The Freelancers' Show

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

Growing Developers - Curated Conversation About Building Developer Talent (Evan) 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)

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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,