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One Very Small Law Firm; One Extremely Large Email Problem

A lawyer discusses what happened when something or somebody sent an email message to hundreds or perhaps thousands of people that said the law firm intended to file a lawsuit against the recipient. The email said:

March 12, 2010
Crosby & Higgins
350 Broadway, Suite 300
New York, NY 10013

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed is a copy of the lawsuit that I filed against you in court on March 11, 2010. Currently the Pretrail Conference is scheduled for April 10th, 2010 at 9:30 A.M. in courtroom #33. The case number is 3485934. The reason the lawsuit was filed was due to a completely inadequate response from your company for copyright infrigement that our client Lumberton Trading Company is a victim of. Lumberton Trading Company has proof of multiple Copyright Law violations that they wish to present in court on April 10th, 2010.

Sincerely,

Mark R. Crosby

Appeals Court OKs Cyber-Bullying Suit

San Francisco Chronicle: “A state appeals court says a 15-year-old boy whose Web site was flooded with anti-gay slurs and threats can sue a schoolmate who admitted posting a menacing message but described it as a joke.” See the court’s opinion.

Federal Court Dismisses Internet Defamation Lawsuit for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Where Defamation Was Not “Expressly Aimed” at the Forum State

E-Commerce Law: “the United States District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed a defamation complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction where the defendant published on a website an allegedly defamatory article about the plaintiffs, who reside in Arizona. . . . the Arizona court was unable to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over the defendant because the allegedly defamatory act was not ‘expressly aimed’ at the state of Arizona.” The case is Xcentric Ventures LLC v. Bird.

California Plaintiff Wins Lawsuit Against Spammer & Gets $7,000

San Francisco Chronicle: “A judge has awarded a San Francisco attorney $7,000 in damages in a rare trial under California’s anti-spam law – $1,000 for each unsolicited, misleading commercial e-mail he received. The ads violated California’s 2004 anti-spam law . . . . [that] prohibits sending an uninvited commercial e-mail from California, or to a California recipient, that misrepresents either the source or the subject.”

Status of a Facebook Account After the Owner Dies

Gizmodo: “One day, you’re going to die. And when you do, you online presence—like your social network profiles, your blog comments, and your web services—will serve as your very first memorial. Here’s how it’ll play out. . . . And Facebook knows this. They’ve got a healthy help section for the bereaved, which lays out what how one can deal with a dead profile. Here are the options:”