It’s official: Jammie Thomas-Rasset intends to appeal her case, one of her lawyers told CNET News on Wednesday. “She’s not interested in settling,” attorney Joe Sibley said in a brief phone interview. “She wants to take the issue up on appeal on the constitutionality of the damages. That’s one of the main arguments–that the damages…
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Court upholds Accusearch ruling
The 10th Circuit has upheld (pdf) a ruling against Accusearch that the company violated federal law when it sold telephone records on its web site, Abika.com. The Federal Trade Commission had alleged that Accusearch’s trade in telephone records constituted an unfair practice in violation of § 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA). Accusearch…
Court orders spammers to give up $3.7 million
A U.S. district court has ordered key players in an international spam ring to give up $3.7 million that they made by sending out illegal e-mail messages pitching bogus hoodia weight-loss products and a “human growth hormone” pill they claimed reversed the aging process. In a Federal Trade Commission law enforcement action, the court found…
Abandoned business records can’t be destroyed
Every year, businesses go under and disappear, leaving behind boxes of transaction records, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information that could lead to identity theft and other forms of fraud. Landlords and owners of storage companies, who tend to get stuck holding these records, have no legal way to dispose of them and are…