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Contracts, Invoices & Legal
The operational infrastructure of a freelance business — and the area most freelancers neglect until a client dispute makes it expensive. This sub-forum covers freelance contract templates, scope creep clauses, kill fees, late payment terms, invoice structures, payment platform comparisons, and the legal protections that separate professional freelancers from hobbyists. Downloadable templates live here alongside member experiences with difficult client situations and the contract language that resolved them.
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Rocket Companies and Redfin argue in court filings that a lawsuit seeking to delay their merger is motivated by the plaintiff's personal gain, not concern for investors. View the full article
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Months after OceanFirst Financial settled federal redlining allegations, it received the highest possible Community Reinvestment Act rating from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. CEO Christopher Maher said the bank made a "significant effort" to introduce its lending products to markets it had recently entered via acquisition. View the full article
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said in a speech Friday that the market's response to recent volatility shows resilience, but more study is needed about the financial stability implications of business relationships between banks and nonbanks. View the full article
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Increases in gross domestic product and home sales expectations compared with April are the drivers of Fannie Mae's latest mortgage outlook for 2025 and 2026. View the full article
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Thursday's wild selloffs, and further losses Friday, were a reminder that the fervor of retail traders — whipped up in part by Federal Housing Finance Agency head Pulte — can quickly turn sour. View the full article
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Mortgage bonds supported by government-backed companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were trading slightly wider Monday morning after Moody's Ratings downgraded the US late last week.
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Yields on the 10-year Treasury have been climbing because of the Moody's U.S. downgrade, the tax bill under debate in Congress and possible GSE reform. View the full article
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The state and local tax deduction is a write-off that most Americans will never claim, even in the districts of the lawmakers fighting hardest to increase the tax break, data analyzed by Bloomberg News shows. View the full article
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The Dallas bank turned down another offer because it thought it could get a higher price from Fifth Third, and also could ink an agreement faster, according to Comerica's latest regulatory filing. View the full article
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US corporations with over a trillion in assets snapped up an unprecedented amount of short-term Treasuries when President Donald The President announced a 90-day delay for most of his "Liberation Day" tariffs, according to Clearwater Analytics. View the full article
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