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Googling" has become the preferred way to check out a potential date, anonymously, and without the target's knowledge. You just put the name into the popular search engine to see whatever may appear, good or bad. <br>But what would a potential customer find if it did the same thing for your business, or your key employees? Would a prospective hire or acquirer be scared away by your firm's online tracks?

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Franchise statutes and regulations apply to the Internet. Court decisions clearly state that suppliers who use the Internet to sell goods and services ' with independent distributors, dealers, or sales agents helping ' may be franchisors under federal or state law.

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Law firms, which are as much a part of the e-commerce world as any enterprise they advise, are more often offering clients protected access to their personal case information over the Internet. <br>Clients expect their attorneys to use the most modern communications technologies, including the Internet. Using the Internet, through the firm's Web site, to communicate with clients and other attorneys can be fast, efficient and cost-effective. Providing confidential information over the Internet, however, can increase legal liability for the law firm. As of now, courts and bar associations provide little guidance for lawyers facing these new ethical and legal issues.

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Survivorship Interest Not Terminated By Unilateral Conveyance Hardin v. Rubin NYLJ 7/28/04, p. 20, col. 1 Supreme Ct., Kings Cty (Jacobson, J.) In an action by the daughter of the original owner's deceased son to establish that she owns a 50% interest in the subject parcel, the transferee from the original owner's daughter moved to dismiss the complaint. The court granted the transferee's motion, holding that the son's conveyance to himself did not terminate the daughter's survivorship interest. &#133;

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