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What Your Terms and Conditions Tell Your CustomersWhat businessperson hasn’t complained about how lawyers ruin deals? The simple handshake and bar-napkin agreement too often turns into hundreds of pages of fine print, with hourly billing to match. Yet neither party really knows whether it all actually states the deal as each understood it over handshakes. Whatever the cause, these problems lead many businesspeople to wonder whether their lawyers are for them, or against them.
Safeguarding BrandsBecause the Internet provides opportunistic criminals with a powerful platform for marketing their tainted goods on a mass scale, and with limited funding and personnel, law-enforcement agencies are unable to make a noticeable dent in the fight against counterfeits, leaving companies with the costly burden of protecting their customers.
Keeping Up with Online Brand and Other Related Scams and FraudsThe Internet has also provided an almost unguarded playground to allow thieves and other criminals to develop and unleash sophisticated scams and frauds on unsuspecting users. This conduct shows up in the almost unlimited amount of Internet scams and frauds active at any point, yet because of the nature of the Internet, it is almost impossible for a small business, consumer or e-commerce attorney to stay up-to-date.
e-Commerce Docket SheetArbitration Clause in User Agreement Does Not Apply to Phone-Sales Agent
Arbitration Clause Is Not Unconscionable for Savvy Corporate Parties
Alleged Copyrighted Work Distribution Can Establish An Infringement Claim
Songwriters’ Claim of Alleged Misappropriation Cognizable under Copyright
Exhaustion Doctrine Bars Rights Assertion in Sales to Third-Party Manufacturers
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