How to find an internet lawyer you want

What is an internet lawyer?

An internet lawyer is the closest thing business website owners find to a colleague. Whether you own a sole proprietorship or other entity, you need representation by your website lawyer.

What does an internet lawyer do?

A skilled internet lawyer focuses on more than the basics to make sure business website owners have the right legal documents in place from website legal documents to e-commerce contracts. your website lawyer is going to reveal a course of action, based upon your information, to protect you as an business website owner.

How do you choose an internet lawyer today?

You probably should choose an internet lawyer who not only understands what you do online but is also a business website owner too. In other words, your website lawyer is a business website owner and also knows Internet business law.

Before you choose your website lawyer, you should check out if he knows how ecommerce works plus applicable law, i.e. a great deal of experience and knows more than just the basics. Of course, if your website lawyer doesn’t know the basics of Federal Trade Commission law that affect the Internet and doesnt know about spam laws, Internet sales taxes, online privacy, etc., you should keep hunting until you find an internet lawyer who is trained in these issues.

You should also choose an internet lawyer who has the wisdom and connections to get you a recommendation for a good your website lawyer who handles lawsuits if you end up in court.

Think twice if your website lawyer doesn’t litigate but pretends to have the experience or expertise to handle lawsuits simply to keep you as a client. The same is true when your website lawyer with only trial experience pretends to specialize in transactional law. They are very different kinds of experience dealing with different issues under relevant law. So be sure to pick the type of Internet lawyer that matches your needs.

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Affiliate Marketing And Fake News Reports

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Ask your Internet attorney about "news" marketing

As an Internet attorney who conducts website legal audits, here’s an issue that comes up all of the time.

If you believe in a product or service that you’re promoting as an affiliate, can you provide “news” about the product? That’s a question that’s coming back to haunt affiliate marketers.

In April, the FTC filed lawsuits against marketers who claimed to be reporting news about weight loss products that were in fact nothing more than sales pitches containing unverified claims.

According to the FTC, “[m]illions of consumers are being lured to websites that imitate those of reputable news organizations.  The “reporters” on these sites supposedly have done independent evaluations of acai berry supplements, and claim that the products cause major weight loss in a short period of time with no diet or exercise.  In reality the websites are deceptive advertisements placed by third-party or ‘affiliate’ marketers.  The websites are aimed at enticing consumers to buy the featured…weight-loss products.  These fake news operations are the subject of a nationwide law enforcement initiative.”

“Almost everything about these sites is fake,” David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. “The weight-loss results, the so-called investigations, the reporters, the consumer testimonials, and the attempt to portray an objective journalistic endeavor.” – FTC takes aim at deceptive ads, Minneapolis Star Tribune (May 22, 2011).

When you’re promoting a product or service online for your own business, or as an affiliate marketer, make sure you don’t cross the line into deceptive marketing with tactics like fake news reports or reviews. Your Internet attorney can help you tread through this cyber legal minefield.

Best wishes,

-Mike the Internet Attorney

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Outted by Twitter

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Talk with your Internet attorney about Twitter privacy

This is significant to your Internet attorney and your business too. Twitter has just revealed the identity of a Twitter user, including his personal contact information.

Here’s what happened…

A local British government sued in California. Twitter caved and gave out the Tweeter’s name and contact information. Twitter  “passed the name, email address and telephone number of a south Tyneside councillor accused of libelling the local authority via a series of anonymous Twitter accounts.” – Twitter unmasks anonymous British user in landmark legal battle, UK Guardian (May 29, 2011)

Now the government is going after him for libel because of the content of his tweets.

If the Tweeter had wanted to protect his identity, he would have had to fly from the U.K. to California, hire a U.S. Internet attorney, and try to convince the court his information should not be released.

If you’ve been defamed in Tweets, this precedent is something to consider. It’s a lot of leverage because Twitter will apparently fold like a cheap suit instead of protecting user identities.

If you are posting content on Twitter under the impression your identity and contact info will be protected, don’t count on it. When in doubt, talk with your Internet attorney before posting something that could land you in legal hot water.

Best wishes,

-Mike the Internet attorney

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