer Deals

Carbon credit sales agreements and IRA § 6418 tax credit transfers give climate tech startups two monetization channels — but contract structure, Verra VCS verification, IRS pre-filing registration, and buyer due diligence determine whether deals close. Here is how to structure both.

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AI Voice Clones and the NO FAKES Act: What Creators Actually Own When Someone Copies Their Voice

The NO FAKES Act would create the first federal right of publicity for unauthorized AI voice clones. Here's how it fills gaps in state right-of-publicity laws, what Midler v. Ford and Waits v. Frito-Lay established, and what YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch require today.

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When HIPAA Meets AI: A Health Tech Founder's Guide to BAAs, PHI Training, and OCR Enforcement

HIPAA doesn't just apply to hospitals. When your AI health app processes PHI on behalf of a covered entity, the BAA requirement kicks in — and OCR enforcement follows. Here's what health tech founders need to know.

Book Publishing Contract Red Flags: What First-Time Authors Sign Away in Rights, Royalties, and Control

Book Publishing Contract Red Flags: What First-Time Authors Sign Away in Rights, Royalties, and Control

A clause-by-clause breakdown of traditional book publishing contracts for first-time and indie authors — covering grant of rights, reversion clauses, royalty structures, advances and recoupment, non-compete restrictions, subsidiary rights, and the new frontier of AI training clauses.

Solo Attorney Succession Planning: Protecting Clients, Files, and Revenue When You Can't Practice Tomorrow

Practice Transitions

Solo Attorney Succession Planning: Protecting Clients, Files, and Revenue When You Can't Practice Tomorrow

Solo attorneys without a succession plan risk ethical violations under Model Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, and 1.16 when disability, death, or incapacity strikes. Here is how to protect clients, files, and trust accounts.

Brand Deal Contracts for Creators: What You Sign Away in Sponsorship Agreements

Brand sponsorship contracts determine who owns your content, how long exclusivity lasts, when you get paid, and whether you can walk away. Here's what creators sign away — and how to negotiate it.

AI Art Training Lawsuits and Artist Protections: What Visual Artists Actually Own and How to Opt Out

AI Art Training Lawsuits and Artist Protections: What Visual Artists Actually Own and How to Opt Out

Visual artists' work is being scraped into AI training datasets without consent. Copyright registration, Andersen v. Stability AI, platform opt-outs (DeviantArt, ArtStation, Adobe Firefly), Glaze, Nightshade, and VARA — here is what you actually own and how to opt out.

ADA Website Accessibility Compliance for DTC Brands and SaaS Startups

ADA Website Accessibility Compliance: A Founder's Guide to the 2024 DOJ Rule and Demand Letters

Most founders assume mobile-friendly means accessible. It doesn't — and courts are enforcing WCAG 2.1 AA against DTC brands and SaaS startups with increasing frequency.