Enforceable Browse Wrap Contracts
With the growth in its popularity, and the evolving sophistication of technology to offer and execute it, e-commerce is increasingly automated. In the past, Internet sites used terms of use agreements that include an Internet mechanism to affirm consent to be bound by the agreement ("click-wrap"). But more often than ever, browse-wrap agreements are replacing click-wrap agreements.
Location, Location, Location
Today, no business starts without planning its Web site and online strategy. But is the same attention given to the choice of the Web site host as to the more exciting aspects of the site design? For example, you should not choose your host on price alone, as a commodity purchase. Instead, you should consider other factors, just as in choosing any vendor or business partner.
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e-Commerce Best Practices
This article addresses how e-commerce companies can get a handle on managing organizational information, and outlines processes for retaining and managing key business information that could be salient in legal proceedings, regulatory matters or compliance issues.
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CA Tells Franchisees to Withhold 7% from Franchisor Royalties
The California Franchise Tax Board recently told California franchisees to begin withholding 7% of all lease and royalty payments to out-of-state franchisors that exceed $1,500 per calendar year.
The FTC Blog Rules: Overbroad or Overblown?
To read reactions to the Federal Trade Commission's new guidelines announced last month on product testimonials and endorsements, one would conclude that bloggers must now tiptoe through a minefield of disclosures or else face the strong arm of the federal government and penalties of as much as $11,000. Only problem is, the guidelines don't say that.
FTC Reassures Bloggers: Big Brother Isn't Watching
Bloggers of the world, relax ' the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is not out to get you. That was the message from Mary Engle, associate director for advertising practices at the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.
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The FTC's New Endorsement Guides
The FTC's new guidance makes it clear that companies that are involved in encouraging a message about their products or services in non-traditional media, such that they are essentially sponsoring the messages, even if by consumers or celebrities, will be responsible as the advertiser for the message. Although the FTC acknowledges the limited ability in social and other evolving media to clear and control these types of messages, it places the burden of the risk on both the sponsor and the speaker.
How a Midsize Firm Outsources Its Help Desk
Nowhere should the "outsourcing equals savings" mantra ring more true than in the IT realm. The information technology umbrella is vast and firms often find it difficult to staff an entire IT department with talent possessing the myriad required skill sets.
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Automating BlackBerry Support Across the IT Organization
As the firm's mobile users came to rely more heavily on their smartphones, small service issues began to occur that the IT support team could not quickly isolate.
Sharpening the Focus on Legal Technology: 2009
For the past nine years, the <i>InsideLegal.com/ILTA Member Technology Purchasing Survey</i> has been a breath of fresh air for lawyers, law firms and law departments looking to base technology decisions on solid data rather than on anecdotes. 2009 is no exception, and the survey comes at a unique time of economic difficulty where solid data about what is happening in the market is especially elusive and valuable.
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