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12/24/08 WSJ: Verizon Awarded $33.2 Million in 'Cybersquatting' Case

12/15/08 WSJ: Google seeks private Internet fast lane; Net neutrality advocates cringe.

11/13/08 Washington Post: Alleged major source of online scams and spam McColo Corp. knocked Offline. Significant reduction in spam expected.

11/12/08: New Case
- Interactive Nevada website even when combined with Illinois targeted advertising is insufficient to confer jurisdiction upon website owner for injuries occurring in Nevada. Linehan v. Golden Nugget USDC Northern District of Illinois 05 C 7030

9/18/08 WHIR News: Cybersquatters Buy Merger Domains

8/28/08 Los Angeles Times: Target settles suit with National Federation of the Blind

8/5/08 CNN: 11 Charged With Massive Identity Theft

7/25/08 MSNBC: Victim of fake Facebook profile wins libel suit.

6/30/08 WSJ: Ebay Fined by French Court Over Selling Counterfeits.

3/18/08 Reuters: ValueClick agrees to pay $2.9M to settle FTC claim charging false promises of prizes including plasma televisions and ipods.

3/14/08 KXMB News: South Dakota adds text messaging, IM and email to traditional harassment laws.

3/14/08 Siliconvalley.com: AOL to buy social network Bebo for $850 million.

3/4/08 Yahoo!: Form D Securities Filings to go Electronic; Adds Ease of Use and Search; Increases Investor Anonymity

2/1/08 Website Magazine: Jeffrey A. Cohen of InternetLitigators answers Common Questions about Cybersquatting and Domain Name Rights.

1/23/08 NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed a measure that requires online dating services to post a criminal background check policy prominently on their sign-up pages. Full Text of the Internet Safety Dating Act

1/11/08 BBC News: French President Proposes new Internet Tax

1/3/08 Smart Money: Quick Tips: Resolve to Build That Web Site

1/2/08 WSJ: Ad Houses Will Need to Be More Nimble

12/20/07: FTC Issues Privacy Guidelines for Internet Advertising Industry. InternetLitigators Summary

10/25/07 New Case - USDC
Los Angeles Federal Judge will select filtering software for  StreamCast Networks' Morpheus file sharing system after ruling that existing filter is insufficient. Significant ramifications for file sharing services possible.MGM Studios v. Grokster - Rulling on StreamCast Motion.

8/29/07 FTC: FTC to Host Town Hall to Examine Privacy Issues and Online Behavioral Advertising November 1-2, 2007.

7/27/07 The Internet and Technology Law Blog:  HostingCon 2007 in Chicago draws the worlds leading web hosting providers and professionals. Emphasis was upon the future of web hosting.

7/12/07 MSN Money: Lesson for Whole Foods CEO - Employee Blogs and forum entries concerning company business should be reviewed by counsel before posting.

6/1/07 MSNBC:  Spammer Canned by 35 count Indictment, Effect upon Spam Level uncertain.

5/21/07 New Case - 9th Circut - CDA Safe Harbor Provisions do not apply to all content posted by Roomates.com. Fair Housing v. Roomates.com 2007 DJDAR 6822

5/17/07 New Case - USDC - EDNY - Court Grants motion to dismiss trademark suit holding that use of mark as Meta tag is not "use in commerce" under the Lanham Act. Appeal likely. Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal, LLC 06-CV-6508

5/14/07 InformationWeek: Military blocks access to YouTube, MySpace and 11 others.

4/25/07 Utah Set to Implement Keyword Law - Legislation seeks to outlaw use of trademarked keywords by all but registered owners. Challenge Expected.

3/14/07 Viacom v. YouTube - Copyright Infringement Suit Filed in Southern District of New York.

3/14/07 Violation of Fax Spam Law not covered by insurance as "Advertising Injury" ACS Systems Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine 207 WL 214258

2/14/07 Washington Post: Smith Bill would require ISPs to keep data on Subscribers

2/13/07 FTC Top List: Identity theft takes top Consumer Fraud position (36%) seventh year running. Other Internet issues take spots 4 and 5.

1/16/07 Web Hosting News: Legal Services offer for members of InternetLitigators

1/16/07 MyHostNews: InternetLitigators Announces Pre-Paid Legal Services Plan for Web Hosts and Internet Companies.

1/4/07 New Case:
U.S.D.C. Pennsylvania - Use of Trademark in Meta Tags and Pay-Per-Click Program Does Not Violate Trademark Laws



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