E-commerce, e-business, cyber-business. Whatever you call it, there's a clear need for attorneys who understand online business and the legal issues surrounding it. Whether you are part of an Internet startup or a traditional company doing business on the web, you need counselors with both experience and technical savvy.

At Varnum, we have developed a solid e-business services group -- an interdisciplinary team of attorneys with expertise in a growing number of legal and strategic issues facing online businesses. These include:

• Online contracting
• Online payment structures, methods and disputes
• Digital signatures
• Shrinkwrap/click-through licenses
• Website audits and compliance
• Privacy issues
• Domain name registrations and disputes
• Website development and hosting agreements
• Corporate policies on employee Internet and e-mail use
• Website terms of use
• Copyrights and trademarks
• Business method patents Internet alliances and link agreements
• Content licensing
• Online contests
• Electronic banking
• Capital funding/securities/financing

Our ebusiness attorneys know what they're talking about. They have experience with state and federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the World Intellectual Property Organization and other regulatory agencies (local, state, federal and international) with which our clients have dealings.