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Debevoise & Plimpton is one of the nation's leading international law firms. The firm's 440 lawyers are located in New York, Washington, D.C., Paris, London, Hong Kong, and Moscow. Debevoise & Plimpton lawyers practice in the areas of corporate, litigation, tax, real estate and trusts & estates law. In addition, the firm has an active and well-known multidisciplinary cyberspace practice group.

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Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act of 1999

New Options Against
Domain Name Cybersquatting

Memos & Articles Our Offices Today President Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the "Act"), implementing fundamental changes in the regulation of the financial services industry in the United States. The Act permits the transformation of the already converging banking, insurance and securities industries by permitting further mergers like Citigroup, combining commercial banks, insurers and securities firms under one holding company...

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Congress and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) both have taken recent steps to make it easier for a trademark owner to enforce its rights against a domain name cybersquatter who is acting in bad faith with the intent to profit at the expense of the trademark owner. These recent developments are explained below....

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