Law Office of LaVern A. Pritchard: Web Site Development Agreements and Disputes

LAW OFFICE OF
LAVERN A. PRITCHARD

Web Site Development Agreements and Disputes

Are you contemplating Internet-based commerce with the assistance of outside consultants or service providers? Are you a developer or hosting company providing site creation, hosting, marketing, or management services?

According to a recent article in the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law members' newsletter, "[c]ontracts between Web developers and their corporate clients take an inordinately long time to negotiate."

The authors observe that it is "typically cultural, rather than technological, dynamics that shape the labored and long negotiations." The article also highlights the unique nature of the Internet legal/business environment:

"No matter what paradigms are familiar to the client, the online environment presents unique business and legal challenges."

If you are seeking an attorney who operates in the Internet business environment -- one who is familiar with the technology and business practices that are driving the Internet's rapid growth, including electronic commerce-- you will find that the Law Office of LaVern A. Pritchard is ready to help you get your project started in the right direction.

While the number of attorneys who identify this as a practice area will certainly increase rapidly, the Internet itself and the way it is being used is changing rapidly. Legal concepts applicable to the Internet are often uncertain, immature, or subject to challenge. Judges are frequently quite unfamiliar with the Internet and business and social norms pertaining to the Internet. In a search performed in July, 1998, in the Martindale Hubbell online legal directory, three hundred and five attorneys nationwide identified that their law practice includes the Internet area.

If your project seems to be in or near difficulty, if you are contemplating that litigation may be necessary to protect your rights, or you are being threatened with the prospect of litigation by a third party, call on our experience in preventing, minimizing, managing, and litigating disputes, large and small.

Our practice model is based on web-based knowledge principles, web-based applications, and a focus on integrating law, technology, and service principles into a unified whole.

More information about LaVern Pritchard's Internet law-related and technological experience is included on the Profile page.

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For further information, please contact: LaVern A. Pritchard, 1350 Rand Tower, 527 Marquette Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, ph. 612-332-0102, fax 612-332-3225, E-mail: lpritchard@prilaw.com.