In-House Counsel EU AI Act Compliance for US Companies: What In-House Counsel Must Do Now The EU AI Act has extraterritorial reach under Article 2, meaning any US company whose AI outputs are used in the EU must comply with prohibited practices, GPAI transparency, conformity assessments, CE marking, and penalties before the deadlines hit.
Game Studios Game Platform Distribution Agreements: What Indie Studios Sign on Steam, Epic, Apple, and Google Play Side-by-side comparison of revenue splits, exclusivity, IP license grants, takedown policies, and dispute resolution clauses across Steam, Epic, Apple, and Google Play — and what indie studios should check before signing.
Founders When AI Causes Harm: Product Liability, Tort Exposure, and Insurance Gaps Every Founder Must Understand in 2026 AI product liability is being tested in courts, codified in state AI laws, and excluded from standard insurance. Founders deploying AI face tort exposure — negligence, design defect, failure to warn, strict liability — that existing CGL and E&O policies may not cover.
Founders Open Source License Compliance for Startups: What GPL, AGPL, and MIT Actually Require GPL, AGPL, MIT, and Apache 2.0: what open-source licenses actually require, why AGPL is the 'toxic' license for SaaS startups, license compatibility pitfalls, attribution requirements, and how to prepare an SBOM for investor OSS due diligence.
Founders The Open-Weight AI License Trap: What Startups Building on Llama, Mistral, and Gemma Actually Agree To Open-weight AI models from Llama, Mistral, and Gemma look open source but carry hidden license obligations — AUPs, attribution rules, revenue thresholds, and remote kill switches every startup must understand.
Hardware Founders Manufacturing Overseas Without Losing Your IP: NNN Agreements, Patent Strategy, and Trade Secret Protection for Hardware Startups How hardware founders protect IP when manufacturing overseas: NNN agreements for China, design vs. utility patent filing strategy, and trade secret protocols during prototyping.
Game Studios 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.
Game Studios 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.
Founders 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.
Creators 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.
Hardware Founders Export Controls for Hardware Startups: When EAR and ITAR Reach Your Product, Your Engineers, and Your Investors EAR and ITAR export controls can restrict who hardware startups hire, where they ship, and what they can publish. Here is what Texas founders need to know about deemed exports, semiconductor rules, and BIS enforcement.
Game Studios Game Publisher Agreements: What Indie Studios Sign Away in IP, Revenue, and Creative Control A clause-by-clause breakdown of game publisher agreements for indie studios — IP assignment, revenue splits, cross-collateralization, milestones, creative control, and rights reversion. What you sign away and how to negotiate it.
Musicians AI-Generated Music Copyright After Suno and Udio: What Musicians Own and Can Commercially License The RIAA sued Suno and Udio for training on copyrighted recordings. The Copyright Office says purely AI-generated music isn't copyrightable. Here's what musicians actually own — and the commercial licensing risks before you release.
Hardware Founders Right-to-Repair Compliance for Hardware Startups: What Your Connected Device Company Must Provide Under New State Laws New state right-to-repair laws in NY, CA, MN, and OR require hardware startups selling connected devices to provide parts, tools, firmware, and repair documentation to independent shops — for up to 7 years after discontinuation. Here is what your company must do before first shipment.
Podcasters Podcast Network Deals: What Hosts Sign Away in Exclusivity and IP Clauses Podcast networks offer distribution and money in exchange for rights and control. This clause-by-clause guide breaks down what hosts sign away — show IP and RSS feed ownership, exclusivity, non-competes, revenue recoupment, and termination — and how to negotiate each before you sign.
Web3 NFT vs. Token: The Legal Distinction Every Founder Should Understand Before Launch Founders treat "launching a token" and "dropping an NFT" as the same decision. Legally, they aren't. Fungible tokens and NFTs diverge on securities law, IP ownership, and tax — how Howey, copyright's signed-writing rule, and the IRS collectibles look-through apply to each.
Web3 SAFTs vs. SAFEs for Web3 Startups: How Pre-Token Funding Actually Works Founders get told to "use a SAFT" as if it were the crypto version of a SAFE. It isn't. A SAFE converts into equity; a SAFT converts into tokens whose securities status the SEC litigated against in Telegram and Kik. Here's how pre-token funding actually works in 2026.
Podcasters Defamation Risk for Podcasters: What You Can Say, What Gets You Sued, and What Insurance Covers The Dominion, Smartmatic, and Alex Jones verdicts are the extreme end — but the same rules apply to any podcaster who states a false fact about a person or company. Opinion vs. fact, public vs. private figures, the republication trap, why Section 230 won't save you, and what media insurance covers.
Podcasters Guest Release Agreements for Podcasters: What You Need Before You Hit Record A verbal "sure, use it" won't hold up once an episode is live and monetized. Here's what a podcast guest release actually grants — consent, distribution license, editing rights, and use of voice and likeness — why verbal consent fails, and when a short-form release is enough versus a long-form one.
Regulatory Compliance & Legal Risk Management Lootbox Compliance for Game Studios: What Regulators in the EU, UK, and US Actually Require A jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction compliance roadmap for indie game studios shipping games with loot boxes, gacha mechanics, and randomized reward systems — covering Belgium ban, Dutch consumer protection rules, Germany age rating impacts, UK industry-led guidance, and US FTC enforcement.
Regulatory Compliance & Legal Risk Management Telehealth Cross-State Licensing Compliance: The 2026 DEA and State Board Roadmap for Health Tech Health tech founders assume their telehealth platform can operate nationally once the app ships. But every state has its own medical licensing, telehealth registration, and prescribing rules and the DEA controlled-substance telemedicine rules remain in regulatory limbo through 2026.
AI Law AI Vendor Agreement Clauses: What In-House Counsel Must Negotiate Before Signing AI vendor contracts shift risk in ways standard SaaS templates don't cover. Five clauses in-house counsel must negotiate: training data, output IP, hallucination liability, model deprecation, and indemnification gaps.
Founders The GPL Trap: How Open-Source Licenses Can Force Your Startup to Open-Source Its Proprietary Code GPL and AGPL-licensed dependencies can force your startup to publish proprietary source code. Here is how copyleft licenses work and what to do about them.
Game Studios AI-Generated Game Assets After the 2025 Copyright Office Report: Copyright, Platform Policies, and IP Ownership for Studios Studios using generative AI for game assets face new legal questions after the 2025 Copyright Office report: copyright registration, Steam/Apple/Google disclosure, and what IP actually survives.
Game Studios When Players Build: UGC Legal Compliance for Game Studios Game studios hosting user-generated content face overlapping obligations under Section 230, DMCA safe harbor, COPPA 2025 amendments, and the EU DSA. Here is the compliance framework.
