E-Commerce Law

Eastern District of Missouri Applies Section 230 in Dismissing Civil Conspiracy Claim

In Cornelius v. Deluca, 2009 WL 2568044 (E.D. Mo. Aug. 18, 2009), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss on the grounds that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 barred the plaintiffs' civil conspiracy claim.  Plaintiffs, who manufacture nutraceuticals, filed a state court lawsuit against a number of defendants, including the operator of the www.bodybuilding.com website (the "Website"), which arose from the posting of allegedly libelous statements about the plaintiffs and their products on the Website.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of October 12, 2009

Yahoo has settled a click fraud suit.

Facebook and Twitter IN, MySpace OUT.

Each weekend, E-Commerce Law Briefs provides a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of October 5, 2009

Amazon's new Kindle can wirelessly download books in the United States and more than 100 other countries.

AT&T has announced that it will permit iPhone users to use Internet calling services like Skype on its wireless network.

Each weekend, E-Commerce Law Briefs provides a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

A Dozen iPhone Apps for Lawyers

When the iPhone 3GS was released earlier this year, I broke down and purchased one.  It has turned out to be one of my favorite technology purchases and I've found it incredibly useful for business.  

I act as outside general counsel for a number of e-commerce businesses (the companies I represent range from small start ups to some of the largest and most established companies in the industry) and my practice entails both counseling and litigation, so I'm often out of the office (or out of town) in court when my clients need to reach me.  My iPhone lets me stay in contact with my clients wherever I am and acts as a secondary computer when I'm away from my laptop.  With my iPhone, I can obviously call, email, text, and IM my clients and colleagues but I can also review and edit documents, research legal issues, track my billable time, and make travel arrangements.  (There is, as they say, an app for that.  Well, not one app to perform all of those tasks, but several.)

Now that I've used my iPhone for several months, I thought it might be helpful to post about a few of the iPhone apps that I regularly use in my law practice:

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of September 28, 2009

The United States Secret Service is investigating the Facebook poll asking if President Obama should be assassinated.

People spend 17 percent of their Internet time on social networking sites, up from 6 percent a year ago.

The iPhone may be hurting AT&T's brand.  On an unrelated note, new iPhone apps help track climate change and sex offenders.

Each weekend, E-Commerce Law Briefs provides a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.