The Devil Is in the Details
- January 6, 2020
I hear a lot of complaints from business owners about not getting paid . . . cash flow is an issue . . . and they’re concerned about meeting their own obligations. But when we…
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April 16, 2014
Last month, the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., decided a case involving a dispute between a purchaser and a company providing information reports online. As reported by Eric Goldman in his Technology & Marketing Law Blog, the case of Scherillo v. Dun & Bradstreet confirmed that “acknowledgment check boxes” can provide a powerful defense against the claim by an online purchaser that “I didn’t mean it/I didn’t know what I was buying/I didn’t agree to these terms” (choose the lame excuse of your choice). Here’s why that’s so important for online businesses [With apologies to History of the World Part 1]: In the beginning, there was the handshake. That’s what sealed a deal. Then, you had stone carvings. Sealed wax on parchment. As literacy became more prevalent, people signed written agreements. With fax machines, acceptance of fax signatures (that is, not requiring original ink on the document) grew. So in this brave new Internet Age, how can you make sure that both sides truly agree to the terms when there isn’t actually a document…
Continue ReadingI hear a lot of complaints from business owners about not getting paid . . . cash flow is an issue . . . and they’re concerned about meeting their own obligations. But when we…
Read MoreA recent Wall Street Journal article reported on seismic changes befalling large law firms. Seems that under the new regime, “data and money rule.” Gone is the tightknit camaraderie. The three-martini lunches. Where “I’ll get…
Read MoreHow many times have we run afoul of film producer Samuel Goldwyn’s famous maxim: “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”? (I’ve certainly done it). And yet, isn’t life nicer, simpler when…
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