NFT, token and Crypto fraud, scams, and rug pulls. Traverse Legal’s blockchain lawyers are handling litigation against fraudsters who engage in illegal and unethical behavior in their NFT or token offerings. The number of scams, unfair business practices, and consumer fraud will only get worse before it gets better. Litigation around NFTs and crypto is only just beginning. See some examples of NFT litigation here.
Theft
Internet Crimes
David is also very involved in the practice of contract and internet law. He has helped businesses stay compliant and protected with updated website agreements and robust contracts that form the backbone of their business. David enjoys giving presentations to clients and creators alike to help them make informed decisions when it comes to their intellectual property rights.
Extortion
One of the main reasons why short-term rental legal issues are so complex is because today’s online rental platforms also involve information technology law. Without a technology lawyer who is also familiar with rental law on your side, it can be difficult to fully protect yourself while renting out your vacation home or any other short-term rental property. There are several areas that go beyond landlord/tenant law, too, such as online defamation issues with unfair ratings or reviews of you or your property. Our short-term rental legal team can assist you with these extortion-motivated, fake, or revenge reviews while ensuring your online and offline reputation is not damaged.
Your company may require capital to build and grow. But accepting investment dollars requires corporate law expertise. Investor contracts are critical to any successful AI startup, and our law firm can help you navigate this complex area. Our lawyers have decades of experience navigating startups’ unique challenges and opportunities in raising capital. We have the legal expertise to help you position your AI and machine learning company for success. Whether you are in the early stages of securing seed funding or looking to raise additional capital in later rounds, we can help you negotiate optimal transaction terms for both founders and investors. Our goal is to help you achieve a balance between securing the funding you need to grow your business and preserving the interests of the founding team. With our expertise in investor relations, you can be confident that your AI startup.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Stephen’s practice focuses on corporate and transactional matters, including private securities offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate formation and governance. He has represented emerging fund managers in hedge, private equity and venture fund formations and start-up businesses in various company formations and corporate governance matters.
Business Formation
Business formation. We can assist you with registering your business entity (LLC, C-corp, S-Corp) and also advise on its structure and governance considerations, whether you are a blockchain or NFT marketplace, individual investor, and other types of business.
Business Disputes
A top intellectual property and business law firm, our Austin, Texas office is headed by managing partner Brian A. Hall. The Austin office is focused on founders, start-ups, and emerging growth companies. With both transactional attorneys and litigators, we focus on Intellectual Property, Technology, Internet and Business Law. We utilize client and fee friendly models in order to deliver advice and counseling that has successfully served clients just like you with needs ranging from IP portfolio management to commercial contracts to corporate and fund formation, financings and other transactions. Traverse Legal has the experience necessary to achieve your goals. To learn more about our Austin practice, d/b/a Hall Law, and attorneys visit Traverse.Legal.
Business Transactions
You need corporate counsel to protect your interests and advise you as your company grows. You need someone on your team. You may be considering using a “docs in a box†service. Those services will provide you fill-in-the blank documents without any specificity to fit your particular situation. Corporate counsel will be one of your chief advisors and tailor your documents to fit your unique needs and circumstances. They will be able to identify key risks and negotiate business transactions. Experienced and competent corporate counsel is one of the greatest investments you will make in your company and we look forward to helping your idea become a reality. We regularly represent founders, start-ups and emerging companies, particularly technology companies, as corporate counsel.
Limited Liability Companies
The two most common entity structures we recommend for our clients are (1) Corporations (“Corps†) and (2) Limited Liability Companies (“LLCs†). In certain limited situations, it can be beneficial for your business to operate as a Limited Partnership (i.e. if you are an investment fund) or a sole proprietorship (a single business owner who is not looking to bring on employees or other partners and is not worried about limited liability). The answer ultimately depends on your goals, risk tolerance, and tax implications. For an overview of each option see our Choice of Business Entity blog post and check out our posts about each entity type on our Business Law Blog.
Trade Secrets
Whether your trade secrets are based in software, technology, manufacturing, product design or otherwise, it is important to secure trade secret protection of your business solutions.
Employers have every right to protect their business interests from unfair competition, and a non-compete agreement that is drafted for the purpose of protecting a specific legitimate business interest or trade secret will do just that. It is always advised that employees who are being asked to sign a non-compete agreement understand and, if applicable, negotiate the terms therein prior to signing the document.
From an employer perspective, the enforcement of non-compete agreements can protect their business interests, trade secrets, and client base, among other assets, should an employee with insider knowledge leave their company.
Our business and commercial real estate law attorneys have experience advising clients just like you with problems just like yours. We provide our clients with an extensive range of legal services related to commercial real estate.
Premises Liability
Adrianos also handles a variety of personal injury matters, including auto crashes, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability, and police misconduct cases.
Real Estate Transactions
We’ve handled numerous commercial real estate transactions from acquisition to sale, development, redevelopment, special land use and other zoning approvals, lease formation and eviction, and conventional and private financing for your commercial real estate project.
Land Use and Zoning
A general practice law firm with a focus on municipal law as well as a large litigation practice including wrongful death and injury, civil litigation, real estate and zoning, as well as business formation and business counseling.
Property Damage
These issues include drafting your short-term rental contract, property management contracts, local rental laws and regulations, the terms of service with the platforms such as Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com, and defamatory ratings and reviews which affect your reputation. Your rental contract can provide the best protection against poor ratings and reviews and damage caused by guests. If you are a property manager of short-term rentals, you need a listing agreement with the property owners that will set expectations and reduce legal risk. The laws surrounding short-term rentals do vary from state to state, and they are not always easy to understand. On top of these laws, you also have the requirements and rules of the various platforms, such as Airbnb and VRBO, that you must follow when using that site to rent your property and set key rental agreement terms related to refunds, cancellation, and property damage.