Affilate Marketing Inside Scoop
The FTC recently announced that 2017 fees for telemarketers accessing phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry will increase from 2016, and are set forth in a Federal Register notice. All telemarketers calling consumers in the United States are required to download the numbers on the DNC Registry to
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In the wake of a federal and state enforcement sweep dubbed Operation Mis-Modification, the principals of a mortgage relief operation and their companies have been banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business pursuant to court orders obtained by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC charged the Florida-based operation
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On Monday a court in Miami, Florida threw out criminal charges against a man accused of illegally selling Bitcoin. The judge stated the virtual currency cannot be classified as money. The defendant, Michell Espinoza from Miami Beach, was charged with illegally selling and laundering $1,500 worth of the virtual currency in
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Cybersquatting is closely related to trademark infringement and trademark dilution. A person engages in cybersquatting when he/she registers, uses or sells an Internet domain name with the intent to profit from it either by ransoming the domain name back to the trademark owner or by using the domain name to
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Ugh. Yup, it’s that time of year again. Tax time! No one, not even small businesses, want to pay more taxes than they have to. Smart taxpayers prep themselves with valuable knowledge so that they can cut their tax bill down as low as it will go. They think about their
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On February 2, 2016, the European Union and U.S. negotiators announced an agreement in principle to replace the invalidated U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework in furtherance of permitting the transfer of personal data to the U.S. The new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield includes clear safeguards to be put in place by the U.S.
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The monthly subscription model possesses clear and unmistakable benefits for online product and service providers. However, despite their simplicity and lower prices, such plans are also risky. As a result, automatic renewal plans must be designed to comply with applicable federal and state consumer protection laws in order to avoid
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