Category: Ad Surf Daily
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So, You Want To Push An Autosurf And Tell Your Prospects You’ve Performed ‘Due Diligence’ On The Operator?
“Due Diligence” is a phrase that gets tossed around a lot in the autosurf trade. People posing as “industry” authorities — all while denying they’re pushing an “investment” — routinely tell prospects they’ve done their homework on a company. Such was the case in the earliest days of AdSurfDaily, a Florida company federal prosecutors said…
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BREAKING NEWS: Garner Served With RICO Complaint Filed By ASD Members; Asks Court For Time To Respond
UPDATED 10:37 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) AdSurfDaily attorney Robert Garner has been served with a lawsuit alleging he engaged in racketeering with ASD President Andy Bowdoin and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby. The RICO lawsuit had been pending since Jan. 15. In court filings, Garner acknowledged he was served with the complaint April 2.…
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UPDATE: Guest Columnist Relates Conversation With Lawyer On Matters Pertaining To Free Speech And Subpoena In Larry Friedman Libel And Slander Lawsuit Against Jack Arons
Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up column by Roxy Lewis, a member of ASD and the ASD Members Business Association (ASDMBA). Lewis is a self-described member of the “AARP generation” and a grandmother. Her initial column was published April 18. It dealt with her thoughts and feelings about seeing her name in a subpoena in…
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St. Petersburg Times Wins Two Pulitzer Prizes Today
The St. Petersburg Times, which has done some fine reporting on the AdSurfDaily case, today won two Pulitzer Prizes and was a finalist for a third. Our warm congratulations to this leading-edge newspaper and to Lane DeGregory, who won the Pulitzer for Feature Writing; the Times’ PolitiFact team, which won the Pulitzer for National Reporting;…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: ‘Shocked’ And ‘Scared’ To See Her Name In Friedman Lawsuit Paperwork; Says She Was Told To ‘Examine Your Finances’; Sees Move By Dallas Lawyer As ‘Intimidation Tactic’ And Says She Won’t ‘Roll Over’
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Editor’s Note: This is a guest column by Roxy Lewis, a self-described member of the “AARP generation.” Lewis was a member of ASD and the ASD Members Business Association. This column is in her own words. In the column, Lewis tells her story about various email interactions concerning her attempt…
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BREAKING NEWS: Judge Extends Time For Class Certification In RICO Lawsuit Against Bowdoin, Busby, Garner
A federal judge has indefinitely extended the deadline for class-action certification in a racketeering lawsuit against AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby. The plaintiffs in the case — all former ASD members — asked for the time extension last week because they have not been…
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AdViewGlobal: More Insidious By The Hour
AdViewGlobal (AVG), an autosurf with close ties to AdSurfDaily, is getting more insidious by the hour. An AVG forum set up by some of the Mods and members of ASD became a den of infighting among AVG members yesterday. One poster started a thread begging the Mods to intervene, which is to say the poster…
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BREAKING NEWS: Judge Grants Motion By Bowdoin’s Paid Counsel To Withdraw From AdSurfDaily Forfeiture Case
Judge Rosemary Collyer has granted a motion by Jonathan Goodman and Michael Fayad of Akerman Senterfitt to withdraw as counsel for ASD President Andy Bowdoin. The firm also was granted leave to withdraw as counsel in the civil-forfeiture case against tens of millions of dollars and real-estate tied to ASD amid allegations of wire fraud,…
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News And Notes For April 15
UPDATED 2 P.M. EDT (U.S.A) Here is a summary of items in the news: Filings expected in AdSurfDaily civil forfeiture case. Judge Rosemary Collyer earlier gave prosecutors until April 24 to respond to some of ASD President Andy Bowdoin’s pro se pleadings. Prosecutors have responded to some of them, but not all of them. Collyer…
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Payment Processors Used By Surf Firms Offline
UPDATED 8:56 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Two popular payment processors used by autosurfing firms are offline simultaneously. The main pages for SolidTrustPay of Canada and StrictPay of Panama both will load. But registration buttons for both of the processors are generating server errors and will not load. The problem appears to be affecting secure (https) connections.…
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Arons Blames Friedman For Mediation Failure
Florida resident Jack Arons blamed Dallas attorney Larry Friedman for a breakdown in lawsuit-settlement negotiations, saying Friedman did not take the negotiations seriously. In court filings in which Friedman is seeking a new temporary restraining order against Arons that would prohibit Arons from communicating with reporters and other third parties about the case, Friedman said…