In less than a decade, the Internet has changed the rules about the ways companies do business. From its beginnings as a Department of Defense experiment and a university research tool, the Internet has evolved into a worldwide distribution channel and a powerful communications medium. Now it's a fast-changing business environment.
Internet law is equally dynamic.
That's why Stoel Rives has assembled a group of eBusiness attorneys who are currently on legal trends and who have literally written the book on the myriad legal issues facing businesses on the Web. We have assisted a large number of e-based clients companies with business organization, private and public financing, and protection of technology and all aspects of doing business on the Web from affiliation agreements to Web site hosting and everything in between, taking the company public or positioning the company for an exit strategy. We also counsel mature companies feeling the uncomfortable gnaw of anxiety that the Internet may be threatening their extinction. We help these brand leaders leverage their customer-service expertise, management depth, positive cash flow and borrowing power to expand their market share and fend off entrepreneurial competitors doing business on the Web. We know that fast-track Internet and eCommerce businesses have unique needs.