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Downloadable guides on law school, mental health, and creator rights.

Creator Intel

FCBC's newsletter for content creators — insights, trends, and legal guidance for the creator economy.

February 2026

January 2026: The Importance of Corporate Entities as a Content Creator

Why every creator needs to think about business structure.

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December 2025

December: Defamation

Free speech and defamation — what creators need to know.

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October 2025

Mental Health for Creators & Business Owners

Online hate, burnout, and creator-specific mental health challenges.

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July 2025

Protecting Your IP as a Creator

Trademarks, copyrights, and the highest level of IP protection for your brand.

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January 2025

TikTok Ban, BOI Filings, and Product Liability

Insights, trends, and observations in the Creator Economy.

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November 2023

The Most Slept-on Contract Clause: Termination

Termination clauses are arguably the most important term in a contract.

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2023

Getting Hacked: Should You "Authenticate" Your Accounts for Brands?

How scammers trick creators into giving up login credentials.

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2023

What Should Creators Know Before Signing a Brand Deal?

Creators are signing onto terms that hand away their IP, right to compete, and even management rights.

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July 2023

How Legal Tech is Changing the Game for In-House Lawyers

From Biglaw to in-house — how technology is reshaping legal practice.

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2023

Do You Even Know What Mental Health Means?

The most sinister part of mental health is how much work is required to even understand it.

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Through the Noise

Julian's Substack newsletter cutting through the noise on politics and culture.

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June 2025

To win, Democrats must return to common sense

Part I.

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December 2024

Lessons Learned from Knocking 1500 Doors

Observations from the front line of American politics.

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November 2024

Biden Mismanaged the Border, and Gave Trump the White House

Taking ownership of why Democrats lost the 2024 Election.

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September 2024

A day in my life as a lawyer for content creators

Today, a break from politics for a feature from my law firm blog!

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July 2024

Chevron is gone, but maybe that's a good thing?

An unpopular opinion from someone on the left.

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May 2024

I Joined the Front Lines of American Politics

From content creator to canvasser — what it's like on the ground.

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May 2024

California is heading to darkness

My state senator is trying to make the standard time permanent.

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April 2024

Here's an example of bad policy.

California lawmakers giving democrats a bad name.

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March 2024

As Lawyers die by suicide, many ask "why?"

A profession in crisis.

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March 2024

US House Passes Tiktok "Ban"

Nothing builds bipartisanship like a common enemy.

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March 2024

Harvard, Law, Money

The ingredients for virality are both logical and disappointing.

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February 2024

You Shut Down a Freeway. But did you Vote?

There's a difference between meaningful and trendy activism.

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February 2024

A Nation, or a Republic?

"A republic, if you can keep it." — Benjamin Franklin

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February 2024

The end of regulation as we know it?

A little known Supreme Court case with massive implications.

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February 2024

Criminal Charges for Parents of a Mass Shooter?

The legal system is fighting gun violence by pushing the limits of criminal liability.

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January 2024

Politics Shouldn't be About People

It should be about policy.

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January 2024

Politics is a Team Sport

Why going it alone doesn't work in politics.

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January 2024

20 Things I Learned in my 20s

I turn 30 today.

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January 2024

The Economy isn't Good. It's Great.

Don't believe the complainers or conservatives. The US economy is on a tear.

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December 2023

The Brain Rot of Social Media

A short story of how being a creator on social media rotted my brain.

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