Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy Quotes

“A pay-it-forward reciprocity changes the message from “how can I help you?” to “how can we help each other?”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“Stark points out that it’s always better to use the word “shall,” rather than “will,” to describe something that a party is agreeing to do (a covenant). The word “will,” she says, should be used to describe a fact or speculation about something that may happen in the future.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“Take for example, a contract with a section entitled “Default; Breach; Remedies.” Why not change this subhead to “What Happens If Parties Cannot Adhere to This Agreement?”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“Often, facilitating the growth of an open and trusting relationship among parties will be far more important than lobbying for favorable contract terms for a single party.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“Agreements, through their sheer clarity, thoroughness, and collaborative tone, can go a long way in preventing conflict. At the same time, not everything can and should be set in contractual stone. Sometimes, rather than making an agreement on how to handle an issue, our clients may simply want to make an “agreement to agree”—to say that if an issue arises, they will sit down and come up with a reasonable solution.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“We expect our relationships to be rewarding, caring, accountable, reliable, and of high integrity.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“If the other Owner feels resistant to or has worries about a proposed housemate, both Owners agree to sit down and discuss any worries, with the goal of making the arrangement workable and comfortable for everyone.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“But the fact is that our communities have a wealth of resources—people, skills, and tangible items—which we could use to provide for ourselves.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies

“Community-supported enterprise: The community-supported enterprise model is well established in the realm of agriculture and makes increasing sense for many kinds of businesses in an economy based on relationships. In the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model, a farmer and a group of customers form a relationship and agree to share a handful of things, including, to varying extents, the financing, the bounty, and the potential risks of farming. In a CSA’s purest form, a CSA member generally pays the farm money at planting time, which gives the farmer operating capital throughout the year.”
― Janelle Orsi, Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies