... albeit one that is, once again, legally incorrect.

Jim >>>> Do you know of even one law which supports your claim that
>>>> Jim Perlowski "may have" violated federal law?

Stu >> Yes. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Public Law 106-102 (FTC 16 CFR Part 313)

However, by it's very terms, 16 CFR 313 cannot apply to Jim's relationship with Pete:

16 CFR 313.1(b) -- This part applies only to nonpublic personal information about individuals who obtain financial products or services primarily for personal, family or household purposes from the institutions listed below. This part does not apply to information about companies or about individuals who obtain financial products or services for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes.

And:

16 CFR 313.3(e)(1) -- Consumer means an individual who obtains or has obtained a financial product or service from you that is to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or that individual's legal representative.

As for the eBay problem ...

>> I do not wish to pursue the issue in this forum.

... of course not. You were wrong and are still wrong and can't pursue it here because there is no correct legal basis for the opinions you expressed, common law or otherwise, and you don't have courage enough to admit it.

----- jim o\-S