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      Email address for contract notifications vs mailing address

      I've always required a physical mailing address for notifications regarding the contracts I enter to with other parties. However, now that I do all my contracts electronically through email, I'm wondering if I even need to include a physical mailing address anymore. Is the email address alone...
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      Is a signed employee resignation policy/contract legal?

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? SC Can I legally enforce a contract that I have my executives sign saying that they must give "X" number of weeks written notice if they intend to resign or pay monetary penalties and/or face legal action for any damages incurred to the company as...
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      Sales tax for ad sales?

      I have a magazine with an office in the state of Florida. We are planning to sell ad space to clients from all over the US. I'm trying to find out if by operating in Florida I have to include Florida sales tax to the ad space we sell to clients in the magazine or not? As I understand it...
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      Advertising Agreement

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? FL We're preparing to sell ad space for an upcoming publication and I understand that it's necessary to have some sort of written agreement and policy in place with our clients (to protect ourselves). We're going to have them fill out an order...
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      Is an LLC really necessary anymore?

      I'd prefer to operate my business as a sole proprietorship and not have to deal with the state corporate/entity filings, fees, etc. I'm not concerned about tax benefits, in fact... the only benefit I can possibly see from having an official LLC state title attached to my business would be the...
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      International contract & arbitration

      I'm planing to hire a freelancer in Brazil as an independent contractor to do a job for me, and I want this person to sign a contract. Since they live in Brazil, I figured it wouldn't make much sense to add a clause for arbitration or governing law seeing as there's no way they're getting...
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      Interviews via email

      Retraction of rights What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY I have a magazine and I recently sent someone interview questions via email for a particular article. After the person in questions sent their responses back, they then decided they didn't want what they said to be...
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      Twitter & Facebook usernames

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? FL I'm starting my own magazine, and I was curious about some possible issues that may arrive out of the business name. For the sake of anonymity, let's just say that my subject matter is about cars. So I wanted to name the magazine "Auto...
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      Overseas paternity issue

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Long story short... while I was working down in S. America last year, I had a 1 night stand with a local girl there. She just recently contacted me via email, saying that she's now 9 months pregnant with "my" child and wants me to take a...
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      Nudity on flyers

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York I was planning to do some promotional stuff out in public and hand out some flyers to promote one of my businesses, and I wanted to know if I would run into obcenity (or some other legal) problems if there was nudity shown on the flyer?
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      Signatures for model release

      Is it necessary for the photographer/producer to sign a release (in addition to the model) where there is no bilateral agreement and the model is simply signing away ownership and waiving her rights?
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      Talent release for foreigners

      What is the name of your state? SC I normally have translations of my releases in different languages cause I often work with people who don't speak English (or speak limited English). Problem is I had to make a new release for a specific project I'm working on and only have an English version...
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      My business and personal BK

      What is the name of your state? SC I have a corporation (I'm the sole owner) that I listed when I filed chapt 7. At that time it was non-operational with zero assets in it.... and still is. Now I want to start putting money in the business so that I can get the business running as a way for me...
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      When to reaffirm debt in chapt 7?

      What is the name of your state? SC I filed chapt 7 about 2 weeks ago. I have one cc that is in good standing with very little charged on it that I would like to keep. Do I need to discuss reaffirming this debt with the cc company before or after my meeting with the trustee?
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      Illegal substances on film

      What is the name of your state? SC If I release a film that shows somebody shooting heroine or snorting a few lines of cocaine in it... could I as the producer, or the person actually depicted in the scene potentially be prosecuted for drug possession or anything of the sort? This may sound...
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      Average attorney fees for chapter 7

      What is the name of your state? SC I went to an attorney about filing chapter 7, and these are the fees he quoted me for his services. $45 case review fee $299 filing fee $1500 legal services fee Now, to me this seems a little high for a simple chapter 7 case... but then again, I don't...
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      Music copyright help for film

      What is the name of your state? SC I'm trying to find out what the copyright laws are with regards to using music in a documentary film. I've heard many different things so I'm not clear on the situation. The case in question is, we're filming a documentary on the life of a stripper. I need to...
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      Starting a business and bankruptcy

      What is the name of your state? South Carolina Hi. Im in a tough situation right now, in that I have accrued a lot of credit card debt in the US that I cannot afford to pay off (at least $40,000). The debt has all been written off and given (or sold) to collectors at this point. I've already...
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      Selling prescription meds as "research chemicals"

      What is the name of your state? FL Im trying to get some information on the legality of selling PDE5 inhibitors (like Viagra, cialis, etc.) as research chemicals on the internet. There seems to be a sort of grey area in the law here. From what I understand, it’s apparently legal to sell these...

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