Online/Social Media Law

Can I do that? Social media investigations in the hiring process.

by admin on Sep 28, 2011 • No Comments •

As an attorney that frequently speaks on social media, online law, and other techy legal issues, I get asked by employers what they can and can’t do as far as investigating applicants online. Unfortunately, the answer really varies on the →

Privacy Policies and Your Business Website

by admin on Aug 10, 2011 • No Comments •

Last week, I talked a little about terms of use and why your website needs one. The TOU is only one of several documents that most website needs – websites typically also need privacy policies and copyright policies. Today you →

Terms of Use and Your Website

by admin on Aug 4, 2011 • No Comments •

Last week, your Denver business attorney was lucky enough to get out of dodge and headed up to the gorgeous town of Breckenridge, CO to speak at the Colorado Women’s Small Business Development Conference. While I got out of the →

Copyright Infringement – Then and Now, Part 2

by admin on Jun 30, 2011 • 1 Comment •

Monday we talked about how copyright infringement is more public now than twenty years ago. It is also my opinion that part of the issues is that those who have grown up with the Internet don’t see copyright infringement as →

Copyright Infringement – Then and Now Part 1

by admin on Jun 27, 2011 • No Comments •

On Friday, June 17, 2011, I was invited to be part of the conversation at the Social Marketing for Business Meetup. One of the questions I was asked as part of this conversation was why is copyright infringement seem to →

What is a copyright? And how do I get one?

by admin on Jun 23, 2011 • No Comments •

Whenever I give a talk on online marketing law, social media law, or intellectual property law, the first question I try to answer (and many times am asked), is exactly what is a copyright? The U.S. Copyright Office describes copyright →

Upcoming events

by admin on May 31, 2011 • No Comments •

There are multiple events coming up this month that me, your Denver business lawyer, will be at that may be of interest to you: June 4, I will be at the UnJob Fair at Colorado Free University. I will be →

Small Business Owner facing six years for cyber-bullying

by admin on May 16, 2011 • No Comments •

In an interesting case, a small business owner has been found guilty of sending threatening communications, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Digital Life is reporting that Vitaly Borker pleaded guilty to harassing customers in email, including threatening to come to →

More online sales tax drama

by admin on Apr 11, 2011 • No Comments •

In recent news, Arkansas is yet another state that has passed the so-called “Amazon Tax”. In addition, Connecticut and Hawaii are both looking at similar laws. As many of my readers know, this tax makes companies that use affiliate marketers →

Online taxes everywhere! Oh my!

by admin on Mar 28, 2011 • No Comments •

As many people remember, especially those that use to be Amazon affiliate marketers, last year Colorado passed a tax that in essence stated that is a company had affiliate marketers in Colorado, it had nexus to Colorado and had to →

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