Kink- and sex-positive businesses and ‘alt-lifestyle’ 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 and not supported by mainstream service providers making business nearly impossible in an interconnected world.
Legally Bound can provide the help you need to thrive in this hostile environment.
At Legally Bound, LLC, we understand the unique challenges and legal considerations non-traditional individuals and businesses face. Our team is committed to providing personalized attention to each client and creating custom solutions that align with your values and goals.
If you are seeking estate planning services (wills, trusts, healthcare directives, and other chosen family partnerships), please reach out to Bliss@BlissBoge.com or learn more about our sister law firm at www.blissboge.com.
Business for Content Creators, Professional Dominants, and Adult-Entertainment Entrepreneurs
Your business deserves all the protections afforded to any other business. Due to privacy or safety concerns, many entrepreneurs in adult entertainment fail or hesitate to protect their business interests. We can help.
Engage Legally Bound to help you set up an entity (like an LLC) that can enter into (and enforce) contracts, limit your liability, protect your intellectual property (like your stage name, likeness, and content), and most importantly, protect your privacy.
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.
Business Formation
When it comes to the formation of your adult entertainment business, there are several options to consider. Should you be a sole proprietorship, an LLC, or maybe even a membership organization? 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.
Lifestyle Trusts, Contracts, and Ceremonies
The Legally Bound Group can help you document business and financial agreements unique to our lifestyle through trusts or contracts.
And while many lifestyle agreements are not enforceable in a court of law, having a document memorializing your negotiations or important attributes of your power-exchange relationships can be a beautiful and meaningful way celebrate a milestone or a commitment. In addition to helping prepare and facilitate the negotiation of such agreements, Bliss Suh would be honored to officiate collaring or commitment ceremonies.
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.
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.
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.
Safety, Consent, and Best Practices in Consensual BDSM or Ethical Non-Monagomy
Consent, safety, and negotiation are paramount in any BDSM- and alt sex-spaces. Whether it’s safety monitoring, auditing, or translation for unfamiliar audiences, we can help. We have served as expert witnesses for a jury trials, a speaker for healthcare professionals, and subject matter expert for college classes. As an established consent and BDSM educator, with lived experience as a professional and lifestyle Dominant, we consult or provide services to help you translate alt-lifestyle practices into clear, non-pathologizing, and data-driven terms.
Compliance with Solicitation Laws, Age Verification, Reg. 2257 and FOSTA-SESTA
Non-compliance with laws governing adult entertainment and sex work can result in hefty fines and criminal charges; neither of which is good for 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 to help navigate an increasingly complicated and hostile business environment.
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 issues.