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Company sues shareholders

In a reversal of the usual trend, shareholders in leisure group, 10 Group, face suits by the company over postings to an online chatroom of defamatory comments about the chairman, following a drop in share value. This was made possible by a High Court action which forced the chatroom host, Advanced Financial Network, to disclose their names and addresses.

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