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International

Feb. 10, 2001

French Fracas

The 'Yahoo!' case shall have wide-ranging implications for the exercise of national jurisdiction internationally in the context of Internet disputes.

        By William F. Abrams, Joshua S. Brownstein and Paul E. Thomas
        
        Faced with a French court's order requiring it to prevent France's Internet users from participating in Nazi-related artifact auctions on its Web sites or be fined 100,000 francs (almost $14,000) per day, Yahoo! Inc. filed a complaint in the U.S. Distri...

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