Legal Considerations of Starting an Online Business

So you’ve decided to start your own Internet business. Now wouldn’t it be great if you could find ONE source to learn about the legal issues you need to consider when starting this type of business? Congratulations, you just found it! In this informative instructional video, attorney Dan Pepper, who has represented dozens of Internet and online businesses and regularly instructs entrepreneurs on forming businesses, will walk you through.

You will learn

*The differences between sole proprietorships, partnerships, Subchapter C and S corporations, and limited liability companies
* How taxes, liability, cost, management, and administration GREATLY differ depending upon the business entity you choose
* How to protect your PERSONAL ASSETS from lawsuits, judgments, and other debts
* How to protect others from STEALING your ideas, logo, text, graphics, and website
* The difference between PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS, and how you can register your own for maximum protection
* Why choosing the wrong business or Internet domain name can get you in trouble, and how to avoid it
* The RIGHT way and WRONG way to pay your website developer
* Tips to ensure you actually OWN everything in your website
* When and how to disclose your CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and ideas to others
* What belongs in your WEBSITE’S TERMS OF USE, and how to avoid common mistakes
* Two reasons why you should NEVER copy another website’s terms of use for your own
* How to avoid responsibility for what other users post on your website
* Whether your website needs a PRIVACY POLICY, and what should be in it
* The types of Internet businesses that MUST contain certain terms in the privacy policy in order to comply with federal law
* Practical, easy to understand tips you can use IMMEDIATELY to get your Internet business off the ground


Daniel A. Pepper, Esq. is the managing member of Pepper Law Group, LLC, and has been practicing law since 1994. His practice areas include counseling all forms of start-up businesses, especially those in the technology and Internet areas, information technology and business process outsourcing, technology joint ventures and strategic alliances, software and technology licensing, electronic commerce, and intellectual property protection. Mr. Pepper regularly advises his clients on cross-border technology transfers, development and testing arrangements, distribution channels, technology deployment, e-commerce and Internet strategies, including compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and data security and privacy management. Mr. Pepper has lectured on diverse subjects, including software licensing and distribution, IT outsourcing for the health care and financial services industries, the use of application service providers, executive compensation for IT executives, and digital rights management in multimedia transactions. He also teaches legal business formation courses through the New Jersey Small Business Development Center, and regularly presents for the Individual Computer Consultants Association, American Conference Institute, and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.