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Court Dismisses $600 Million Spam Lawsuit Against Kraft Foods

February 6, 2015 This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a judgment from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissing a $600 million spam lawsuit brought under California’s and Maryland’s anti-spam statutes by Internet Service Provider, Beyond Systems, Inc. (“Beyond Systems”) against Kraft Foods, Inc. (“Kraft”) […]

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E-Mail List Management Agreements: Don’t Get Stuck in the Middle

The E-mail List Management Opportunity Website operators and other online businesses frequently amass a very valuable, targeted database of e-mail addresses in the course of operating their respective businesses.  Where permitted by the privacy policy (and the specific website registration consent language) associated with the applicable website or venture, that database can be shared by

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Proxy Domain Registration May Violate the CAN-SPAM Act

A recent ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Utah points towards a nationwide shift in the interpretation of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (“CAN-SPAM Act”).  The Court ruled that where an unsolicited marketing email message contains a generic proxy registration name (where the registrant’s true

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