U.S. Attorney Needed for Legal Opinion for Payment Processor

Posted last month

Worldwide

Summary

We operate an ecommerce website selling swords / bladed collectibles and our payment processor has requested legal/compliance confirmation that our business can legally sell and ship these products in the United States. We need a qualified U.S. attorney to review our website, product catalog, shipping policy, checkout flow, disclaimers, and age-verification process, and provide a written legal opinion or compliance memo that can be shared with our payment processor if needed. The review should cover: Whether our products can legally be sold online in the U.S. Federal law related to swords, knives, switchblades, ballistic knives, disguised weapons, and restricted blades State-by-state restrictions for selling and shipping conventional swords Whether any states, cities, or product categories should be blocked Whether decorative swords, sharpened swords, replicas, fantasy swords, sword canes, hidden blades, or collectible blades need different treatment Recommended age verification and buyer certification language Recommended website disclaimers, terms, and checkout warnings Carrier/shipping considerations for USPS, UPS, FedEx, or other carriers Recommendations to reduce payment processor / chargeback / compliance risk Deliverables We are looking for: A written attorney memo or legal opinion suitable for internal compliance and payment processor review A state-by-state shipping matrix: allowed / restricted / blocked Recommended website disclaimer language Recommended checkout certification language Recommended prohibited/restricted product list Practical compliance changes we should make before continuing sales

  • Less than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 1-3 months
    Duration
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • $30.00

    -

    $70.00

    Hourly
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
Legal
Contract Law
Legal Writing
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  • Last viewed by client:last week
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About the client
Member since Jun 25, 2019
  • United States
    Sheridan3:49 PM
  • $77K total spent
    213 hires, 74 active
  • 1,741 hours
  • Media & Entertainment
    Small company (2-9 people)

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