About CLIClaw

CLIClaw's Mission

At CLIClaw, our mission is to build a dynamic online community that empowers businesses and professionals to confidently navigate the ever-changing landscape of legal compliance. Our centralized portal is crafted to educate, connect, and collaborate with internet marketers, delivering straightforward, practical guidance – free from confusing legal jargon.
We don’t just hand you forms – because forms alone can often cause more problems than they solve. Instead, we focus on helping you truly understand what compliance means in today’s digital world: what your policies, procedures, and contracts need to include, how to read and evaluate contracts presented to you, and how to negotiate with confidence to protect your business.
Our goal is to simplify complex legal requirements into clear, actionable knowledge and tools by equipping you with the knowledge and tools to proactively manage compliance challenges that empower you to stay ahead. When you understand the law, forms become just one part of the picture – and information becomes your greatest asset – and the foundation of your business success.
We based our mission statement on an interview Linda Goodman gave several years ago:

Why I Created CLIClaw’s Compliance Center

For years, I defended Internet marketers in court, battling giants like Microsoft, AOL, the Federal Trade Commission, and multiple Attorney Generals. I often won the cases – but my clients still lost. They lost money, reputation, market position, and sometimes even their peace of mind.
In 2006, I made a pivotal decision: I left the courtroom and stepped into boardrooms. I shifted my focus from reactive legal defense to proactive compliance. I began helping businesses build strong legal foundations from day one – so they could avoid lawsuits altogether.
I designed programs and trained teams that put money back into businesses, not into legal fees. I knew that if the majority of Internet marketers had easy-to-understand, comprehensive legal information at their fingertips, the fear and uncertainty surrounding online business would vanish – and a new era of trust and growth would begin.
That vision gave birth to CLIClaw.
CLIClaw is more than just a resource – it’s an online community empowering Internet marketers, advertisers, publishers, and business owners with the knowledge they need to confidently operate within the law. Our training and compliance tools are free of confusing legal jargon, written in plain language that anyone can understand and apply.
With CLIClaw, we’re giving back to a community that has given me so much: the understanding that every marketer is a vital piece of a larger puzzle. Our mission is to help you be the final piece – ensuring your business is compliant in every way, so you can focus on growth without fear.
Join us, and let’s change the way business is done online – together.

Linda L. Goodman, Esq., Founder

Our Founder

As the founder of The Goodman Law Firm, Linda Goodman is one of the most highly recognized and respected Internet attorneys in practice today. Linda has over 25 years of solid legal practice. In 2001, she began working with Internet marketers successfully defending online marketing and e-commerce businesses against claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission; New York, Florida, and Texas State Attorney Generals; large ISP firms; and private civil litigants throughout the United States.
Linda has combined her litigation experience and her extensive knowledge of the daily operations of Internet-based businesses into a series of comprehensive compliance programs. Her programs are uniquely designed to minimize the risk of government investigation and costly litigation, setting up internal systems for compliance auditing for federal and state advertising laws, as well as emailing and e-commerce compliance. Linda helps Internet businesses build proactive and compliance-aware cultures within their organizations. Her success is illustrated in a broad range of Internet and e-commerce companies, including advertisers, affiliates and publishers, networks, and data managers.
Linda currently serves as outside general counsel, handling all legal matters – ranging from business formation and contractual issues to compliance policies and practices, and oversees various attorneys in specialized fields of law. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of Internet legal compliance and hosts a variety of specialized in-house compliance programs.

Want to be Part of the Solution?

General Submissions. CLIClaw invites submissions of articles, white papers, case studies, and guides from lawyers, privacy experts, and marketers to be published on our website, blogs, and monthly newsletters.  We also invite topic suggestions.  You do not need to be a lawyer to submit one.  All submissions will be given a byline for the author and published on the public portion of our website.
Blog Submissions. Unlike bylined articles that focus on a single case or area of law intended to frighten you, CLIClaw combines current legal threats with a clear and concise summary of how to avoid litigation and keep your marketing practices in compliance.  Our weekly blog posts share opinions, voice arguments, and discuss marketing news or current legal events.  It is a soapbox if you will, and all suggestions are welcome.
A few requests. Please review and become familiar with the content on our Website to make sure your submissions and suggestions are in line with CLIClaw content.  Articles should range from 500 to 1,000 words, relate to a legal issue involving Internet marketing and we would appreciate it if you could provide clear instructions on action steps needed to keep marketing practices in legal compliance. “Legalese” is almost never accepted, unless clearly explained.  The article must be original to the author and not be published elsewhere.  If your submission does not include a summary of practical compliance, we may add one with your permission.  Be sure to provide an author biography, not exceeding 25 words.  If you have a vested interest in a company referenced in the article, please disclose that vested interest in the article.  We do not pay for contributions and do not publish press releases.
Send submissions via email to info @ cliclaw.com and label submissions in the subject line as “Article Submission,” “Blog Submission,” or “Legal Research Submission.”  To submit a suggestion for a topic you’d like to see covered, label the subject line “Coverage Submission.”
We will notify you if your submission has been accepted for publication within a week of receipt.
Technical Requirements. Technical requirements include relevant links in parentheses, do not embed any links.  Submit articles in Word format (not PDF) via email.  Please do not lock or password-protect any submission.
License to CLIClaw. The author retains copyright ownership, but by submission to CLIClaw grants Internet Compliance Center, Inc. license to post and reprint the article or other submissions, with credit to the originating author, in any CLIClaw products, services, or marketing materials.

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