I knocked the passenger side mirror off of my car on a pole. $30 and some time later, I had a new mirror installed.
Conversely, I had a power window motor burn out and seize up while the window was going down. I was able to get the door panel off, but all the bolts to remove the motor/window assembly were on the inside of the door. I had the directions and the knowledge to continue to remove the door and remove the motor, but I did not feel capable and I didn't really have the tools to properly proceed. Failure meant a bunch of broken glass in my drive way, or worse my car would only have three doors. So I took it to a mechanic and he fixed it in an afternoon.
To reapply all of this to the topic: some legal stuff you can handle if you have the knowledge and feel equipped to move forward. Privacy policies are a good example, as would be government regulations like CAN-SPAM, which are pretty well documented and explained. But as matters of legality grow in scope: articles of incorporation, anything tax related, or something like the DMCA, I personally would not continue without legal council.
I knocked the passenger side mirror off of my car on a pole. $30 and some time later, I had a new mirror installed.
Conversely, I had a power window motor burn out and seize up while the window was going down. I was able to get the door panel off, but all the bolts to remove the motor/window assembly were on the inside of the door. I had the directions and the knowledge to continue to remove the door and remove the motor, but I did not feel capable and I didn't really have the tools to properly proceed. Failure meant a bunch of broken glass in my drive way, or worse my car would only have three doors. So I took it to a mechanic and he fixed it in an afternoon.
To reapply all of this to the topic: some legal stuff you can handle if you have the knowledge and feel equipped to move forward. Privacy policies are a good example, as would be government regulations like CAN-SPAM, which are pretty well documented and explained. But as matters of legality grow in scope: articles of incorporation, anything tax related, or something like the DMCA, I personally would not continue without legal council.