If someone listed themselves as a legal aid organization with your name in the phone book, you'd take action. What about online?

Cyber piracy practices -- online vendors that steal your online presence by sitting on website urls similar to yours and posing as your organization -- are increasingly common. Do clients know the difference?

Programmatic issues in the 21st century include ensuring your online presence is distinct and recognized by your client community. They also include protecting your online clients from predatory practices -- and from websites that deceive clients pretending to be legal aid providers, or online parkers who hold domain names at a ransom.

Read on to learn about predatory cyber piracy practices and ways to protect your clients from them.