Staking an Internet claim; the rush to grab a site name has led to new rules, but no one to enforce them
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A 1998 agreement with the non-profit Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to help spur private competition in the field of giving out Internet addresses led to five new companies entering the address registration business in May 1999, with 29 to follow a month later. These new registrars will compete with Network Solutions Inc, which had held a government-approved monopoly since 1993, and it is expected to remain in the business.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1999
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Partners - in rent only
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The need to make sure clients do not infer a joint practice from attorneys who share office space. An ABA Commission on the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct proposal for an amended Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.10 on imputed disqualification suggests that penalty for space-sharing lawyers who have not made their best efforts to shield clients' confidential communications.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 2000
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.Com-mentary on domain names; state bars keep a watchful eye on content of lawyers' Internet IDs
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Issues are discussed regarding the choice of domain names for lawyers using web sites to advertise their law firms. Some state bar rulings caution that a law firm cannot use one trade name for advertising and another, consisting of the partners' names, for doing business. Thus, a domain name should just be promoted as an address.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 2000
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