Legal Agreements

Now that I'm taking clients, I need to think about the legalities

[MatthewHSE]

Up until now, my work has been either for my own business, or some free (or cheap) work for friends. But, I'm starting to branch out, and I thought it was time I had some legal documents that new clients must agree to before I do any work.

The situation is that I'm part-owner/founder of a small corporation (just my family - four of us). It's not strictly web-based and we provide non-web services. However, it would be useful to our customers if we offered web design and hosting services. So, I've been setting things up to start taking on some design projects. I've also purchased a reseller hosting account to be able to sell hosting to the folks I design sites for.

All this, my design work and hosting, is going under the umbrella of the corporation.

So what legal papers do I need to see about getting? Also, does anyone know a good source for fill-in-the-blank papers that would suffice for this?

Thanks for any advice or ideas,

Matthew

[trillianjedi]

Also, does anyone know a good source for fill-in-the-blank papers that would suffice for this?

Ultra-dangerous in my opinion. I would talk to a lawyer or an accountant about the type of structure you intend to create and what you require to implement it.

Let's please remember the TOS also - legal advice is just not appropriate to WebmasterWorld (and that's not even considering the legal implications) so let's keep all replies generic and non-legal, please.

TJ

[TerryG]

I'll tell you one thing , don’t trust your friends, they will beat you out of your fee and some wont sign a contract BECOUSE they are your friends

[monkeythumpa]

Try <snip>. I have used their contracts before and they are cheap. They also have a bunch of articles about Internet business practices.

[edited by: trillianjedi at 2:19 pm (utc) on Mar. 23, 2005]
[edit reason] No URL drops please per TOS [/edit]

[monkeythumpa]

I have referenced that site a few times before, I thought they were authoritative. Anyway Google AllBusiness, but there are a bunch of other sites that will sell you service contracts and such.