If you think your blog could never get you into trouble, you might think again says Nellie Akalp, CEO of CorpNet.com, an online legal document filing service.
Writing for Mashable, Alkalp says self-employed or self-starting bloggers need to think about liability concerns.
What if you unintentionally plagiarize someone’s work? Or maybe you end up writing about a mobile phone prototype left at a bar? What if you can’t pay your vendors? What happens if you’re fined by the FTC or named in a class-action lawsuit for positively reviewing a defective product?She suggests three simple steps to minimize your liability.