Compliance on Lawyer Sites
am 25.08.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The state of the art and of compliance with statutory requirements of web sites by lawyers are the topics of a comprehensive note, in German, by Mathias Lorenz: An Analysis of Internet Presentations of Lawyers. The results of his survey indicate that compliance is deficient. For instance, many lawyers who advertise their services in Germany disregard the need for an Impressum, i.e. an easily accessible list identifying the provider of the …
Stop the Impressum Craze
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Supreme Court in Karlsruhe displayed common sense when it scrutinized the scope of statutory obligations to publish identifying information on certain web sites. On July 20, 2006, it rebuffed the pixel pickiness expressed…
Compliance Surcharge
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Compliance after 9-11 has become cumbersome and expensive. In the early 1990s, some thought export controls would all but disappear. Instead, export controls grew, OFAC controls became far-reaching and 9-11 pushed restriction…
Vetter Wins One For Olbertz
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Blogger.de-provider Olbertz provides blog services to bloggers. Novitel has problems. Presumably, an employee blogged about working conditions. Novitel sued Olbertz, arguing, inter alia that he should release servers and data…
Go Phish: Fax, EMail, Europe
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. While the new Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, S. 714, enables spammers to freely contact those who publish fax numbers on the internet, see proposed 47 USC §227(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II), Europe makes spammers even happier with i…
Bar Admission in Germany
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Germany has very few lawyers compared to the Washington, DC, ratio. The requirements, procedures and costs of the admission of domestic lawyers to the German bar is the topic of a helpful guide at beck-aktuell, a website opera…
Anyone think what lawyers.com calls blogs are blogs?
Handakte WebLAWg / Reading Bill Gratsch’s post on the state of lawyer blogs, I noticed he included LexisNexis’ lawyers.com in the list of companies providing lawyers blog services and software. Does anyone really believe what lawyers.com offers for blogs is…
