Writ & Wire — Law at the Threshold of Intelligent Machines

Information is plentiful. Reliability is scarce.

We are a team of highly qualified specialists volunteering to create a free, centralized, reliable resource to help local governments and small businesses understand the laws that apply to them.

What's the issue?

Start with the question in front of you. Each topic gathers the articles, tools, and laws that answer it.

Contracts & Vendors

Vendor terms, customer agreements, and the clauses that cause problems.

  • What should a vendor contract never say?
  • Who’s liable when the software fails?
  • Can they raise the price mid-term?
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AI & Technology

AI tools, data, cybersecurity, and your website.

  • Do we need an AI use policy?
  • What do we owe customers after a breach?
  • Is our website legally compliant?
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Employment & Workforce

Hiring, contractors, policies, and workplace rules.

  • Employee or contractor?
  • What can we monitor on work devices?
  • What belongs in a handbook?
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Real Estate & Expansion

Leases, new locations, development, and incentives.

  • What to negotiate in a commercial lease
  • How do local incentives work?
  • What if we miss the job numbers?
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Doing Business with Government

Bidding, public contracts, open meetings, public records.

  • How do we bid on public work?
  • When is our contract voted on, and in public?
  • Will our contract become public?
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Formation & Governance

Entities, ownership, boards, and decisions.

  • Which entity type fits us?
  • What goes in an operating agreement?
  • When does a decision need board approval?
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Intellectual Property

Names, content, inventions, and know-how.

  • Should we trademark our name?
  • Who owns work a contractor creates?
  • Who owns what AI helps us make?
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International

Selling, hiring, and handling data across borders.

  • Does GDPR apply to us?
  • Hiring someone in Mexico
  • Selling to customers abroad
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Where are you?

Law crosses borders. So does the library.

Federal, state, and international laws organized by jurisdiction and topic. Search Attorney General Opinions and legal guides for select jurisdictions.

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What do you need?

Tools, analysis, and authority.

Practical instruments for in-house counsel, operators, and researchers.

Toolkit Under construction.
Articles Analysis at the intersection of law and tech.
Videos Under construction.
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