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Insurance

Jan. 16, 2008

Case About Copying Content on Web Site Intrigues Lawyers

The difficult nature of trying cases in what some view as the Wild West of Internet advertising became apparent in a dispute between two San Diego-based companies that peddle Mexican auto insurance over the Internet.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      The 21st century information highway, even with all of its high-tech bells and whistles, can sometimes feel like the 18th century Wild West - wide open with not a lot of rules.
      Or, as Kris Thompson, a partner in the San Diego-based law firm of Thompson/Alessio, put it, "Once in a while, you get a wrinkle."...

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