Angie’s List sued Amazon Local and its employees this month, accusing them of stealing proprietary information and violating its membership agreement. Both services offer a way for consumers to connect to local businesses and service providers – think plumbers and Read more
The Marketplace Fairness Act failed to secure Congressional approval again last year, but was reintroduced in the Senate in March. This week, a different version surfaced in the House. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 on Read more
Tax-collection agency HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which is the UK version of the United States’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS), had its legal powers extended last year and is now going after small online sellers. The latest crackdown impacts sellers Read more
Two republicans on the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to the US Postmaster General demanding she turn over details about the agency’s competitive products operations. In a letter dated May 13, 2015, republican Read more
A day dreaded by many in the U.S. is just a couple of days away. If you’ve filed your tax returns for 2014 and sent in your first installment of estimated taxes for 2015, congratulations. For the rest of you, Read more
Does anyone hate taxes more than the residents of the “Live free or die” state of New Hampshire, which is one of just five states that doesn’t have sales tax? Their representative in the Senate Jeanne Shaheen said she will Read more
Sometimes taking a case to the highest court in the land is only a stopping point on a long legal journey. While the Direct Marketing Association hailed the Supreme Court ruling in its battle with the state of Colorado as Read more
Should a shopping-cart patent acquired from Open Market in 2003 hold true today, or is it merely part of a desperate attempt to extract money from everyone who shops online? A previous court victory by Soverain Software over Victoria’s Secret Read more
eBay’s Government Relations arm sent an email to sellers who are members of its grassroots Main Street program asking them to show their support for new trade legislation. eBay said small businesses who use the Internet to sell globally aren’t Read more
One online marketplace you haven’t seen featured on EcommerceBytes is Silk Road. That’s because it’s an online bazaar for buying and selling illegal drugs, according to government prosecutors. That’s what makes it surprising to learn an eBay software engineer was Read more
