Mark Herr, the state's consumer affairs commissioner, has used the occasion to note that this is not a one-time problem.

A spokesman for Merrill, Mark Herr, said: "We have to be clear about what today's ruling doesn't do and what it does do.

A spokesman for Merrill, Mark Herr, declined to comment on the panel's finding of discrimination.

"The interest here is in equal access," said the head of the state's division of consumer affairs, Mark Herr.

The state Republican chairman, Mark Herr, said that the Republican organization was not interested in converting towns to partisan status.

Mark Herr, the director of the state's Consumer Affairs Division, also didn't recognize the incident as a known scam but suggested identity theft.

Mark Herr, the executive director of the State Republican Committee, said it was important that the Republican Party "speak with one voice."

Despite his John Wayne-like passion for justice and rounding up the bad guys, Mark Herr did not start out to be a cyber cop.

Mark Herr, a Merrill spokesman, said yesterday that the firm had already made those changes, but he declined to say what they were.

Mark Herr, a Merrill spokesman, said: "We are disappointed by the panel's decision and respectfully disagree with it.