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Home 26 Mar 2008 A third, more interesting round in E360 vs. Comcast Email In the past week, Comcast filed an answer, denying all of E360's charges, and attached to it a motion to file a most impressive counterclaim. The court granted the motion on Monday so the counterclaim has been filed. At about the same time, E360 filed its response to Comcast's previous motion to dismiss the suit due to its utter lack of legal merit. See more ... posted at: 09:55 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/Email/e3comcast3.trackback 19 Mar 2008 More on the Soloway case Email I've now read Soloway's plea agreement. Despite some claims from his lawyers that it's some kind of victory that he only pleaded to three of the 40 charges, with the rest being dismissed, it's clear from the agreement that he indeed did just about everything that the government charged. See more ... posted at: 23:35 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/Email/solplead2.trackback 14 Mar 2008 Robert Soloway pleads guilty Email Large scale spammer Robert Soloway, whose criminal trial was scheduled to start in a week and a half, pled guilty to most of the charges against him. See more ... posted at: 23:50 :: permanent link to this entry :: 3 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/Email/solplead.trackback 05 Mar 2008 Comcast fires back at E360 Email Back in January, bulk mailer E360 filed a suit against giant cable ISP Comcast. This week Comcast responded with a withering response. (Copies available at spamsuite.com.) Their memorandum of law wastes no time getting down to business: Plaintiff is a spammer who refers to itself as a "internet marketing company," and is in the business of sending email solicitations and advertisements to millions of Internet users, including many of Comcast's subscribers. See more ... posted at: 23:28 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/Email/e3comcast2.trackback 03 Mar 2008 The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 Email Last week Sen. Snowe filed bill S.2661, the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, or APCPA. While its goals are laudable, I have my doubts about some of the details. See more ... posted at: 22:31 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com/Email/s2661.trackback

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