Friday, December 31, 2010

Battlestar Galactica Exhibition

Taking a break from being a Web lawyer this afternoon, I dropped by the Battlestar Galactica Exhibition. Not quite as fun as a Star Trek convention but the BSG exhibits did Awaken the Geek Within. The exhibits contain memorabilia from both the original and the reimagined BSG series.
Here are some of the pics (click the thumbnails to see higher resolution).


If you've never watched BSG, you ca

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Starbucks Pike Place Seattle

As an Internet attorney and fellow online entrepreneur, I try to find cool places for website business owners to go to when they’re traveling.
In Seattle, I had hoped to find that Starbucks Pike Place, the first Starbucks, would be a cool place to visitand use a laptop to work with Wi-Fi while getting a caffeine fix. You can find the location at the Pike Place Market.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

10 Internet marketers sued for fraud

In my recent email to you describing the 7 online business trends to watch for in 2011, I noted as an Internet Lawyer that there are three federal government agencies (FCC, FDA & FTC) that would be cracking down on the Internet.
Yesterday, it got more interesting. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a suit against 10 people, 10 corporations, and 51 shell companies for their website

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

FTC hits bogus benefits claims

Here’s something you might want to discuss with your Web lawyer. There’s a company who advertised the ingredients in its yogurt had certain health benefits. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) disagreed, claiming the company had exaggerated what the yogurt could actually do to improve your health.

39 state attorneys general had jumped on the bandwagon going after the company too for mak

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

3 powerful ways to grow your Internet business next year

Based both on my experience as a Texas Internet lawyer and an online marketer who has built a separate six-figure Internet business from scratch, here are 3 ways you can grow your business during the coming year while others are struggling to survive.
1. Stick To Profitable Niches That You Know and Like.
Jack’s* the typical Internet marketer you meet at Internet seminars. Jack spends his time

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Services

What services does Internet Lawyer Mike Young provide?
As a transactional Internet lawyer, you can expect Attorney Young to focus on preventing lawsuits and government investigations. The goal is to create a safety net that gives you peace of mind as you grow your business using the Internet. In addition to answering your legal questions, this means creating website legal documents and contra

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