• Practical Drafting Tips for the Rookie Contract Lawyer

  Contract drafting is a mixture of art and skill. Effective contract drafting is concise, precise, and unambiguous. Instead of the persuasiveness of a legal brief, contract drafting is a matter-of-fact memorialization of the parties’ understandings.

• Fifty (50) Tips for Drafting Contracts

  Drafting contracts is one of the pleasures of practicing law. In what other profession will someone pay you by the hour to write? But if your contract ends up in court, you’d better be ready to defend your work. This article provides fifty simple tips for writing the contract that is so clear no one will want to litigate it. It’ll be the “Contract That Stays Out of Court.”

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  Legal services are too often a black box. You don’t know what your lawyer is doing. The lawyer doesn’t know enough about what you need. A few phone calls here, a few drafts there, and a few weeks later you have a mediocre work product, a fatty hourly bill, and you learned nothing to arm your team for the future.

• Seven Principles to Level-Up Your Business Negotiation Game

  Before entering into any business agreement, you’ll need to negotiate the terms. There are a multitude of negotiation books on the market. While some offer worthwhile advice, many offer dubious tips (i.e. making the other party wait an inordinately long time for a scheduled negotiation meeting, or seating the other side in a chair deliberately shorter than yours to subconsciously signal your superiority).

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  We hear daily that perhaps some new treatment might be the end, only to then hear conflicting opinions. Some argue and debate regarding health and safety versus economic disaster. Through all of this uncertainty, we must still advise clients, and attempt as best we can to keep business moving. Attorneys can play a very important role in helping clients maneuver by planning for the long term.

• Practical Drafting Tips for the Rookie Contract Lawyer

  Contract drafting is a mixture of art and skill. Effective contract drafting is concise, precise, and unambiguous. Instead of the persuasiveness of a legal brief, contract drafting is a matter-of-fact memorialization of the parties’ understandings.

• Fifty (50) Tips for Drafting Contracts

  Drafting contracts is one of the pleasures of practicing law. In what other profession will someone pay you by the hour to write? But if your contract ends up in court, you’d better be ready to defend your work. This article provides fifty simple tips for writing the contract that is so clear no one will want to litigate it. It’ll be the “Contract That Stays Out of Court.”

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You will have to do your own research to answer the question in Sixth. Please be aware that all of your material and sources should be school appropriate. I will be posting more resources as I. Contact Information. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. 128 State Street. Contact the Secretary. Office of Professional Regulation.

Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.

Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section 'What Works Are Protected.'

Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be. A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others.

Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.

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No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration.”

Registration is recommended for a number of reasons. Many choose to register their works because they wish to have the facts of their copyright on the public record and have a certificate of registration. Registered works may be eligible for statutory damages and attorney's fees in successful litigation. Finally, if registration occurs within five years of publication, it is considered prima facie evidence in a court of law. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration” and Circular 38b, Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), on non-U.S. works.

The practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself is sometimes called a “poor man’s copyright.” There is no provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is not a substitute for registration.

The United States has copyright relations with most countries throughout the world, and as a result of these agreements, we honor each other's citizens' copyrights. However, the United States does not have such copyright relationships with every country. For a listing of countries and the nature of their copyright relations with the United States, see Circular 38a, International Copyright Relations of the United States.

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