Law360.com reports: An Ohio federal court recently found that a former Verizon Wireless employee could pursue Stored Communications Act claims alleging her supervisor read her personal emails on a company-issued BlackBerry without consent, serving as a warning that employers risk liability under the criminal statute without clear policies on personal use of company devices and…
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Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements
Claire Cain Miller and Vindu Goel report: Google, following in Facebook’s footsteps, wants to sell users’ endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares. On Friday, Google announced an update to its terms of service that allows the company to include adult users’ names, photos and comments in ads shown across the Web, based…
Google Demands Review of Wiretap Law Before Gmail Trial
William Dotinga reports: Google asked a federal judge Wednesday for permission to take questions about federal wiretapping laws to the 9th Circuit before a Gmail class action advances any further. […] [Judge Lucy] Koh [had] declined to dismiss the majority of the sprawling class action, finding that Gmail’s interceptions fall outside the narrow “ordinary course of business”…
Wal-Mart Prevails in Credit Card Class Battle Over Practice of Collecting Addresses and Phone Numbers
Julian Perlman writes: In a victory for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a federal district court judge has refused to certify a Rule 23(b)(3) class in a lawsuit for violation of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1747 et seq., available here. Plaintiff Joel Leebove brought suit on behalf of himself and others similarly situated…