Kink- and sex-positive businesses and entrepreneurs have unique legal and business support needs. Regulations governing these business may be unclear or unknown. Frequently, these businesses are not welcome in certain communities.
Legally Bound can provide the help you need to thrive in this hostile environment.
Our mission is to help your business succeed by providing you with strategic business planning, legal consulting, and risk management support.
At Legally Bound, LLC, we understand the unique challenges and legal considerations that sex and kink positive businesses face. Our team is committed to providing personalized attention to each client and creating custom solutions that align with your values and goals.
Risk Mitigation and Litigation Management
Address potential areas of legal risk before they become legal problems. By effectively managing legal disputes when they do arise, your business can avoid costly litigation and legal fees. Effective risk mitigation and litigation management can help promote ethical practices within your business, ensuring that all activities are conducted legally and consensually.
Managing Privacy and PII
Managing privacy and personally identifiable information is essential for sex and kink positive businesses to ensure that both you and your customers are protected and complying with relevant laws and regulations. Build trust with your clients and promote a positive reputation for your business.
Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Maintain positive relationships and reputation: Kink-positive businesses often rely on their relationships and reputation to attract and retain customers. Conflict resolution and mediation can help resolve disputes amicably and leave relationships and reputations intact (or even better). Often, parties need more than anything to be heard. Let us listen, find creative solutions, and help parties resolve disagreements before they become problems.
Business Formation
When it comes to the formation of your kinky business, there are several options to consider. Should you be a sole proprietorship, an LLC, or maybe even a co-op? When choosing a business formation, consider your long-term goals, potential liability risks, and tax implications. Further, in sex and kink work, privacy and safety are serious concerns as well, and how you structure your business and entities matter. Let us walk you through your options.
Business Succession Planning
Many small businesses are built by successful individuals. How do you maintain the same or greater degree of success as a principal retires or moves on to other projects? What if a key employee or owner gets ill or is otherwise unable to work? Let us work with you to help your business weather the tides of life, death, divorce, and intergenerational business succession planning.
Safety, Consent, and Best Practices
Consent and safety are paramount in any BDSM- and sex-spaces and products. Whether it’s safety monitoring, auditing, or training, we can help.
Compliance with Solicitation Laws and FOSTA-SESTA
Non-compliance with solicitation laws and FOSTA-SESTA can result in hefty fines, which can be a significant burden for your small business. Complying with these laws can also increase customer trust and confidence in the business, as customers may feel more comfortable supporting a business that operates within the bounds of the law.
At Legally Bound, we can help you develop and implement practical processes better mitigating risk of non-compliance by employees or contractors.
Defamation, Reputation Protection, Accountability, and Public Relations
Reputation is your main business asset. With the internet, people can write anything, anytime, frequently without significant consequence. While we will not litigate (we are not a law firm equipped to handle such matters and silencing critical points of view is rarely the best approach, in our experience), we can help advise, mediate, and develop a communication and public relations plan that will help you manage misinformation and address concerns. Further, if you or others in your organization have harmed individuals, we can help you to mediate a resolution and/or develop an accountability plan.
Estate Planning and Trust Administration
“Fail to plan or plan to fail.”
Planning for death or disability is difficult, but necessary if we want to take care of the people we love, and make sure the people we love and trust have the legal right to take care us in our time of need. Don’t put your end of life decisions (and your assets) in the hands of estranged relatives or the government. Instead, document your intentions and decisions in legally binding documents. Come talk to us about ‘what if' so we can help you get peace of mind that you are caring for your loved ones today and tomorrow. Legally Bound offers a full range of estate planning services for families and individuals of all shapes, sizes, and needs. We can also serve as a fiduciary to help execute your intentions so that trust assets are managed as you intend them to be.
Legally Bound, LLC (or it’s attorneys) is not representing you until and unless there is a written engagement letter in place between you and Legally Bound. Bliss Suh is an attorney licensed to practice in Oregon. For clients outside of Oregon, we offer business consulting and advice that is legally- and trauma- informed (though not legal advice). We aim to help you execute your mission and goals with practical solutions to your business and risk-management problems.