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How to change the legal name of the Company: A detailed Checklist

A Word on Entrepreneurial Fundraising: Tactical Tips to help you Succeed

The Clausehound team has supported many companies through the fundraising process with deeply annotated investor documents and FAQs. Although we’re primarily focused on the deal documents themselves, we’ve learned some key...

Closing a SAFE Note Deal

This article will outline how to close and document a SAFE note deal.

What is a SAFE Note?

This article provices a detailed overview of a SAFE agreement, specifically looking at how to initiate fundraising between family and friends and how to structure the deal.

3 Tips on Integrating Legal Technology

Advice from our founder on integrating legal tech.

4 Tips on Integrating Legal Technology

Here are 3 (three) ways in which you can easily and effectively integrate legal technologies into your work.

Privacy Policy - Frquently Asked Questions

In this article, we answer some of the most popular questions regarding privacy policies. This article also answers questions relating to the Eu-compliant Privacy Policy.

BLog Bite: Why EDI instead of DEI?

In this short article, we try to tackle a question that we've gotten asked recently, Why EDI instead of DEI?

Suggestions on the collection and handling of personal identifiable information

The scope of personal information is “far-reaching” to an extent that along with some obvious things such as names, contact information...

What a Mutual Release is, how to construct, and what to know before signing one

A Mutual Release is an agreement between two parties that each one will give up some or all legal claims they have or may have in the future against one another. A...

A Chessboard perspective: Share Allocation to Advisors and Other Senior Executives

Issuing shares to advisors and other senior executives can be a difficult decision to make. While it may seem like a complicated matter, it can be broken down rather easily when you...

Cross-Border Agreements and Choice of Law: How Companies Can Control their Location for Litigation or Arbitration When Faced With a Dispute, and Why That Matters

This article will discuss how to ensure that your choice of law and forum for dispute resolution clauses are enforceable.

Director Duties and The Business Judgment Rule

This article examines the care that a director must take when making decisions, and what the review process and potential implications might be, should that care not be taken.

Changing Job Descriptions and Constructive Dismissal

Constructive dismissal is a legal concept which refers to a situation where an employer unilaterally changes the terms of an employment contract. This aricle looks into what constitutes as constructive dismissal as...

Restrictive Covenants in the context of a shareholders’ agreement

If you are considering placing non-compete or non-solicit clauses in your shareholder’s agreements to protect your business’ goodwill, Martin v. ConCreate demonstrates that these clauses must be carefully drafted to ensure they...

Yet Another Why Writing Software is Hard Article

Writing good software is hard. How do you keep your focus on what matters, and keep everyone speaking the same language?

Dealbreaker: Make a mistake in an important deal - are you in big trouble?

Finding that there’s a critical detail missed is the kind of error that shocks business parties and fills lawyers with dread - because if the parties can't come to a compromise, the...

4 Tips for Creating a Reader-Friendly Privacy Policy

Advice for those who are drafting Privacy Policies for their companies.

Automating Contract Review for a Slow-Moving Industry

Every day we’re hearing more and more about how artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are going to rock the business world by “automating this”, “speeding up that”, “cutting corners” “cutting costs”, etc. While...

3 Most Important Terms in Your Privacy Policy

Whether you are a founder drafting a Privacy Policy for your company or signing one as a customer, there are three (3) key components to a Privacy Policy that you should be...

As A Sole Director Of A Corporation, Should I Be Concerned About Making Decisions That I May Personally Benefit From?

For the sole director of a corporation, when making decisions, one potential concern is the requirement (that flows from their fiduciary duty pursuant to s.134 of the Ontario Business Corporations Act (R.S.O....

Deal Negotiator's Handbook #1

DealPrep's Deal Negotiator's Handbook #1

COVID-19 Deal Risk Insights

Some of the deal risk insights our team’s learned from working in the deal automations space during COVID-19.