The E-Legal Lawyer

E-Legal Lawyer is a blog dedicated to small business issues and how technology and the internet relate to those issues within the law.

Author: Michael Goldstein practices at Goldstein & Clegg in Lynnfield, Mass. and is of counsel for the Mazer Law Group, also in Lynnfield. He also authors Employment Law Blog and Massachusetts Bankruptcy Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Intellectual Property Law • Labor & Employment • Science & Technology Law • States • Massachusetts • Solo / Small Firm • Business Law • Legal Information

Recent Posts from The E-Legal Lawyer

Teen Girls the subject of Sexual Harassment
On our employment law blog, Attorney Michael Goldstein has posted a very interesting article regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and how the practice of such has shifted from adults to part-time teenage employees. It…
Bankruptcy relief from student loans
Although this blog primarily deals with cyber law and small business issues, many of our readers and subjects of blog articles come from a place where they have amassed immense student loans. As such, one…
How business owners can obtain a prejudgement attachement
An attachment is a prejudgment security device available to a creditor seeking to recover money damages and is used to encumber the debtor’s property during the pendency of the lawsuit. Mass. R. Civ. P. 4.1.…
Boston Globe Reports: AG charges mortgage broker with fraud
Kimberly Blanton of The Boston Globe reported on March 8, 2008 that the Massachusetts attorney general filed suit yesterday against a Quincy mortgage broker, charging the firm with falsifying applications from customers to ensure they…
Wrongful Termination claim barred by failure to advise bankruptcy court
Each year millions of Americans file for chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy protection in order to eliminate unsecured debt, including large credit card balances, or in order to stop a foreclosure on their home. What…
Federal Courts Acknowledge Online Propensity
On December 1, 2007, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure received several updates, demonstrating the Federal Courts acknowledgement of the impact of online activity in our daily lives. Several rules were modified to include technological…
Massachusetts Jurisdiction over Internet-based companies
If an individual conducts business over the internet with a web-based company and the parties enter into an agreement, and the company either breaches the agreement or commits some form of fraudulent or deceptive business…
Why you should not incorporate in Delaware.
Recently I was reading a blog entry by another blogger who I read frequently, and came across a posting, 5 top reasons’s to incorporate in Delaware. In this blog posting, many positive facets are discussed,…
What a new business should look for in a SEO proposal
As an attorney with many small business clients creating their first websites, I am frequently asked to analyze a website’s searchability and potential for rankings on Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search portals. I find…
Private Info Can’t Be Published on Internet
A very interesting press release that I read today regarding private information being broadcast on the internet: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tuesday, December 13, 2007 00:01 Contact: Glenn Hagele Mobile: 916/203-2442 Email: glenn.hagele@usaeyes.org Documents: http://www.GlennHagele.com…