The Ruby Freelancers Show 049 – Contracts with Attorney Jared Richards

Hosted by: Charles Max Wood • Eric Davis • Evan Light
Special Guests: Jared Richards
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Show Notes

Panel
Jared Richards (twitter jrichards@btjd.com 801-438-2040)
Eric Davis (twitter github blog)
Evan Light (twitter github blog)
Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up)
Discussion
 01:21 - Attorney Jared Richards Introduction
Bennett-Tueller Johnson & Deere of Salt Lake City, UT
@UTStartupLawyer
03:37 - Things you should have in a contract
Who owns what
Work for hire/licensing
10:40 - Prospective Liability and Disclaimers of Liability
13:07 - Risk Management Tools
Warranty and protection against data loss
 Limitations on liability
16:25 - Copyright & Patent Infringement
19:57 - Getting paid for your work
Cash up front
On-going retainers
Escrows
Credit card authorization forms
Interest penalties
Collection costs
29:18 - Acceptance and Rejection Procedures
36:25 - Is a Statement of Work necessary?
40:20 - Subcontracting
42:25 - Client turnaround and response time provisions
43:24 - Purchasing of services/expenses
46:21 - Using client contracts instead of your own
Jurisdiction
Indemnificaton
Liquidated Damages Provision
52:20 - Conflicts of interest
58:56 - Arbitration, Mediation & Litigation
01:05:05 - Subcontractor Agreements
Insurance
Regular reporting
Picks
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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Burr Leonard (Evan)
Exercise (Evan)
Take Time Off Work (Eric)
Breathe (Eric)
Fire Up Ember.js | PeepCode (Chuck)
Meet Chef (Part 2 of 2) | PeepCode (Chuck)
Google Advanced Search (Jared)
Next Week
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 Transcript
 JARED: I prefer keep away from the attorney jokes. They get told behind my back, I don't really get to hear them in person.
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CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to The Ruby Freelancers Show, Episode 49. This week we're going to be talking to Jared Richards, he's an attorney, about contracts. Before we get started, let's introduce the panel. This week on our panel, we have Eric Davis.
ERIC: Hello!
CHUCK: Evan Light.
EVAN: I'm back!
CHUCK: I'm Charles Max Wood from devchat.tv. This week we have a special guest, as I said before, Jared Richards.
JARED: Hey everyone!
CHUCK: Jared, you want to introduce yourself really quickly so people can know who you are and how to find you?
JARED: Yeah absolutely. Jared Richards, I'm with the law firm in Salt Lake City, Utah called Bennett-Tueller Johnson and Deere, more casually known as BTJD. We have a large corporate practice and a lot of our group focuses on startups, more specifically technology startups. So we handle wide array of things from IP protection, contracts, venture capital, and sales of businesses. That's where we spend all our time, and thanks for having me on the show. You can find me on Twitter @UTStartupLawyer.
CHUCK: Yeah. So I met Jared a year or so ago...nah! I think it was longer than that. Anyway --
JARED: Yeah I think it's been a couple of years, yeah.
CHUCK: Yeah, it was at launch up,
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