Internet Law and Business Blog

The European Union (EU) Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) was adopted three years ago. On May 26, 2008, the United Kingdom’s Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is implementing this directive through Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.
If you’re doing word-of-mouth marketing, you should be concerned with the directive and the regulations promulgated [...]

Frankly, I’m ticked off.
Why?
Will be missing part of the World Internet Summit this month even though it is going to be held right here in Dallas, Texas. Held May 22nd-25th, this one is on my must-attend list. As soon as I’ve completed representing Internet law clients each day, you’ll see me there (and I’ll be [...]

If you’re doing business online in other countries, take the time to ensure that your website complies with e-commerce laws in those places. At a minimum, this includes making sure that your website has all of the requisite legal documentation.
For example, let’s say that you sell 70% of your products in the United States, 10% [...]