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2004 Important News Articles*

Relating to Online Securities Regulation

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  Table of Contents

 

  I.      Spamming

  II.    Initial Public Offerings

  III.   First Amndmnt, Privacy, Etc.

  IV.   Personal Jurisdiction

   V.    Corporate Blogging

  VI.    Email

  VII.  Other Articles of Interest

 

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(Sometimes Required)

I.   Spamming

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Wall Street Journal Online (December 21st, 2004) (Judge Rejects Spam Plea)

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Washington Post (December 15th, 2004) (Judge Faults Anti-Spam Law)

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Washington Post (November 4th, 2004) (Jury Convicts Spammers)

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New York Times (July 20th, 2004) (Spammer Settles Case in New York)
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Copy of Consent Order

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New York Times (June 16th, 2004) (Federal Agency Declines to Create Federal Call Center)

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Wall Street Journal (May 27th 2004)  (Buffalo Spammer Sentenced)

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Washington Post (April 8, 2004) (Virginia Arrests Third Person in Spam Dragnet)

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Wall Street Journal (March 10, 2004)  (Microsoft, AOL, Others File Suits Against Alleged Spammers)

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New Jersey Law Journal (March 1, 2004) (Spam filters Raise Ethical Issues)

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Wall Street Journal (February 18, 2004) (AOL., Earthlink Initiate Spam Suits)

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Wall Street Journal (December, 2004) (Do Not Spam Registry Challenges)

bulletLJN Internet Law and Strategy (December 2003)
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Federal Anti-spam Law to Take Effect January 1st, 2004

II.   Initial Public Offerings and the Internet

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Wall Street Journal (December 27th, 2004) (SEC's New Rules On 'Quiet Period' Create Debate)

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Wall Street Journal (August 23rd, 2004) (Open Up the Quiet Period)

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Wall Street Journal (August 16th, 2004) (SEC May Change Quiet Period Rules)

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Wall Street Journal (May 3rd. 2004) (Google's Dutch Treat)
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Wall Street Journal (April 30th, 2004) (Auction Bids Adieu to Tradition)

III.  First Amendment, Privacy, Etc.

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John Doe v. John Ashcroft (September 28th, 2004)

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ECommerce Law Daily (September 30th, 2004) (Secret Subpoena Process in Patriot Act
Violates Target's Fourth Amendment Rights)

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Freedman v. AOL (February, 2004)

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Connecticut Law Tribune (February 23rd, 2004)

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SEC v. Agora (January 2004) -- Opinion Denying Motion to dismiss

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The Recorder (November 18, 2003) SEC Case Against Customer Brings Free Speech Concerns

IV.   Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet

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Internet Law and Strategy (May, 2004) (Life After Zippo)

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The Recorder (April 30th, 2004) (9th Circuit to Rehear Internet Jurisdiction Case)

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Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc. 341 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. September 2003)

"It is increasingly clear that modern businesses no longer require an actual physical presence in a state in order to engage in commercial

activity there . . . Businesses may set up shop, so to speak, without ever actually setting foot in the state where they intend to sell their wares.

Our conceptions of jurisdiction must be flexible enough to respond to the realities of the modern marketplace."

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Book Sale, Email Messages Insufficient to Support Jurisdiction
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Hy Cite Co. v. Badbusinessburea.com (W.D.Wis. 1/08/04)

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Austrian Company's Website Activity Fails to Support Jurisdiction in Tort Suit
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In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun Austria (S.D.N.Y. 12/09/03)

V.   Corporate Blogging

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New York Times (May 27th, 2004) (For Some, the Blogging Never Stops)

bullet Fast Company (April 2004) (Its a Blog World After All)

 

 

 

VI.   Email

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District Courts Not Required to Award Liquidated Damages for ECPA Violations (BNA June 7th, 2004)
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DirectTV Inc. v. Brown, 11th Cir., No. 03-16094, May 28th, 2004)

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Unlawful 'Intercept' Under ECPA Requires Contemporaneous Access to In-Transit Email
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Fraser v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. (3rd Cir., December 2003)

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ISP's Storage of Emails Destined for terminated Account Not ECPA Violation
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Hall v. Earthlink Network, Inc.  (S.D.N.Y. 12/19/2003)

 

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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Associated Press (May 3rd, 2004) (U.S. Company Pleads to Handling Child Pornography Credit Card Payments)

bullet New York Times (February 8th, 2004) (The Virus Underground)

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