TYB!
HeyJim, what would you do in this situation?
Met someone on Twitter.
He had an idea for a product.
Started doing some designs.
No contract signed or corporation formed.
All of a sudden last night he texts me that I'm moving too slow and he tells me he's been recording all our conversations and needs money now.
This doesn't seem like the type of person I want to do business with.
Do I go further, like with reporting?
This crosses state lines, so who to report to?
My state is a two-party recording state; his state is a one-party recording state. So if he made the recordings in his state, do only his state's laws apply?
Some research shows it's vague; guidance is to inform all on the call if anyone's in a two-party state but doesn't seem that is the law. Learned Vermont has no 'party' law so defaults to Federal, which is one-party (i.e., feds can record everything); all other states have a recording law: 11 with two-party, 38 with one.
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladviceofftopic/comments/zrps72/is_it_possible_to_record_a_conversation_when_two/
https://www.rev.com/blog/productivity/phone-call-recording-laws-state
Thank you.
This is weighing heavy.