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2003 Important News Articles*

Relating to Online Securities Regulation

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  Table of Contents

 

  I.      Spamming

  II.    Initial Public Offerings

  III.   Instant Messaging

  IV.   Personal Jurisdiction

   V.    Corporate Blogging

  VI.    Email

  VII.  Other Articles of Interest

 

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I.   Spamming

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Atlanta Journal Constitution (December 16th, 2003) (Spam:  Can the Deluge be Stopped)

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Washington Post (December 16, 2003) (Bush Signs Anti-Spam Law)

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Washington Post (October 23rd, 2003) (Anti-Spam Bill Passes Senate)

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Mainstream Marketing v. FTC (D.Col, September 2003) (FTC's Do Not Call Registry Unconstitutional)

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New York Times (September 29th, 2003) (Confessions of a Spammer)

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Wall Street Journal (August 25th, 2003) (Could Spam be Crushed by its Own Weight One Day?)

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New York Times (August 22nd, 2003) (Marketers Join Spam Fighting Efforts)

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Wall Street Journal (August 21st, 2003) (Editorial:  Congressional Spam)

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Wall Street Journal (August 19th, 2003) (Spam's "Easy Target")

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Slate (August 12th, 2003) (If You Owned Your Inbox, Spammers Would Pay to Get Inside.)

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New York Times (August 12th, 2003) (Anti-Spam Movement Hits a Snag)

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Business Week (August 11th, 2003) (Out, Out Damn Spam)

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Wall Street Journal (August 4th, 2003) (Vigilant Spam Blockers, Block out the Good Too)

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New York Times (July 28th, 2003) (Diverging Estimates of the Cost of Spam)

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Wall Street Journal (July 18th, 2003) (Spammers Backing Spam control Laws)

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Wall Street Journal (July 18th, 2003) (Accounting Troubles Leave Freddie Mac Holding Spam)

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CBSMarketwatch (July 8th, 2003) (Congress Takes Aim at Spam)

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Washington Post (July 5th, 2003) (ISPs Battle to Shape Spam Legislation)

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New York Times (July 4th, 2003)  (Email Hucksterism, Offensive But Effective)

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Washington Post (July 2nd, 2003) (Filter: Antispam Coalition Lack of Consensus)

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New York Times (July 2nd, 2003) (SpamBot Tests Flunk the Blind)

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Washington Post (July 1st, 2003) (Filter: Its Protest not Spam)

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Washington Post (July 1st, 2003) (Hormel: Protecting its Mark )

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New York Times (June 23rd, 2003) (Congressional Unity Regarding Spam)

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Wall Street Journal (June 23rd, 2003) (Gates on Spam)

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New York Times (June 18th, 2003) (Microsoft Launches Broad Spam Attack)

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Washington Post (June 17th, 2003) (Anti-spam Proposals Get Tougher)

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Time (June 10th, 2003) (Spam Explosion)

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Minneapolis Star Tribune (June 8th, 2003) (Spam Growth Starts To Choke Internet)

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Forbes (June 5th, 2003) (Sinking in Spam)

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Wall Street Journal (May 19th, 2003) (Web Vigilantes)

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Wall Street Journal (May 7th, 2003) (Elusive Spammer Sends Web Service on a Long Chase)

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New York Times (May 5th, 2003) (Finding a Solution to Secret World of Spam)

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New York Times (April 30th, 2003) (Spam Made Felony in Virginia)
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State's Chart and Spam Volume Chart

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Washington Post (April 30th, 2003) (Spam Crusade Reaches Critical Mass)

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Washington Post (April 28th, 2003) (Three Email Providers Join Spam Fight)

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New York Times (April 22nd, 2003) (Internet Losing Battle Against Spam)

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Washington Post (April 15th, 2003) (AOL files federal anti-spam lawsuit)

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Washington Post (April 8th, 2003) (War and Spam)

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Washington Post (April 8th, 2003) (Spam-busting Court Decision)

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Washington Post (April 7th, 2003) (Spam-busting permitted?)

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Washington Post (March 13th, 2003) (General)

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Wall Street Journal (February 25th, 2003) (General)

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New York Times (February 9th, 2003) (General)

II.   Initial Public Offerings and the Internet

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Wall Street Journal (June 2nd, 2003) (SEC Says It Will Clear Up Baffling IPO-Chatter Rules)

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Securities Reg. Law Journal (Spring 2003) (Securities Offerings, the Internet and the SEC) 

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The Investment Lawyer (February 2003) (Internet Offerings of Hedge Funds)

III.  Instant Messaging

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Wall Street Journal (August 13th, 2003) (Wall Street Firms Curb Access to Personal Email)

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Internet News.com (June 20th, 2003)  (NASD Ups Instant Messaging Ante)

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TheStreet.com (June 18th, 2003) (r u sitting down?? nasd takes aim at IM)
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NASD Press Release Regarding Instant Messaging (June 18th, 2003)

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NASD Notice to Members Regarding Instant Messaging

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Wall Street Journal (June 16th, 2003) (Instant Messaging and Financial Firms:  New Rules)

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Wall Street Journal (June 12th, 2003) (Instant Messaging Popping Up All Over)

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Wall Street & Tech. Online (September 5th, 2002) (Managing Messaging Technology is IT's Problem)

IV.   Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet

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Venture Tape v. McGillis Glass (DMass Oct. 2003) (Use of Plaintiff's Mark's in Metatags

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Supports Jurisdiction in Plaintiff's Forum)

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Brach's v. Keller (N.D.Ill. Sep. 2003) (Online Sales to a Few Forum Residents Support Pers. Jur.)

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Delaware District Court Decision: (Message Bd. Posting, Absent Targeting of Forum, Insufficient for Venue)

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Riddell Inc. v. Monica, et al (N.D. Ill., July 23rd, 2003) (Passive Website Not Enough for Jurisdiction)

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Daily Record (Baltimore, Md.) (July 9th, 2003)  (Personal Jurisdiction Lacking)
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Opinion: Carefirst of Maryland v. Carefirst Pregnancy Center (4th Cir. 7/2/03)

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New York Law Journal (March 26th, 2003) (Decision of Interest, Judge Salerno)

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The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (March, 2003) (Online Jurisdiction: 3rd Cir. Clarification)

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The Business Lawyer (February, 2003) (Effects Test: Determining Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace)

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Medinah Mining Inc. v. Amunategui, (District Court of Nevada, November 5, 2002) (Personal Jurisdiction)

V.   Corporate Blogging

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Corporate Counsel.Net's Blog City

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New York Times Editorial (August 13th, 2003) (Blah, Blah, Blog)

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New York Times (July 7th, 2003)  (Blogs in the Workplace)

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Wall Street Journal (July 3rd, 2003) (Blogger First Amendment Victory)

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New York Times (June 23rd, 2003) (Corporate Blogs)

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The Boston Globe (June 16th, 2003) (Companies Get Into Blog Act)

VI.   Email

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U.S. v. Stewart (SDNY Oct. 2003) (Emailing Uninvolved 3rd Party/No Waiver of Work Product Privilege)

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Privacy & Security Law Report  (Aug. 18, 2003) (Free Expression and the Right to Spam)
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New York Times (July 13th, 2003) (Fighting for the Right To Communicate)

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Wall Street Journal (July 1st, 2003) (Court Rules Against Intel in Email Suit)

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Actual California Supreme Court Ruling 

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Recent 9th Circuit Decision: (Drafter of Overbroad Subpoena of Emails Liable Under SCA) 

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Wall Street Journal (August 28th, 2003) (NYSE to Get LaBranche Emails)
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New York Times (July 28th, 2003) (Stock Exchange and Specialist in Email Dispute)

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CBSMarketwatch.com (July 25th, 2003) (Specialist, NYSE battle Over Internal Emails)

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New York Law Journal (February 25th, 2003) (Emailing Clients is Under Scrutiny)

VII.   Other Articles of Interest

 

 

 

 

"Liberty, declared Tom Paine, should never be mistaken for license. It is too precious a prize to be degraded by those who accept no obligation to others in the exercise of their freedoms."

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SEC v. Wenger (CDUtah Nov. 2003) (Upholding Constitutionality of Securities Act Sec.17(b))

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Doe v. GTE (7th Cir. Oct. 2003) (Web Host not Liable For Net Sales of Nude Videos)  

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The Computer and Internet Lawyer (September 2003) (Discovery in the Digital Era)

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Recent 9th Circuit Decision:  When Does a Witness Become A Government Agent 

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New York Times (August 12th, 2003) (Futures Trading and the Internet)

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South Florida Business Journal (July, 2003) (Companies Fight Against Cybergripe Sites)

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CNet (July 25th) (PayPal Settles Online Gaming Suit)
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Text of Settlement 

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Transform Magazine (July, 2003) (Adding Records to the ECM Mix)

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Law.com (June 25th) (Ninth Circuit Colors in Rules for Web Libel)

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New York Times (June 22nd, 2003) (Online Bond Trading)

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