Running From the Law

When and how should you start working with a business lawyer? Erika and Gabe answer this question and offer some thoughts on finding the right one for what you need. (Hint: Start looking before you've angered and alienated everyone you know.) Then conversation turns to Gabe's strange fascination with ultra-running.

Know your regulations! Beware of warranties! What does indemnity mean anyway?!? Gabe and Erika discuss how to reduce your exposure to risk as an employer, designer, or developer. Then, they whinge a bit about running in mild weather.

Begin with the end in mind! If you are thinking of striking out on your own, this episode is for you. Protect your assets, pick the right business entity, and get your agreements in order. Enjoy Gabe's rant about insurance, which might be a result of taper madness as he anticipates the final days before his race.

Software patent lawsuits are all the rage, but who really benefits? (Hint: It's the patent lawyers.) Erika and Gabe dig into the downside of software patents. Then they chat a bit about the motivational power of eating and tweeting to help you stick to your running program.

Should you accept equity as payment for your work? Erika and Gabe offer food for thought on this matter, along with suggestions for the most effective (yet disgusting) fuels for long workouts and tender tummies.

Gabe laughs into the wind as he and Erika explore the benefits of speed play and the pitfalls of “private courts”.

If you're in it for the long haul, you'll want to protect yourself from injury. Erika and Gabe cover the basics of trademark protection and chat about cross-training for better fitness.

Erika and Gabe chat about their respective preferences for running companionship and offer strategies for successful working relationships.

Erika and Gabe talk about the considerations of flat-fee contracts vs. time and materials, as well as how to deal with lactate build-up.

Erika and Gabe reminisce about SOPA and PIPA and review key considerations in running shoe selection.

Erika and Gabe discuss the pros and cons of using an NDA to protect intellectual property and debate the necessity of hiding one’s hideous mutilated toenails.

Sometimes a chilling effect is just what you want. Erika and Gabe discuss the mysteries of cooling your thighs and protecting your ideas.

In this first episode of Running from the Law, Erika Hall and Gabe Levine discuss some California legislation that could affect design shops and other small businesses, the joys of endurance training, hiring penalties, and Nip Guards.