Misclassification risk, IP assignment gaps, and undisclosed local labor obligations are turning contractor relationships into liability. This product is coming soon — join the waitlist to be notified at launch.
Misclassification risk is the most visible problem — Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico have aggressive labor courts that reclassify independent contractors as employees based on control, exclusivity, and dependency factors that most US-form contractor agreements don't account for.
IP assignment is the second failure mode. Under the copyright laws of most LatAm countries, work-for-hire doctrine doesn't apply to independent contractors the way it does in the US. Without a valid IP assignment clause that complies with local formal requirements, the contractor may retain ownership of work product.
The third is undisclosed obligations — mandatory benefits, social security contributions, and local registration requirements that apply even to "independent contractor" relationships above certain engagement thresholds. The LATAM Contractor Legal Stack maps all three and gives you the contract architecture to close them.
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