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50. How to stop clients from stealing your event proposal

March 1, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Have you ever worked hours and hours on a proposal only to have the potential client shop it around…

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49. What is indemnity and indemnification?

February 22, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Indemnity or indemnification is a contract term in which one party agrees to be responsible for the liabilities of…

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48. Are kickbacks in the wedding industry legal?

February 15, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Pepsi or Coke. Crunchy or soft shell taco. Reels or Tik Tok. Telling the client about commissions on vendor…

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47. Can you film in a federal park without a permit?

February 8, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

 Making videographers and filmmakers cough up money for a permit is actually unconstitutional according to a recent United States District…

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45. Do you need a quantum meruit clause for your client contract?

January 25, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Quantum meruit is latin for “what one has earned.” At least that’s what wikipedia says. But it also is…

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44. What to do when the client marks up your contract

January 18, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ After hitting it off with the couple, you sent over your contract to sign. When it comes back it’s…

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43. Cutting non-essential terms from your contract

January 10, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Does your contract look like a scroll and read like the riot act? Last week we talked about how…

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42. How long should your contract be?

January 4, 2021 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ Essentially, a contract should contain only the amount of words necessary to maximize legal and/or business protections for the…

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41. What to know about Covid-19 for 2021

December 14, 2020 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

🤷🏻‍♀️ The first Covid-19 vaccines are currently being administered (or soon will be). But does this change the algebra for…

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40. Do you need a photo release in your client contract?

December 7, 2020 weddingindustrylaw Leave a comment

at the wedding. Any wedding professional who intends to take photos at the event should consider a photo release in…

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