Courthouse News reports a class action lawsuit [pdf] in Cuyahoga County Court alleges that the Bureau of Research and its owner, Stedson McIntyre, bought confidential claimant information from an employee of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for nearly a decade and disclosed it to third parties – including a felon. The claimants also allege…
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Locklear files another class action over TCPA
Kelly Holleran reports that Locklear Electric has filed another class-action lawsuit alleging that companies violated that Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending them unsolicited (“junk”) faxes: Lead class plaintiff Locklear Electric of Wood River claims it received a faxed advertisement from Florissant Injury and Pain Relief Center and from William Straughn on Sept. 18, 2005….
Japan’s govt., private firms to tackle cell phone music piracy
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and the telecom and music industries plan to jointly introduce a system to prevent cell phone users from downloading illegally distributed music files to their cell phones via the Internet, it has been learned. The system, which could be operational as early as fiscal 2010,…
Australian businessman dismisses Facebook threats
An Australian businessman accused of selling “friends” from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be “very difficult” to stop him. Facebook warned Thursday that members who bought information from the Australian online marketing company uSocial.net could be banned from the site. Leon Hill, 24, who founded and owns uSocial.net, agreed…