Richard Chapo (“chap-oh”), a lawyer for 24 plus years, is a well-known Internet business lawyer in Southern California. Richard’s philosophy is to proactively position his clients to minimize their potential exposure to lawsuits. He provides advice to clients as large as multinational corporations and as small as hobby bloggers with an eye towards eliminating potential problems areas before lawsuits are filed. Richard is versed in a variety of Internet laws including the DMCA, Communications Decency Act, and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, as well as FTC compliance guidelines, state privacy mandates, and recurring billing laws.Richard Chapo Vroom Veer Stories

Started working as a lawyer in 1992, working 70-hour weeks; got burnt outSpent a year in Siberia drinking beer and vodka working 3 hours a dayStarted working in Internet law in the early 2000's when it was the wild westNew privacy laws in Europe are going in effect in May 2018; huge compliance issueAsia business compliance not so much of an issue for most small businessesHow privacy in the US is mostly a joke; we have an "opt out" cultureEurope is more of an "Opt in" culture vs "Opt out" in the USDid you know; people can't post baby pics on FB in the EU

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