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Commercial Law
Focused commercial law guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
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Focused contracts guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
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Focused tools & comparisons guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
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Focused intellectual property guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
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Focused corporate law guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
Open pillar →Employment Law
Focused employment law guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
Open pillar →KYC & Compliance
Focused kyc & compliance guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
Open pillar →Data Privacy & KVKK
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Focused international law guides, frameworks and worked examples for practitioners.
Open pillar →Law terms, translated.
NDAs, non-competes, intellectual property, due diligence, liability and force majeure: the legal words you sign before you understand them.
Force majeure, Decoded: What It Actually Means
A force majeure clause excuses one or both parties from performing a contract, usually temporarily, when an extraordinary event outside their control makes performance impossible or seriously impractical. Typical examples are natural disasters, war, pandemics and government action, but what counts depends on the exact wording.
Liability, Decoded: What It Actually Means
Liability is legal responsibility for something, usually a debt or a harm, that can be enforced with money. In business it covers what a company owes, what it can be sued for, and, through structures like limited liability, how much of the owners’ personal assets are at risk if the business fails.
Due diligence, Decoded: What It Actually Means
Due diligence is the investigation a buyer, investor or partner carries out before committing to a deal, to confirm that what they were told is true and to find risks they were not told about. It covers finances, contracts, legal issues, tax, people, technology and anything else that could affect the value of the deal.
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A compact index for everything under Law. Counts come from the current WordPress categories where available.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Privacy Case, October 21, 2026: Notes for Law
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found more than 43 million consumer-protection violations tied to data-privacy statements. Meta plans to appeal.
Free Legal Research Databases (2026): 13 Free Plans Compared
Free legal research databases verified October 2026: Cornell LII, CourtListener and RECAP, Google Scholar case law, EUR-Lex, CanLII, BAILII, AustLII, Justia, FindLaw, govinfo, Supreme Court opinions, Oyez, vLex Fastcase via bar membership — coverage, alerts, citators, terms. Casetext closed; Westlaw, Lexis, HeinOnline paid.
Free Company Formation & Registered Agent Services (2026): 14 Free Plans Compared
$0 company formation and registered agent services verified October 2026: ZenBusiness, Bizee, Inc Authority, LegalZoom, Tailor Brands, Swyft Filings ($0 + state fee), Northwest ($39, RA $125/yr), Harbor Compliance RA, Stripe Atlas ($500), Clerky, Firstbase, doola, Companies House (£100), Delaware direct — what $0 includes, agent renewals, upsells.
Free Privacy & GDPR Compliance Tools (2026): 14 Free Plans Compared
Free privacy and GDPR compliance tools verified October 2026: Cookiebot (1 domain, 50 pages), Termly (10K views), CookieYes (5K pageviews), Enzuzo (5K visitors, all policies), Usercentrics (1,000 sessions), Osano, CookieFirst, Secure Privacy, Complianz for WordPress, iubenda, TermsFeed, PrivacyPolicies.com, GetTerms, GDPR.eu, ICO generator, CNIL PIA — caps, branding, paid steps. OneTrust excluded.
Free Trademark & IP Search Tools (2026): 14 Free Plans Compared
Free trademark and IP search tools verified October 2026: USPTO Trademark Search, WIPO Global Brand Database, TMview, EUIPO eSearch, UK IPO, Canadian Trademarks Database, IP Australia, WIPO Madrid Monitor, Google Patents, Espacenet, Lens.org, Trademarkia, Copyright.gov — coverage, image search, alerts, what is paid. Markify trial, Corsearch paid.
Free NDA & E-Signature Tools (2026): 12 Free Plans Compared
Free NDA and e-signature tools verified October 2026: Bonterms and Common Paper NDA templates, SignRequest (10 docs/mo), PandaDoc (5), SignWell (3), DocuSeal and OpenSign (open source), eSignatures.com ($0.49/doc), Adobe Fill & Sign, Jotform Sign, Dropbox Sign, YC documents — caps, licences, paid steps. DocuSign has no free plan; Rocket Lawyer and LawDepot are trials.
Free Contract Templates & Management (2026): 6 Free Plans Compared
Six free contract templates and management tools — Common Paper, YC SAFE documents, PandaDoc Free eSign, SignWell, Contractbook, Concord — with document caps, what is free, card requirement and the cheapest paid step. Verified October 2026.
Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software in 2026: Pricing & Comparison
Compare Zoho Contracts, PandaDoc, Oneflow, Ironclad and DocuSign CLM on public pricing, free limits and contract workflow features. Pricing checked 20 Oct 2026.
China’s Draft AI Export Controls: 23 Technologies, Thresholds and a Registration Rule
China proposed export controls on 23 AI technologies. Thresholds, the open-weight question, the registration rule in force now, and a compliance checklist.
Kurums Book Taste
The Law Shelf
Kurums Book Taste is our business-book review desk: every title gets a Taste Note - what the book argues, and exactly how to use it at work - and curated Tasting Menus chain them into reading routes. This is the shelf we keep stocked for Law teams.
Use it to negotiate contracts on interests and objective criteria, with your BATNA defined first.
Taste Note - Book TasteBargaining for AdvantageG. Richard ShellBuild a one-page preparation sheet from the six foundations and make it mandatory for every negotiation above a threshold.
Taste Note - Book TasteGetting Past NoWilliam UryScript your balcony move for the next hostile call: the naming phrase, the time-buying question, the recess line.
Taste Note - Book TasteNegotiation GeniusDeepak Malhotra and Max BazermanStandardize a one-page prep sheet: both BATNAs, both reservation values, ZOPA, anchor plan, concession pattern.
Taste Note - Book TasteThe Legal AnalystWard FarnsworthRe-read your standard contract templates asking the least-cost-avoider question clause by clause.
Taste Note - Book TasteStart with NoJim CampWrite mission-and-purpose statements for your three live negotiations - in the counterpart's world, one sentence each.
Taste Note - Book TasteDifficult ConversationsDouglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila HeenTrain managers to open disputes from the third story - scripted, practiced, before HR or legal hears the word 'hostile'.
Taste Note - Book TasteGetting MoreStuart DiamondAdopt the four-quadrant prep sheet for every negotiation above routine - goals, problems, parties, options.
Taste Note - Book TasteThe (Honest) Truth About DishonestyDan ArielyMove attestations to the top of forms and to the moment of submission - a one-line change with measured effect.
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