Agency-Client Relationships

A Fresh Start: Agency Legal Protection at the Center of Your New Year Planning

’Tis the season where our feeds are flooded with planning posts to help drive your strategy for the year ahead. While inherently insightful or inspirational, these articles have one thing in common: they often disregard the importance of legal protection for yourself, your agency, your clients and your work. I get it. It’s stressful. It’s [...]

By |2016-12-22T13:28:15-05:00December 22nd, 2016|Ad and Marketing Regulations, Agency-Client Relationships, Agency-Freelancer Relationships, Content Marketing Law|Comments Off on A Fresh Start: Agency Legal Protection at the Center of Your New Year Planning

Legal Terms and Conditions Clauses in Agency Proposals or Statements of Work

By: Sharon Toerek, Principal, Toerek Law and Author, the Agency Protection System One challenging legal issues all agencies face is documenting their business relationship with the client. Agencies struggle at this stage for a number  of reasons: because they want to be protected without being “off-putting” to the Client; appear professional but not overwhelming in [...]

By |2016-12-11T16:59:59-05:00September 26th, 2016|Agency-Client Relationships|Comments Off on Legal Terms and Conditions Clauses in Agency Proposals or Statements of Work

10 Legal Points Your Agency Needs to Include in Every Client Service Agreement

By: Sharon Toerek, Principal, Toerek Law and Author, the Agency Protection System One of the most challenging times for agencies is the first business relationship or project with a client. It’s exciting to land new clients, or to get new business with existing clients. Your team is eager to get started, and so is the [...]

By |2016-12-11T16:57:29-05:00July 21st, 2016|Agency-Client Relationships|Comments Off on 10 Legal Points Your Agency Needs to Include in Every Client Service Agreement

The Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement: How to Protect Your Agency

By: Sharon Toerek, Principal, Toerek Law and Author, the Agency Protection System One of the areas where agencies are the most vulnerable, and about which I get the most questions from my agency clients, is during the new business process. Agencies want to strike the right balance between demonstrating their talent and ideas to a [...]

By |2016-12-11T16:58:15-05:00June 15th, 2016|Agency-Client Relationships|Comments Off on The Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement: How to Protect Your Agency

Website Development Agreements: When You Need One & What it Should Say

By: Sharon Toerek, Principal, Toerek Law and Author, the Agency Protection System One of the areas where agencies struggle is using a solid agreement for client website development work. In this post, I’ll share with you my top tips for creating a website development agreement that can help protect your agency. We’ll cover: When to [...]

By |2016-12-11T17:00:47-05:00April 24th, 2016|Agency-Client Relationships|Comments Off on Website Development Agreements: When You Need One & What it Should Say