Contracts: Is it sufficient consideration to promise ownership in the company without specifying how much?

Then it is nothing more than an agreement to agree. The copyright assignment itself can be minimal and state "for good and valuable...

Let's say I saw a clip from one of my YouTube videos in a commercial for a large bank, can I take action?

f the company's use of your video infringes its copyright (which it may or may not have done depending on the length and type of the clip) and (1)...

Yes you are free to sell public domain photos. If you added to the photos the requisite additional creative material then you may be able to...

Cyber-stalkers used my name to draw traffic from my YouTube channel to their defamation page costing me subscribers and views

You need to contact YouTube and hire a great privacy lawyer where you live. Good luck.

Can my ex continue to post explicit photos of me?

You need to obtain a restraining order based on invasion of privacy and if you took the photos, based potentially on copyright infringement.

If I legally change the name of my business, what happens to the d/b/a that is associated with it?

Your question leaves out several facts necessary to advise you.

IF NAME HAS SOME SIMILARITY CAN I BE SUED?

The problem with the name you propose is that it is descriptive and thus you will need to prove the necessary secondary meaning of the mark. ...

What can be used to determine if a CA Court case is an "unlimited" or "limited" civil case? Can attorney's fees be included?

Based solely upon the facts you presented, you are correct in believing that the case is limited as it is below the $20,000 mark. Attorneys fees...

May I authorize someone to sign a pleading for me (other than one under penalty of perjury)?

As opposing counsel in the other matter is an officer of the court, there are other obligations imposed upon him when he signs on your behalf. For...

Can I take a photo of an old statue in a museum and use it in a book cover I'm designing?

If the museum does not have any postings or statements on its tickets that photographs may not be used commercially, then you are free to do with...