Yates Law Group

08/22/2021

Are Bad Internet Reviews Hurting Your Business?

When consumers are looking to hire a contractor, try a new restaurant, book a vacation, or find a reliable auto mechanic, they regularly seek out the reviews of other consumers on websites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google, and others. According to a 2019 survey, 91% of consumers reported that they trusted online reviews as much as personal recommendations. In that same survey, 85% of consumers reported that they read up to 10 reviews before making a decision on that business. These statistics highlight the importance of having positive reviews to attract potential customers to businesses.

08/19/2021

Estate Planning for Digital Assets
Or
Estate Planning for the Clouds
Or
Hey, You, Get (information) Off of My Cloud

Almost since the inception of our laws, property has been considered to be either personal or real property. However, over the past decade, a trend has evolved creating essentially a third category: digital assets that are often stored on a cloud. Traditional estate planning does not take into account this new class of assets, but to understand how to manage or transfer these assets upon death or incapacity, it is important to understand what they are.

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08/17/2021

Estate Planning for Digital Assets

Almost since the inception of our laws, the property has been considered to be either personal or real property. However, over the past decade, a trend has evolved creating essentially a third category: digital assets. Traditional estate planning does not take into account this new class of assets, but to understand how to manage or transfer these assets upon death or incapacity, it is important to understand what they are.

In its most basic form, digital assets include “any online account that you own or any file that you store on your computer or that you store in the cloud.” Posting of Nathan Lustig to Entrustet HIWI Blog, Digital Estate Planning: What is Digital Assets? (Apr. 19, 2010). Online accounts today include not only new forms of online media like Facebook and Twitter, but also traditional accounts that are now accessible online like bank and investment accounts.

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08/02/2021

07/31/2021