LEGAL INSIGHTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNET LAW & ONLINE BUSINESS

Big Box Retailers And The Amazon Tax

Posted on 4 July, 2011 in Affiliate Marketing by aaronklaw

It’s past the debate stage: the Internet was a business game-changer. Advancements in technology have forever altered the way we communicate and consume. Some companies and industries have adjusted to keep up with the 21st century technology model; others have fallen by the wayside. And as e-commerce rose, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers experienced the pinch they put on hundreds of mom-and-pop stores when they waltzed into town decades earlier.
Accustomed to being the big dogs, corporations like Wal-Mart and Barnes and Noble didn’t take kindly to suffering sales. After all, slow sales meant country club executives couldn’t collect multi-million dollar [...]

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Open Letter to Gov. Jan Brewer and the Arizona State Legislators Regarding Affiliate Marketing

Posted on 1 July, 2011 in Affiliate Marketing by aaronklaw

Dear Gov. Brewer and Arizona State Legislators:
As you are aware, your counterparts in California approved and enacted their new state budget on June 29, 2011. Contained in the bill is specific language that is geared toward generating more revenue for California by imposing a nexus tax on online retailers that lack physical presence in California.
Lawmakers in Sacramento project that such a tax wouldgenerate an estimated $200 million in additional revenue to offset California’s budget cuts. As a matter of fact, this piece of legislation won’t achieve its desired effect. State revenue won’t increase as a result of AB 28 1x. [...]

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