Category: Internet Legal Issues
May 12, 2018
What to Do When You Are the Victim of Online Defamation, By David Klein, Esq. & Christine Rafin, Esq.
In our digital age of blog posts, social media and “going viral” on the Internet, what can one do when a comment is posted online about an individual – or that individual’s company – which…
December 10, 2017
How to Create Effective Social Media Policies
We originally published this article in 2014, excerpting it from a March 13, 2014 presentation made by Scott L. Vernick, Esq. at the Business Insurance Risk Summit. It was recently cited in the December 2017…
October 29, 2017
Legal Filings a Major Online Issue Impacting Reputations
For all the attention that fake news, mistaken identity and bad reviews attract, a more common issue for many people are lawsuits they or their organizations are involved in. Legal notices always rank highly on…
October 15, 2017
Dealing with Defamatory Information Online: A Webinar to Help You
On October 25, 2017, attorney Christine Rafin, Esq. will lead the webinar, Removing Defamatory, Infringing and Negative Information from the Internet: Practical Guidance. It takes place from 3:00 – 4:15 EST, may be watched afterward and…
March 3, 2017
Free Speech, Internet Laws and the "Right to be Forgotten"
We are all increasingly hearing about hot button issues such as fake news controversies, the “digital divide” and the range of narratives influencing public opinion on the internet. In the United States, those issues are…
February 22, 2017
Legal Options When Battling Online Copyright Infringement, by Christine Rafin, Esq.
One of the most cost-efficient and expeditious legal options available to you when you are infringed upon arises under a federal law known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”).
October 1, 2016
How Google’s Content Removal Request Process Works
Many people don’t know how to ask Google to remove content from the Internet. The first step is to learn what your options are. You can do that by visiting Google’s Legal Help section. An excerpt:…
September 20, 2016
Federal Court: Avvo has Right to Publish Lawyer Listings
Are you are an attorney? Have you wondered why online legal directory Avvo has published a listing about your practice and then made you pay to have it removed? That is, when you didn’t request the…