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Plain-English legal guidance for founders, small businesses, and California families: formation, contracts, fundraising, web compliance, and tax and estate planning. General information, not legal or tax advice.
If you own a California home, probate fees are figured on gross value, mortgage and all. On a $1M estate that's $46,000 before anything goes wrong.
Read →16 CFR Part 465 has been in force since October 2024. It reaches founder testimonials, family reviews, sentiment-conditioned incentives and filtered review widgets. Here's the rule section by section.
Read →The Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC's click-to-cancel rule in July 2025. California's Automatic Renewal Law requires nearly the same things and got stronger on July 1, 2025.
Read →You probably won't be sued. What actually reaches small web apps is a demand letter about your tracking scripts — and it isn't on the viral list. The honest ranking.
Read →What a California LLC operating agreement actually does, the default rules you inherit without one, and the clauses that matter — in plain English.
Read →A plain-English map of the legal work a startup actually needs — formation, IP, contracts, fundraising, hiring — and the order it usually matters in.
Read →What a fractional general counsel for startups actually does, the stage it fits, and how it differs from a big firm on a matter or a full-time hire.
Read →How a SAFE works, in plain English — caps, discounts, MFN, and when it converts — plus the first term-sheet clauses that actually matter.
Read →A plain-English guide to LLC vs C-corp in California for founders — plus sole proprietorships, and the one question that usually decides it.
Read →The core startup contracts an early company actually needs, the clauses that bite — indemnity, IP assignment, liability, termination — and when to get eyes on it.
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