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Lawyers Who Lie On-Line: How Should The Legal Profession Respond To Ebay Ethics, 18 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 875 (2000), Mark E. Wojcik
Lawyers Who Lie On-Line: How Should The Legal Profession Respond To Ebay Ethics, 18 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 875 (2000), Mark E. Wojcik
Mark E. Wojcik
A recent scandal erupted in the press when a painting that was offered for sale on an Internet auction site was believed to be a lost contemporary masterpiece. The seller appeared to be a married man who was cleaning junk out of his garage, including a painting that his wife would not let him hang in the house. A bidding frenzy drove the price from the opening bid of 25 cents to more than $135,000 from a buyer in the Netherlands. After the sale was finished (it was ended by EBay when they learned he bid on the painting himself …