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LAN Party Lawyers: All-In on Loot Boxes
In this inaugural episode of LAN Party Lawyers, Carlton Fields attorneys Steve Blickensderfer and Nick Brown discuss the increasingly popular phenomenon of including loot boxes in digital games. They also examine the growing concerns about loot boxes by regulators around the world and debate whether …
U.S. Immigration Policy and Procedural Changes Impacting Foreign Students (Webinar)
This presentation is a three-part series on the procedural and policy changes issued by the various U.S. agencies governing legal immigration, and the impact of these changes on foreign students in the U.S. with student, scholar or trainee visas such as F, M or J, as well as their spouses and …
Custom Software Development: Practical Strategies to Get What You Pay For (Webinar)
A company’s custom software is an increasingly important part of growing profitability, shrinking expenses, and reaching new markets. It is critical to corporate success or failure. Software deals and licensing models are evolving as quickly as the technology, becoming more complicated and costly. …
Featured Documents
Consent Action of Board of Directors (Georgia)
The Consent Action is signed by all directors of the corporation. It sets out resolutions made by the board related to organizing and incorporating the company, such as accepting the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, establishing the corporate seal, and naming the elected officers of the …
Model Releases
Model Releases grant your company the right to copyright, use, and publish photographs and video taken of the model who signs the release. Download Documents: Model Releases (Adult) The Adult Model Release is for use where the model is over the age of 18. Model Releases (Child/Minor) The …
Stockholders’ Agreement, Series A Preferred Stock
This sample Stockholders Agreement – Series A Preferred Stock is prepared for use in an early round of financing, where a founder may be given special rights not available to other non founder stockholders. However, this sample Stockholders Agreement – Series A Preferred Stock can be easily be …