Andrew Laughlin reports: Former Formula One boss Max Mosley is suing Google in France and Germany in a bid to force the search engine giant to actively block search results over his alleged “Nazi-themed” orgy. Mosley confirmed that he is taking legal action against Google during his evidence at the Lord Leveson inquiry into press…
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Attorney misconduct thwarts junk-fax class action
In a rare move, a federal appeals court overturned a lower court’s decision to allow a lawsuit to proceed as a class action, and criticized the conduct of the lawyers who brought the case. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed the lower court’s decision to certify the class in a suit brought…
Best Buy Served with Class Action Lawsuit for Violating Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act
From their press release: Leopold~Kuvin, P.A.filed a class action lawsuit (Case# 9:11-cv-81292-KLR) in the Southern District Court of Florida today against Best Buy Corporation for violating the Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act or “DPPA”, a federal statute that protects the privacy of personal information assembled by State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs). The lawsuit alleges Best…
Malls track shoppers’ cell phones on Black Friday
Annalyn Censky reports: Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones. Read…