LawPivot ? Get Answers to Your Legal Questions @lawpivot

LawPivot is one of the sites I learned about at a recent TechZulu Summer Spotlight event held at Caltech.

If you would like an invite let me know and I will send you one.

LawPivot (http://www.lawpivot.com) is a confidential legal question and answer website where companies can obtain crowdsourced answers to their legal questions from highly qualified lawyers and find the right lawyers for their needs.
You can send up to three (3) questions for free in July under our free trial after we have verified your business credentials. ?We recommend sending your question to 10 lawyers to maximize your opportunities to receive excellent second (and even third) opinions to your legal issue, and experience the full benefits of LawPivot.

Please contact us at info@lawpivot.com if you have any questions or need any additional assistance.
Nitin Gupta, Co-Founder??LawPivot Inc.

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Common Legal Issues Faced by Businesses and Suggested Tags
The lawyers using our site can confidentially answer your company?s issues, ranging from corporate, stock, employment, intellectual property, technology licensing, patent, to litigation issues. ?The following are legal issues faced by tech companies and the suggested tags:

CORPORATE & SECURITIES ISSUES
- Determining the best way to structure your upcoming round of financing (e.g., negotiating terms in a term sheet, what rights to provide investors, convertible promissory note vs. preferred stock financing)
- Issues with respect to breakdown of shares and corresponding terms (e.g., acceleration of vesting) between founders, or for subsequent employees, consultants, advisors, etc.
- Determining the best way to respond to queries and requests, and respond to negotiation tactics of a potential acquirer
Suggested Tags (to find lawyers with relevant expertise on LawPivot): Corporate law; Securities Law (Stock); Mergers and Acquisitions

EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION ISSUES
- Employment terms and equity compensation terms to provide executives, employees, consultants, etc.
- Issues involved in hiring and retaining employees outside the U.S., or H1-B visa holders
- Resolving issues or disputes related to termination of employees
Suggested Tags: Executive Compensation; Labor and Employment Law; Immigration Law

TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS AND CONTRACTS ISSUES
- Determining the proper revenue sharing arrangement, or other fair terms, in a licensing agreement, reseller agreement or other strategic partnership
- Resolving disputes, enforcing terms, and taking legal action with respect to breaches of such agreements
Suggested Tags: Technology Licensing; Contracts; Commercial law

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES
- Determining the ways to legally protect specific technology, such as the crown jewels of your company
- Determining the merits of filing for trademark registration for your logo or trademark
- Protecting your company against competitors who are copying content you created (e.g., on your website)
Suggested Tags: Intellectual Property Law; Trademarks Law; Copyright Law

PATENT LAW ISSUES
- Determining the proper way to draft a patent to fully protect certain technology
- Protecting yourself against competitors that are in violation of your patents, or determining actions to take if you may be in violation of another company?s patent
Suggested Tags: Patent; Intellectual Property

PRIVACY ISSUES
- Clarifying steps you must take to ensure that customer or general product user data is protected
Suggested Tag: Privacy Law

FINANCE ISSUES
- Determining standard terms for various lending arrangements with banks and other lenders
- Pros/cons of a lending arrangement versus raising capital
Suggested Tag: Finance

LITIGATION ISSUES
- Proper steps to be taken in a dispute with a customer or partner, short of filing a lawsuit
- Dealing with cease and desist letters
- Arbitration and mediation, and other alternatives for a specific dispute
Suggested Tag: Litigation

CORPORATE TAX ISSUES
- Determining how to structure the formation of a U.S. or non-U.S. subsidiary to be tax efficient, ensure proper control by a parent, ease of administration, etc.
Suggested Tags: Tax; Corporate

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