Overwhelming doesn’t even begin to cover it.  If you’re a business owner located in California or you simply do business with Californians, you know how strict the rules can be.   And as of January 1, 2023, they’ve only gotten stricter.   The California Privacy Rights...

It’s 8 am, and you’re sifting through your over-stuffed inbox when you absently notice an email with the subject line “Important Notice of Our Updated Terms of Use.” Your eyes glaze over.  Terms and Conditions don’t make for sexy subject matter. And you weren’t going...

What if this happened to you? You're scrolling along on your favorite social media platform when you stop short. You recognize the content you're reading.  Not because you've read it before. But because you wrote it. Word for word. And it was content that previously...

The Latest Update on Auto-Renewal Laws: What Membership Business Owners Need to Know She thought she was just showing her support. Lydia* had agreed to check out a new freelance-specific CRM a ‘friend’ had created. She was offered a 3-month free trial and figured...

Savvy online business owners are always on the lookout for ways to simplify and streamline the contracting process with their clients.  Being one yourself, you already know that’s why electronic signatures have become a gold-star online business practice.  But those...

So you've started a podcast and you couldn't be more excited about it! You've got a coveted Blue Yeti Microphone, your guests are lined up, and you're ready to hit record.  All is good, right?  Hang on just a second.   Podcasting is an amazing connection tool BUT...

 A big question I get asked frequently by online business owners is: “When should I get a trademark.” And my lawyerly answer is - Your question really should be: "When should I REGISTER my trademark." And my answer to that is, it depends. Before I chat about what the...

Whether you’re just starting your online business or you’ve been established for a while, getting contracts in place is a must. In broad terms, a contract is a set of promises. One person promises to do something in exchange for something else from the other person....

You’ve probably heard the term “GDPR” thrown around a time or two in the online space. And if not, don’t worry - it will be engrained in your memory after reading this blog post. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union (EU)...

UPDATE: AS OF JANUARY 1, 2023, THE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS ACT (CPRA) HAS MODIFIED THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA). YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CPRA HERE. Effective January 1, 2020, if you are a business that collects or sells personal information from...