The Federal Trade Commission announced in a press release today that it will soon be publishing clarifications to the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. The following topics are to be addressed:
(1) an e-mail recipient cannot be required to pay a fee, provide information other than his or her e-mail address and opt-out preferences, or take any steps other than sending a reply e-mail message or visiting a single Internet Web page to opt out of receiving future e-mail from a sender.
(2) the definition of “sender” was modified to make it easier to determine which of multiple parties advertising in... Read more
Tags: CAN-SPAM, E-Commerce and E-Business, email marketing, law, legal, legislation, Marketing, Marketing Your Business, news, Rebecca Button
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To follow up with my previous post Internet Sales Tax Looms for NY…Will It Catch On? I posed a question along the lines of "do you think it should happen/is it a good idea?"
As of June 1, 2008, the legislation will go into effect, requiring internet retailers to collect a sales tax on any orders being shipped to the state’s residents. This legislation was largely enacted to keep online retail Goliaths (namely Amazon.com) in check and attempt to "level the playing field" for brick and mortar stores in the state.
Amazon has now responded by suing the New York... Read more
Tags: Amazon.com, law, legislation, new york, ny, online retail, online sales tax, Rebecca Button, sales tax, state taxes, taxes
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Published March 24th, 2008
It ranks right up there with getting your wisdom teeth pulled or surviving the first anniversary of your 29th birthday (for those who haven’t had their coffee yet, that would be your 30th birthday-the horror!). And yet, much like getting your wisdom teeth out (probably inevitable) and turning 30 (definitely inevitable), if you run a business, odds are you’ll eventually have to deal with the unpleasantness known as a lawsuit.
Your best defense is a good offense and you can create a good offense by taking some preventative steps to reduce the risk of being threatened with a lawsuit according... Read more
Tags: Accounting, Finance, Finance and Accounting, law, lawsuit, legal, Rebecca Button, small business, taxes
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