Can a business get in trouble for sending an email that exposes customer email addresses in the recipient box?

There is no claim. A marketing error on your vendor's part, but hardly amounting to some measure of negligence. You are not owed any level of care...

Email Harvesting

while there are many variation on email harvesting and no quick answer is satisfactory, in general CAN SPAM does not prohibit email harvesting....

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I want to sell a picture that was made and drew from a company online is this legal to do?

Unless you have substantial evidence that no one holds copyrights to the picture, you will need a licensing agreement from the holder of the...

Does aggregating ratings for places qualify for fair use?

First, using weather information is very different from using propriety ratings. Many sites build new ways of rating businesses. Their ratings are...

Using statements "replica of [celebrity's] [clothes item]" in marketing material

In short, absent a law to the contrary (e.g. journalism), you can't profit from using a celebrity's name. Celebrities invest time and money in...

Can you take legal action against a company who hosts a certain type of national competition and reneges on the prize?

Sweepstakes and Contests are subject to heavy regulations under state laws. The competitions are governed by the Official Rules they posted at the...

If someone is non stop blogging info or even personal stuff is this online harrassment? if so what can be done?

Another approach is to rely on state cyber bullying laws. Depending on the posts and harm, you may have recourse to some state laws. Many such laws...

I own the domain name for the management company I pay rent to.

In the olden days (some 10 years ago) this idea was very popular. You would buy domain names of popular companies and either (1) try to resell it...

If I alter one of my own photographs with an online service, eg, plug it into a cartoon program, who owns the copyright? Do I?

Take a look at the terms of service of the website you're using. That should clearly define whether or not they are claiming any rights to the...

Would I need permission to use stats from NFL games in an app if labeled by city names and pro football?

Bottom Line: No one owns the basic sports statistics. That said, some companies may have a right to specific formulas that they invented. Make sure...