Payment terms
Net-60, Net-90, or "upon client approval" — instead of the contractor's industry-standard Net-15 or Net-30. We flag the cash-flow killers.
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Freelancers sign 5–20 contracts a year with no in-house counsel. We read the MSA or SOW, flag the clauses that quietly bleed money or hand ownership of your work to the client, and draft a counter-offer email in your voice.
Net-60, Net-90, or "upon client approval" — instead of the contractor's industry-standard Net-15 or Net-30. We flag the cash-flow killers.
Work made for hire vs. license, pre-existing materials carve-out, residual rights. Most freelance contracts overreach by default.
Mutual or one-way? Capped or uncapped? Excluding consequential damages? The difference can be your business or your bankruptcy.
What happens when the client walks away mid-project. Most contracts say nothing — and "nothing" means you eat the loss.
How additional work gets paid for, who decides what's "included." Bad language here is where freelance projects bleed money.
Clauses that say you can't work with the client's competitors during or after the engagement. Often overbroad and worth narrowing.
Flagged clauses, statute citations, negotiation email.
Read it →Non-compete, IP grabs, severance, vesting, arbitration.
Read it →Deposit treatment, head-lease exposure, exits.
Read it →Discriminatory questions, illegal fees, refundability.
Read it →Run YOUR lease against your state's law. From $19.
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