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M&A Due Diligence for AI Products: A Technical and Legal Checklist for Acquirers

In-House Counsel

M&A Due Diligence for AI Products: A Technical and Legal Checklist for Acquirers

AI targets require a different diligence playbook than standard tech M&A. Here are the six risk buckets, red flags that should reprice or kill a deal, and how to structure AI-specific reps and warranties.

IP Ownership of AI-Generated Work Product: What In-House Counsel Should Establish Now

In-House Counsel

IP Ownership of AI-Generated Work Product: What In-House Counsel Should Establish Now

Your employees are using AI tools to create deliverables, contracts, and analysis — but AI-generated work product may not be copyrightable. Here's what in-house counsel should establish now to protect the company's IP position.

Building an AI Use Policy: What General Counsel Needs to Cover in 2026

In-House Counsel

Building an AI Use Policy: What General Counsel Needs to Cover in 2026

Only 37% of organizations have a formal AI governance policy despite 69% suspecting unauthorized employee AI use. Here's the seven components every AI use policy needs, plus how to fold in TRAIGA and EU AI Act obligations.

AI-Assisted Writing and Copyright: What Authors Need to Know Before Submitting or Publishing

AI-Assisted Writing and Copyright: What Authors Need to Know Before Submitting or Publishing

AI writing tools are everywhere, but the copyright questions they raise aren't settled. Here's what the Copyright Office's 2025 AI guidance means for authors who use ChatGPT, Claude, or Sudowrite — and what to disclose before submitting or signing.

Texas Non-Competes: What Employers Can Enforce After Recent Case Law

Texas Non-Competes: What Employers Can Enforce After Recent Case Law

Texas non-competes are not unenforceable — but they are far more complicated than a form clause. This guide breaks down what the Texas Covenants Not to Compete Act actually requires, what recent case law says about reasonable restrictions, and how to draft agreements that hold up.

Starting a Business in Texas: Entity Types, Franchise Tax, and Structural Decisions

Starting a Business in Texas: Entity Types, Franchise Tax, and Structural Decisions

Texas-based founders who aren't on a VC fundraising path can save time and money by forming here. This guide covers entity types, the franchise tax's $2.65M threshold, operating agreement requirements, and annual compliance obligations.

Amazon Seller Agreement Red Flags

Amazon Seller Agreement Red Flags: What You're Actually Agreeing To

Amazon's Business Solutions Agreement has real teeth: 90-day payment holds, perpetual IP licenses, de facto price parity enforcement, and immediate suspension with no appeal outside Amazon. Here's what's buried in the terms you already agreed to.

FTC Endorsement Rules for Product Sellers: Reviews, Affiliates, and Influencer Campaigns

FTC Endorsement Rules for Product Sellers: Reviews, Affiliates, and Influencer Campaigns

Most DTC brands know they need disclosures. Fewer know that review gating is a federal violation, that #ad in a bio isn't enough, and that the FTC has levied multi-million-dollar penalties against fashion and beauty brands for exactly these mistakes.

FCC Certification and CE Marking for Connected Devices: The Hardware Startup Compliance Roadmap

Hardware Founders

FCC Certification and CE Marking for Connected Devices: The Hardware Startup Compliance Roadmap

Most hardware founders don't discover FCC and CE certification requirements until a purchase order is blocked at customs or a retailer won't stock the product. Here's what connected device makers need to know about the certification process, timeline, cost, and how to plan it from day one.

The State Privacy Law Patchwork in 2026: Which Laws Apply to Your App and What They Require

The State Privacy Law Patchwork in 2026: Which Laws Apply to Your App and What They Require

Twenty states now have active privacy laws. This guide maps which ones apply to your app based on your user base, explains the California/Texas/other enforcement tiers, and covers the five elements every privacy notice must include.

Mental Health App Data Privacy: What Therapy and Wellness Apps Must Do Beyond HIPAA

Mental Health App Data Privacy: What Therapy and Wellness Apps Must Do Beyond HIPAA

Most wellness and therapy app founders assume HIPAA is the only privacy framework they need to worry about. It isn't. Mental health data sits under a stricter federal layer, state confidentiality statutes, and FTC enforcement actions that apply even when you're not a covered entity.

Product Liability for DTC Brands: When You're the Importer, You're the Manufacturer

Product Liability for DTC Brands: When You're the Importer, You're the Manufacturer

Most DTC founders assume their factory contract and supplier insurance protect them. They don't. US law treats importers as the manufacturer when the foreign supplier is unreachable — strict liability, CPSC reporting duties, and recall costs all land on the brand.

Law Firm Data Breach Response: Ethics and Notification Duties for Texas Attorneys

Law Firm Data Breach Response: Ethics and Notification Duties for Texas Attorneys

A data breach at your firm triggers three separate clocks: Texas Chapter 521, TDRPC 1.05 ethics duties, and possibly HIPAA. Here's what triggers notification, the current timelines (including a 2023 change many sources still get wrong), and when to bring in outside breach counsel.

Employee Handbook Essentials for Startups: The 8 Policies You Need Before Your Fifth Hire

Employee Handbook Essentials for Startups: The 8 Policies You Need Before Your Fifth Hire

Most startups skip the handbook until they get a demand letter. Then they download a template that creates new problems. Here are the 8 policies every startup needs before employee #5 — and the 2 things most templates get dangerously wrong.

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Practice Transitions

The Solo Attorney's Succession Plan: Protecting Your Clients, Files, and Trust Account If You Die or Become Disabled

Texas imposes no rule that says "write a succession plan" — but the duties you owe clients don't pause when you die or become disabled. Here's how solo and small-firm attorneys designate a successor, solve the trust-account problem, and protect their clients before a crisis hits.

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Literary Agent Agreements: What Authors Are Actually Signing — Commission, Term, and the Clauses That Outlive the Deal

Getting 'the call' from a literary agent is thrilling — but representation is a contract. A plain-English guide to commission (15% of gross), scope, the agency clause, the 'coupled with an interest' trap, and how to leave.