Archive for May 2009

AdSurfDaily: Revisiting Our Early Coverage

AdSurfDaily: Revisiting Our Early Coverage

It is the story that won’t go away, driven as much by the personalities and people who support AdSurfDaily as it is by the legal issues that put the company in the national spotlight. On Aug. 1, 2008, an ambiguous note appeared on ASD’s website. The note suggested a government investigation was under way. In […]

Against Lawyer’s Advice, Man Takes Witness Stand . . .

A Pittsburgh man ignored his lawyer’s advice, took the witness stand — and sealed his conviction on a first-degree murder charge, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. This story is worth a read. The newspaper reports that Timothy Lee Williams engaged in bizarre braggadocio on the witness stand, “swiftly torpedoed” his lawyer’s defense strategy and then blamed […]

Plaintiffs, Bank of America Ask Judge For More Time; Golden Panda’s Clarence Busby Updates Motion To Dismiss

UPDATED 5:28 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Attorneys for three plaintiffs who accused ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby of racketeering have asked a federal judge for more time to prepare. The plaintiffs were joined in the motion by Bank of America, a non-RICO defendant in the […]

DISCUSSION: SEC: HYIP Defendant ‘Absconded’

Editor’s Note: This thread is designed to promote discussion on the practical value of the “rebates aren’t guaranteed” argument as applied by AdSurfDaily and other autosurfs. Does the argument hold any water? And could it be applied — and have a prayer of succeeding — in other situations in which federal agencies brought allegations of […]