Articles by Dan Pepper
Dan Pepper is the founder and managing attorney of
Pepper Law Group, LLC. Dan is a seasoned lawyer representing
individuals and companies in numerous fields, and has a unique
understanding of the needs of businesses. Dan has acted as in-house
counsel for General Accident Insurance (now One Beacon), Oracle Corporation, and BEA Systems, Inc. Additionally, Dan has been a lawyer for small and large firms alike,
practicing in the fields of general business counseling, technology law,
and entertainment law, handling many of the day-to-day legal issues
that both technology and non-technology companies face.
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on July 28, 2010
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U.S. District Court Judge Michael Baylson has granted the government's
motion to dismiss the Free Speech Coalition's 18 U.S.C. § § 2257 and 2257A lawsuit.
The FSC, in its original complaint, said the revised 18 U.S.C. § § 2257...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on July 14, 2010
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In a victory for free speech rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit said the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) rules on
indecency are too vague and violate the First Amendment.
On Tuesday, the appeals judges called the FCC's...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on July 13, 2010
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A recent bankruptcy of a now defunct website has me asking the question: What is more important? Creditors' rights or customers' personal information?
CNET reported yesterday about a website that catered to gay youth now in a
federal...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Entertainment Law on July 11, 2010
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One of the most often discussed, yet most often misunderstood area of running an adult business is compliance with The Child Protection and Obscenity and Enforcement Act of 1988. This federal law places stringent record-keeping requirements on the...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 19, 2010
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Over the course of the last decade, the act of publishing words, images and videos online has come to be a nearly ubiquitous pastime in America. Individuals now have the freedom to inexpensively and easily share everything from their art to their...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 10, 2010
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One area where companies can easily get into trouble is having unlicensed software on company computers. Computer software is protected under the U.S. Copyright Act. The Copyright Act provides for strict liability for possessing or using unlicensed...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 10, 2010
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As companies seek greater ways to find cost savings, the lure of contracting cheap labor overseas continues to grow. Outsourcing overseas is becoming increasingly common in the banking, financial services, retailing, insurance, and telecommunications...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on May 1, 2010
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You can help protect your identity, financial assets, and good credit, and avoid being a victim of insurance fraud, by taking these identity theft prevention measures:
Shred or tear up personal financial documents before discarding them.
Do not...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on February 16, 2010
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In working closely with technology providers over the years, I regularly discover that these companies are making common mistakes that devalue the company, leave revenue on the table, or jeopardize their long-term health. So this special article...(more)
By Dan Pepper, Posted in Technology Law on February 14, 2010
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For some mysterious historical reason, the contract between the operator of a website and its customers long ago became known as the "terms and conditions" of the site-and back in those days (the Wild, Wild West of the 1990s), a good many operators of...(more)