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Re: jcrom56 post# 353

Wednesday, 11/02/2005 4:00:13 PM

Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:00:13 PM

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Raising the stakes
The stakes were raised on message board posters last Friday after a closely watched lawsuit was resolved in favor of a former Hvide Marine executive, who sought to unmask the identity of cybersmearers. A three-judge panel of the Third District Court of Appeals in Miami rejected arguments that the posters' identities should be protected until a court could evaluate a defamation case filed against them by ex-Hvide executive J. Erik Hvide, son of the company's late founder.

A lower court ruling allowing Erik Hvide to obtain information from America Online (http://www.aol.com) and Yahoo (http://www.finance.yahoo.com) to unmask the posters' identities will now stand.
http://www.fhdlaw.com/html/articles/S_Fla_Business_Journal-Web_chat_rooms.htm

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