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Net Data Seller Can Be Sued

Peter Page

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that the family of a young woman killed by an obsessed stalker has grounds under state law to sue the Internet data broker he hired to locate his victim.

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Mining eBay for Asbestos Exhibits

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Houston plaintiffs' lawyer W. Mark Lanier has been on an eBay binge lately, buying industrial manuals, magazine advertisements, ashtrays, floor tiles, roof shingles, a sealed pack of Kent cigarettes from the 1950s, fire-protection cloth and even spray-on artificial snow for making a humdrum Christmas tree more festive.

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Study Says Internet Tax Losses Overstated

Samuel Fineman, Esq.

U.S. states lost $2.8 billion last year in uncollected Internet sales taxes, much lower than previous estimates, according to a study released by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).

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Baby Steps For Conducting Business Online

Mark Grossman

This column will tell you everything you need to know to do business online and use computers in your business. An impossibility? You're right. But humor me as I cram in as much as I can.

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NET NEWS

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The advertiser behind those pesky pop-up ads that appear while visiting the NYTimes.com and other major news sites has settled a dispute over the unauthorized and parasitic practice.

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Domain Name Disputes Decline as Internet Matures

Tamara Loomis

The wild wild Web is getting tamed. Cyber-squatters no longer freely roam its highways looking for easy marks. And trademark owners who once went after anyone who crossed their path are now choosing their battles much more carefully.

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Where's Your Internet Headed?

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

With the ever-increasing frequency of business being conducted over the Internet, the events giving rise to the potential extraterritorial application of law also have increased, drawing attention to an area of law that is anything but clearly delineated. The increased likelihood of law being applied extraterritorially means that businesses should now seriously consider where their Internet business is directed, who it is likely to be reaching and be prepared with at least some minimal knowledge regarding the laws of such jurisdictions.

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The Case for Online Dispute Resolution

Mark Grossman

Whenever you have buyers and sellers, you will inevitably have disputes, and the online world is no different. What the online world lacks but needs is an inexpensive, quick, efficient and impartial method of dispute resolution. What we have now is a patchwork system for dealing with these issues and I'm not optimistic that major improvements are coming anytime soon.

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Web Activity Enough for Discovery

Shannon P. Duffy

Even if a Web site is both commercial and interactive, a court cannot exercise jurisdiction over its operator unless there is also proof that the company has 'purposefully availed' itself of doing business in that state, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

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