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Options for Reacting to Negative Online Comments, Reviews, and Defamation
USA - June 12 2018 Someone posts online a critical comment about you or your company, and it is having a negative impact on your business. What can you do? Reality Check…
When Another Company Duplicates Your Tagline
USA - May 29 2018 Your company has been in business and using the same tagline for a number of years. Another company begins using the same tagline. What are your…
The Malformed Referral Contest Promotion. How to Fix It. Part Two.
USA - May 20 2018 In my last blog posting, Autopsy of a Malformed Referral Contest Promotion. DOA., I deconstructed the potential legal and public relations problems a…
Autopsy of a Malformed Referral Contest Promotion. DOA. Part One.
Australia, USA - April 24 2018 With just three sentences, a local business seeking leads for new customers illustrates how a seemingly simple promotion can generate legal and public…
A Few Social Media Etiquette Guidelines
USA - March 7 2018 I shared social media business (and legal) etiquette tips as a panelist at a seminar offered at a JA New York jewelry industry trade event. The…
Protecting Your Recipes
USA - January 23 2018 Cookbook authors, food bloggers and recipe developers have many questions about protecting, sharing, and adapting recipes. In this blog post, I…
Copyright, Trademark and Other Legal Concerns for Visual Artists
USA - August 21 2017 While artists need not be legal scholars, there are a few fundamental principles they can embrace to prevent legal problems from creeping into their…
Music Licensing for Business Use - Types of Licenses, Sources of Music & Fair Use
USA - July 12 2017 The Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Velocity of Content blog is offering three articles adapted from my recent CCC-sponsored webinar presentation…
Illegal Promotions All Around Me. A Real-Life Example of How Merchants Get Contests & Sweepstakes Wrong - and How to Fix It
USA - May 31 2017 Promotions and give-aways can be a low-cost, easy, and engaging method of garnering positive attention for a business. However, some business owners…
How Selecting Music for a Dance Recital Exposes the Complexity of Music Law
USA - May 9 2017 A dance company plans to use several musical recordings in conjunction with a dance recital and queries whether its use of the music requires a…
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