*** Thread Index U-Z, SEC and Miscellaneous (Part 3 of 3)
Ultra Motorcycle Company (BIKR/UMCC)
2/10/01 - Industry professional disusses cease and desist order
Message 15332565
Urocor Inc. (UCOR)
Doctor Wins Libel Lawsuit
Message 14986500
Williams ordered Oppenheimer to pay the verdict and said he would have to post a $750,000 bond to appeal the case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Message 14986681
12/29/00 - Forbes: Net Libel
Message 15144605
Value Line (VALU)
Jean Bernhard Buttner Fights Web Smears and Her Brother Van
Message 13710950
An Online Name-Caller Suffers Wrath of Ex-Boss at Value Line
Message 14023888
4/6/01 - WSJ: Value Line Strikes Again With a Cybersmear Suit
siliconinvestor.com
Varian Associates
All filings may be found at:
geocities.com
VerticalNet Inc. (VERT)
11/22/00 - WSJ: VerticalNet Chairman Logs On To Keep Tabs on Online Attacks
Message 14877184
Video-Pro Pte Ltd (private; based in Singapore)
11/15/00 - ZDNetAsia: Vulgar postings lead to threat of lawsuit
Message 14877188
Viragen (VRA)
3/5/01 - Viragen Commences Legal Action Citing Illegal Use Of Internet Message Boards
Message 15464013
3/6/01 - Comments by CHEMSA regarding Viragen defamation suit
Message 15464138
VirtualSellers.com (VDOT)
10/18/00 - The Register: Virtual Sellers rages against 'malicious' BB posters
Message 14650337
Wade Cook Financial
Wade Cook Financial Corporation Collaborates With Legislators On Groundbreaking Measures Against On-Line Slander
Message 9737456
Wade Cook Financial Corp. Takes a Stand Against Anonymous Internet Slander Through Federal Lawsuit
Message 9737573
Westergaard, John
See also: Ashton Technology Group
12/27/00 - SEC Names Westergaard, two entities in Internet touting case
Message 15095662
12/15/00 - John Westergaard's letter to SEC Chairman Arthur Leavitt re accusations against him of securities fraud
Message 15333149
5/4/01 - WSJ: Longtime Securities Analyst Fights to Protect Reputation
Message 15759502
WRNN (a Connecticut radio station)
12/19/00 - Law.com: Unmasking Internet Bad-Mouths; Plaintiff's right or First Amendment wrong?
Message 15213435
Xircom (XIRC)
Xircom Seeks to Identify Individual Claiming to Be an Employee for Posting False Statements Online
Message 10220065
Xircom settles lawsuit against Yahoo user
Message 10451503
Associates: Cybersmear Pioneer
Message 14077002
ZiaSun (ZSUN)
ZiaSun Files Lawsuit Against FinancialWeb.com
Message 10139954
ZiaSun Sues Its Online Critics As Posts Get Nasty And Personal
Message 10991730
U.S. District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Floyd Schneider (a.k.a. Floydie, a.k.a. Truthseeker) Announces ZiaSun Technologies Inc.
Message 12702226
Net Firm Wins First Round In Battle With Online Critic
Message 12702748
Silicon Investor Deletes Posts In ZiaSun Cyber-Libel Case
Message 12804138
ZiaSun critic told to halt Net smears
Message 12824244
ZiaSun Cyber-Libel Lawsuit Is Dismissed on a Technicality
Message 13009899
Suit alleging cyber-smear of local firm is dismissed
Message 13166497
'The Truthseeker' Faces Another Legal Tussle
Message 13743800
(SEC) Proceedings Instituted Against R. Gordon Jones and Mark F. Jensen (ZSUN's accontants) Message 13804594
New lawsuit filed against Cragun, Briggs, Tobin, Ziasun, et al
Message 13964151
Beyond the SEC's Reach, Firms Sell Obscure Issues to Foreign Investors
Message 14223314
Notice of Motion and Motion for Contempt of Court Order
Message 14278693
10/25/00 - ZiaSun, Former President Anthony Tobin, and Promoter Bryant Cragun Drop Lawsuit and Agree to Pay Opposition Thousands
Message 14664240
10/25/00 - ZiaSun Technologies Settles Groundbreaking Lawsuit Over Internet Stock Manipulation
Message 14667046
10/25/00 - ZiaSun, Former President Anthony Tobin, and Promoter Bryant Cragun Drop Lawsuit and Agree to Pay Opposition Thousands
Message 14667058
10/27/00 - WSJ: Settlements Reached in Suits Involving Stock-Chat Rooms
Message 14672254
10/27/00 - SD Union Tribune: ZiaSun settles 'cyber-smear' case
Message 14674261
2/26/01 - Bowen vs. Cragun, Superior Court, San Diego County, State of California, Case# GIC762921
Message 15508982
5/4/01 - SEC: R. Gordon Jones, CPA and Mark Jensen CPA Denied the Privilege of Practicing before the Commission for Three Years
Message 15768372
5/4/01 - Bloomberg: Salt Lake City CPAs Settle Charges Over Dynamic American Audit
Message 15768390
ZixIt (ZIXI)
ZixIt sues VISA
Message 12453952
ZixIt Corporation Initiates Lawsuit Against Visa
Message 12453968
SEC June 14th Bust / Organized Crime
`Largest Securities Fraud' to Be Announced by U.S. Prosecutors
Message 13881003
SEC, U.S. Attorney, and FBI Announce Major Attack Against
Microcap Fraud; Those Charged Include Alleged Members of Organized Crime
siliconinvestor.com
U.S., Russian mobsters accused of pulling stock scam
Message 13881447
Mob, Brokers in `Largest Securities Fraud,' U.S. Says
Message 13883621
Piazza Proceeding
Message 13883873
Wolfson Proceeding
Message 13883912
With BC-Mob on Wall Street
Message 13886500
Feds nab 120 for fraud; Mob members, securities dealers, charged with bilking victims of more than $50 million
Message 13887036
Relationship to AZNT
Message 13887235
Stocks allegedly involved in Wall Street fraud scheme
Message 13887604
Message 13889172
Bulls, Bears and Gangsters
Message 13889442
OTCnn.com
Bashers: The Terrors of the Internet
Message 14243355
Paid Bashers Accused Of Doing MMs Dirty Work
Message 14243360
Investor Forum: Investors Add More Paid Basher Claims
Message 14243380
SEC Files Lawsuit Against Houston Internet Stock Promotion Firm (Merger Communications)
Message 14243408
Whois information linking OTCnn and Merger Communications
Message 14243841
Miscellaneous
Electronic bulletin boards carry corporate criticism
Message 9737498
1st Amendment vs. Internet?
Message 10532325
Unmasking Anonymous Posters
Message 10720382
Sticks and Stones... Online chat rooms offer a new forum for feedback
corpreport.com
Corporations Fight Internet `Cybersmear'
Message 12163400
Internet Financial Chat Rooms Raise Concerns for Regulators, Companies
Message 12163410
SEC Commissioner Laura Unger Releases On-Line Trading Report -- VII. ON-LINE DISCUSSION FORUMS
Message 12163691
Cybersmear' lawsuits raise privacy concern
Message 12163860
An Analysis of the Online Trading Report Released by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 1999 by Blake A. Bell (1)...III. Investor Chat Rooms and Bulletin Boards
Message 12163911
EPIC Blasts Yahoo for Identifying Posters
Message 12163953
On the Net, In the Dark; Companies want to know who's criticizing them online -- some critics say that's none of their business
Message 12163955
Tearing Down the Internet's Anonymous Posters
Message 12383657
Detecting Financial Fraud From Publicly Available Sources
Message 12850195
Free speech or cyber-slander? Chatters claim First Amendment right to anonymity on online bulletin boards
Message 13010311
Plaintiffs Falsely Labeled as 'Indicted' on U.S. Site Cannot Sue
lawnewsnetwork.com
Personal Jurisdiction in On-line Expression Cases: Rejecting Minimum Contacts in Favor of Affirmative Acts
Message 13282600
Securities Regulation and the Internet @ CyberSecuritiesLaw
cybersecuritieslaw.com
For a Fee, Analyst Mark Bergman Will Hype Your Company's Stock
Message 13518859
Disclaimers no protection against fraud
Message 13551291
SEC AND U.S. ATTORNEY MOVE AGAINST ACCUSED MICROCAP STOCK MANIPULATORS; THREE SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION THROUGH INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS
sec.gov
Guarding the Net; Companies alert to Internet stock chat
Message 13710930
Companies Fight Anonymous Critics With Lawsuits
Message 13710955
Dealing With the "Cybersmear"
nylj.com
In the Pursuit of Cybercriminals Real Detectives Turn to Amateurs
Message 13729109
Scams And Spams
Message 13743888
Online Chat Room Isn't as Anonymous As You Might Think Message 13749013
Investigating off-shore scams
Message 13817359
Corporate America takes on John Doe
Message 13828433
ACLU Slams Plan to Trawl Web for Stock Fraud; SEC Would Use Key Words in Hunt for Dubious Offers
Message 13839474
Worker Slurred by Peers Online May Sue Employer
Message 13860996
Tracking Down Cyberlibelers
Message 13861008
Internet Message Board Lawsuits; Plaintiff Corporations Face Reprisals From Cybersmear Defendants
Message 13861038
Online Monitoring Goes Beyond Anonymous Postings; eWatch(R) Provides Investigative Service to Uncover Identities of Malicious Attackers
Message 13870695
U.S., Russian mobsters accused of pulling stock scam
Message 13881447
Speech by SEC Commissioner: Empowering Investors in an Electronic Age
Message 13891760
Court Enters Preliminary Injunction in SEC Action to Halt Fraudulent Internet "Virtual Stock Exchange" [StockGeneration.com]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=14004265
Bogus Web Postings Bite Analyst, Investors
Message 14037259
SEC Files New and Expanded Charges Against Two Defendants in NEI Webworld Internet Stock Manipulation Case
Message 14037381
The Web may be new, but the scam is old (NEI Webworld)
Message 14037391
SEC v. Refael Shaoulian [pump and dump of Universal Standard Healthcare, Inc. and others]
Message 14037329
Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims Against Internet Newsletter Is Denied (FutureSuperStock)
Message 14037431
Yahoo Postings Prompt More Lawsuits
Message 14076989
Solv-Ex Lawsuit Alleging Electronic Conspiracy by Shortsellers Is Dismissed
Message 14090829
NanoWorld chatters Camporese, Cate sued by Papalia ally
Message 14092158
Traders Corner: Janice Shell
Message 14096351
Public Citizen, ACLU File Briefs To Restrict Cybersmear Suits
Message 14107889
Online Speech Hit With Offline Lawsuits; Companies and their critics clash on message boards
Message 14122194
Old fraud, new medium
Message 14129890
A Requiem for the message boards
Message 14130934
When the SEC comes knocking
Message 14133789
Public Citizen, ACLU File Briefs To Restrict Cybersmear Suits
Message 14155203
The fight to speak their mind, anonymously
Message 14155459
SEC Acts at Cyberspeed To Halt Suspect Trades
Message 14185242
SEC’s Automated Internet Surveillance Plan Appears to Respect Privacy and Constitutional Concerns
Message 14185252
(Off Topic) Friends and Family Discount -- Legalized Insider Trading?
Message 14185274
Chat board controversy heats up; Message posters opine, companies become big bullies
Message 14214189
ASIC Revises Its Proposed Approach for Dealing with Internet Discussion Sites
Message 14258947
Some Pretty Lonely U.S. Stocks Call Hamburg Exchange Home
Message 14270615
A Must Read: Silencing John Doe: Defamation & Discourse in Cyberspace by Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky
Message 14650190
Invention Marketing Firm Files Defamation Suit Against Rival
Message 14705578
11/6/00 - Globe and Mail: TSE tests chat room e-watchdog Technology from MindfulEye keeps track of conversations about public companies
Message 14822834
11/22/00 - Pennsylvania Ruling Protects Anonymous Online Comments (Melvin vs. Doe)
Message 14876020
9/25/00 - TheStreet.com: Money and Pageviews Shape Message-Board Rules; The policy of allowing anonymous postings on stock boards is not about the First Amendment.
Message 14877156
10/25/00 - SEC Speech: Regulation vs. Enforcement in an On-Line World (Tokyo Mex and Lebed)
Message 14877169
11/15/00 - Newbytes: Pa. Online Net Criticism Case To Continue (Melvin vs. Doe)
Message 14877171
11/1/00 - Law.com: Corporate Cybersmearing: Using Subpoenas to Unmask 'John Doe'
Message 15037870
12/5/00 - Law.com: Cybersmearer Defendants Can Keep Anonymity by Appearing in Court; Ruling breaks new ground in litigation over online defamation
Message 15038014
12/29/00 - Forbes: Net Libel
Message 15144605
1/9/01 - USA Today: Conned investors may never see refunds; Analysis of SEC records shows top violators; What to do if you suspect fraud
Message 15149880
1/14/01 - NY Times: Work First, Invest Later? Not These Days; In High School, Hallways Buzz With Stock Tips
Message 15186668
12/19/00 - Law.com: Unmasking Internet Bad-Mouths; Plaintiff's right or First Amendment wrong?
Message 15213435
2/12/01 - Example Motion to Quash subpoena served on Silicon Investor to reveal information
Message 15336833
2/16/01 - Les French: Why I am reluctant to post court documents online, even though they are publicly accessible.
Message 15365763
2/25/01 - NY Times: Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15 years old (part 1 of 2)
Message 15404890
2/25/01 - NY Times: Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15 years old (part 2 of 2)
Message 15404891
3/1/01 - SEC: SEC Charges 23 Companies and Individuals in Cases Involving Broad Spectrum of Internet Securities Fraud
Message 15431477
12/15/00 - Joan Melvin, Appellee, v. John Doe, et al., Appellants.; Brief Amicus Curiae of America Online, Inc.
Message 15442322
3/31/01 - Newsbytes (London): Demon Settles Usenet Libel Suit, Sets Legal Precedent
Message 15484167
3/19/01 - Washington Post: After Securities Law Lesson, a Stock-Picker Returns
Message 15538111
4/4/01 - Cyber-Vendetta.Com: Look out John Q. Corporation. You may not be as entitled to your name as you may have thought.
Message 15615043
4/5/01 - WSJ: Securities Fraud Penalties Stiffen; Texas Leads States in Sentencing
Message 15617855
4/9/01 - NY Times: Forwarded e-mail has executive under fire
Message 15635409
3/12/01 - Interactive Week: Sue the bastards!
Message 15645616
3/29/01 - Newsbytes: Securities Regulator Tries Scam Game To Prove A Point
Message 15688477
4/29/01 - NY Times: By the Water Cooler in Cyberspace, the Talk Turns Ugly
Message 15730553
5/2/01 - California Picks Up Where Feds Leave Off on Fighting Fraud; Over 2,000 Enforcement Actions Expected This Year
Message 15746411
5/3/01 - SEC: SEC Brings Limit Order Display Manipulation Case Against Robert Monski
Message 15752910
5/4/01 - NY Times: Trader Pays $25,000 to Settle Stock Case
Message 15773870
5/4/01 - New Zealand News: Man sues on net comments; Stuff.co.nz: Internet defamation case begins
Message 15774008
4/01 - Smart Business: At Risk Online: Your Good Name; The Bounty Hunter
Message 15806391 |
