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data privacy

How to Know If Your Startup Needs to Comply With the CCPA, the U.S.'s First Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Last year, U.S. tech companies spent time making sure their policies and platforms comply with Europe’s GDPR data privacy law. Now, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has become the first comprehensive data privacy law in this country. Coming January 1, 2020, businesses that might service California residents

patent law

Startups, Take Heed: Two Cautionary, True Tales Of Patent Law

Tech startup companies often rely on patents and other types of intellectual property (IP) rights to help safeguard against competition, protect their investors and increase their chance of executing on their business model. However, in many cases there are fundamental misunderstandings among the individuals and companies who invest in startups

Phonesis Technologies

A LegalTech App That Wants to Help Eviction Defendants

While housing displacement often makes headlines, there is less data and advocacy around evictions. According to the Eviction Lab, there were over two million evictions filed in the U.S. in 2016, a number which has not much changed in the last two decades. Startup Phonesis Technologies is testing an

cybersecurity

Relying Only On Tech to Protect Your Data Is A Terrible Business Strategy

Many small to mid-sized, and even some large organizations, believe that their cybersecurity technology is the end-all, be-all to protecting their customer and employee data. Among these organizations, rarely is there a holistic, documented process addressing security and data protection. The plan is the technology and the

sales tax

How the Recent Supreme Court Sales Tax Ruling Will Affect E-Commerce and SaaS Companies

About a month ago, a landmark court ruling quietly changed the sales tax landscape for many online retailers and remote software companies. According to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, internet retailers can now be required to collect sales tax in states in

Here's What We Know About Blockchain's Legality — And What We Still Don't

Here's What We Know About Blockchain's Legality — And What We Still Don't

This is Part 1 in a series on legal implications of blockchain technology. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency represent a potential paradigm shift in the way we transact with each other. The number of potential uses is wide-ranging and open-ended — it’s a reality that could disrupt any industry

Starting A Company? Be Proactive About Legal Counsel

Starting A Company? Be Proactive About Legal Counsel

There’s an old adage that says, “Behind every great entrepreneur is a great lawyer.” Okay, that may not really be so common, but the sentiment holds. In the business world, lawyers are not so much about keeping you out of jail as they are about facilitating good business decisions