Before I dive into this article, I quickly wanted to pay homage to SegPay CEO, Cathy Beardsley, and JuicyAds founder Juicy Jay who have both been writing regularly for XBIZ magazine for quite some time. Cathy and Jay’s contributions each…
I’m very excited to have been asked by XBIZ magazine to write Part III of my ongoing series of articles that started back in March 2014 entitled Tradeshow Etiquette. Part I of the series can be found online or in…
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) scored another major win in early October when the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court ruling, requiring LeadClick Media, LLC to pay an $11.9 million award. The United…
In October 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles which were established in 2000. The Safe Harbor Privacy Principles allowed certified U.S. companies to receive personal data of EU residents in compliance with EU…
Make no mistake about it, if you are an online business operator, legal compliance should be at the top of your list of priorities. For the better part of the past decade I have preached about the importance of being…
This is my first article for Payout Magazine and so it’s only fitting that I thank Michael B for this opportunity. Michael B and Payout Magazine have continued to evolve into a fixture at adult industry tradeshows across the world…
During the last decade, I have had the honor and privilege of speaking at tradeshows across the United States and Canada with some of the brightest entrepreneurs and many respected legal practitioners. I have spoken about various legal and business…
In March of 2014, I had the pleasure of writing an article for XBiz magazine entitled “Tradeshow Etiquette”. That article can be found online and in the March 2014 print edition of XBiz World magazine. I was flattered by the…
All too often, adult business operators spend so much time focusing on things such as obscenity, record-keeping and intellectual property that they neglect some important corporate issues, including taxation and employment law, which can have a tremendous impact on a…
Don’t overlook provisions for Choice of Law, Forum Selection and Arbitration About a month ago, I started thinking about topics to cover in this column and right about the same time I had to upgrade to the latest version of…