Jason M. Weinstein of Steptoe & Johnson reviews recent litigation trends. His sympathies seem clearly with the businesses and not government regulators or states seeking to protect consumers: Nearly every day we read about another data breach at yet another major company in the United States. Yet even more disturbing than the increase in data…
Category: Business
Action Against Magazine Publishers for Sale of Customer Lists Allowed to Proceed
Steve Satterfield writes: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has allowed a putative class action under Michigan law to proceed against several magazine publishers that allegedly sold lists of their customers’ names, addresses, and subscription choices to third parties. Earlier this week, in a case styled Halaburda v. Bauer Publishing Co., Judge Steeh…
Student sues Best Buy and Geek Squad over nude pics
Here we go again. Ed Snoch has the story: A University of Alabama art student is suing Best Buy Corp. and its affiliate Geek Squad over allegations employees of the Tuscaloosa store posted nude photos of her on the Internet that they improperly obtained while performing maintenance on her computer. “This conduct was utterly reprehensible…
Lavabit’s Ladar Levison: ‘If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use It’
Kashmir Hill has a great interview with LavaBit’s owner about the shutdown of his service yesterday. While Levison couldn’t be specific, there are some more hints in his comments as to what might have transpired that led him to shut down the service rather than comply.