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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Corporate Law

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Wednesday, April 22, 2020

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will provide counsel with guidance on the legal issues concerning online businesses addressing concerns that arise from compliance with privacy requirements in addition to directing companies on matters related to domain acquisition, theft, and squatting. The panel will direct corporate attorneys on managing fraud and securing e-commerce transactions.

Faculty

Harsh Arora
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Mr. Arora concentrates in the areas of domestic and international corporate transactions and related business dispute resolution. He counsels public and privately held companies as a boardroom advisor and a courtroom advocate in high-stakes corporate matters. Mr. Arora serves as general counsel for businesses with a prominent national or international presence. His general counsel practice focuses on preventative counseling and business structuring. Mr. Arora advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, conversions, and domestications. He has handled a wide range of business closings, negotiations, trademark registrations, corporate governance, industry-focused due diligence for regulatory aspects of proposed deals, and business tax matters in connection with audits by tax authorities. Mr. Arora also assists clients with dispute resolution relating to corporate transactions through business litigation, arbitrations, and mediations. He handles complex cases such as parallel civil and administrative proceedings, multidistrict actions, and bet-the-company litigation.

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Jim Chester
Partner
Klemchuk, LLP

Mr. Chester's experience spans more than twenty years of business law (business formation, governance, business & technology transactions), intellectual property (IP) registration and enforcement, licensing agreements, ecommerce, international business transactions, import/export regulatory compliance and trade agreements.

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Description

The demise of brick and mortar businesses has conversely seen the rise of online companies providing both goods and services. With the growing establishment of e-commerce, counsel must prepare to advise companies operating or maintaining a website on unforeseen legal liabilities.

The foundation governing structure for any website or online concern will be robust terms and conditions. This agreement creates contractual terms between the company and the customer. Corporate counsel will need to be prepared to address both general issues of compliance with national and international privacy laws, as well as set forth the terms of governance, dispute resolution processing, and any limitations on liability in addition to other issues.

Beyond the creation and maintenance of proper terms and conditions, counsel must be prepared to advise online companies of issues that arise regarding acquiring and protecting their domain and similar IP disputes which may arise. Entrepreneurs will need assistance navigating the legal issues associated with social media and how to properly promote their companies within legal restrictions and transparency requirements. Finally, both startups and legacy online commerce clients require advice on traversing the complicated world of tax collection and submission of sales taxes.

Listen as our panel provides the necessary details to represent clients who have moved their company to an online presence and practical advice for those companies to ensure legal compliance at every level.

Outline

  1. Terms and conditions
    1. Governing law
    2. Dispute resolution
    3. Limitation of liability
  2. Privacy issues
  3. Domain names
    1. Acquisition
    2. Domain squatting
    3. Other IP concerns
  4. Social media and advertising
  5. Sales tax collection and submission

Benefits

The panel will review these and other essential matters:

  • What are the basics of terms and conditions needed for an e-commerce business?
  • How and when must an online company comply with federal and international privacy laws?
  • What should a business due to acquire and maintain its domain and other IP?
  • What online companies need to do to comply sales tax requirements