This InfoPAK addresses United States laws imposing export controls and economic and trade sanctions. These laws and their implementing regulations can present unique challenges to businesses, as they are complex and often, can be counter-intuitive to the business person. Nevertheless, U.S. government enforcement agencies expect companies to know the rules governing cross-border commerce. Further, an increasing number of companies are being held accountable for violations of these laws and regulations and are receiving ever-increasing
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What is the framework for on-line sales in the United States? What are the requirements for your web site and apps? What about terms of use and privacy policies? How do you market, and what are the concerns? How do you spread the word? How do you stay out of trouble with the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general? How can you stay out of Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) trouble? The taxman cometh — who gets paid on what? This session will include a checklist of e-commerce issues, and an introduction into the legal issues related to your company''s website. What basic agreements do you need to have? How do you take payments over the web? Should your website be certified or safe harbor qualified? How do you avoid COPPAing a plea? What do you do about privacy? What are best practices for your site and for your privacy policies? How do you make the Digital Millennium Copyright Act your friend?
This Commission Report offers several suggestions for the major participants in the mobile ecosystem as they work to improve mobile privacy disclosures.
This sample form contains three clauses for use in connection with click-wrap and browse-wrap arrangements.
Explore ethical considerations involving electronic file sharing, accessibility and storage, as well as document retention and destruction.
Pirated digital content and counterfeit goods now represent a substantial percentage of online traffic and a serious threat to brand owners. Luckily, there are solutions for how to protect intellectual property rights through monitoring, enforcement and preventative measures.
Are you facing the inevitable reality that the world of the paperless legal file is around the corner? Looking for cost-saving opportunities and measurable and quantifiable efficiency and productivity gains? This presentation, applicable to any size legal office will address these opportunities, as well as explore the benefits gained by proactively moving to an electronic legal file environment. Faculty will share their first–hand experiences in how their offices created a document management policy, developed workflow processes to create, scan and save electronic documents, instituted document naming conventions, and secured hardware appropriate for their office needs. Panelists will also describe steps taken to develop and deliver training to all users at different degrees of technology skills levels and to effectively implement the transition. The ethical permissibility, and limitations of electronic file sharing and storage, and considerations when crafting a document retention and destruction policy that is compliant with the applicable. Professional Responsibility Rules will also be explored.
This article offers an overview of state and federal laws that address data privacy and security issues to help you stay compliant with changing regulation and your customers’ needs. It will prepare you to address the legal, procedural and public relations aspects of a data security breach.
The overall costs and burdens of ediscovery for any company can be hefty to say the least. When companies "de-duplicate" only within the records of individual custodians, they often end up paying lawyers twice to review the same document from multiple custodians. This adds significant cost for the company and frequently raises serious ethical issues.
This material provides an overview of the various factors that a foreign investor should consider when establishing a business in Nicaragua.