Wow, what a flash, I just got the _perfect_ idea for a new
suspense/crime TV drama: Every week, some poor schmuck answers
one of these Nigerian Scams ...
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Jury rules for Paul Guthrie's Defense in ZixIt's $700mm suit (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, August 5, 2002)
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If anyone can get past the "No Cookie" monster to the actual text of this
link, let me know. :-).
Cheers,
RAH
At 5:36 AM -0600 on 8/5/02, GigaLaw.com wrote:
> Jury Rules for Defense in $700 Million Net Defamation Case
>      In one of the first trials in the nation to address Internet
> defamation, a Dallas County, Texas, jury rejected a $700 million suit by
> an Internet company that claimed it was harmed by negative electronic
> messages. Dallas' ZixIt alleged that Paul Guthrie, formerly a vice
> president with Visa, posted more than 400 anonymous messages, many
> negative, about ZixIt on a Yahoo Internet message board, causing ZixIt's
> stock price to drop.
>      Read the article: law.com @
>
>http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1028320303259&t=LawArticleTech
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