It would be much appreciated if Google and Facebook took turns getting sued. Like maybe alternate weeks, if not months? And try to batch them by type of violation, if possible? Is that really too much to ask? AFP reports: Spain’s data protection authority said Monday it has filed a suit against Google for allegedly…
Category: Court
Ex-Inmate Sues Women for Watching His Urine Tests
Matthew Heller writes: An unusual civil rights lawsuit pits a Pennsylvania man against female employees of a halfway house who allegedly “humiliated and embarrassed” him by forcing him to urinate in front of them for drug tests. Jason Zullinger’s allegations of urine test trauma appear to be more severe than any in case law. Not…
Supreme Court to Hear Post-9/11 Roundup Case
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued for wrongfully detaining people as witnesses after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The high court said it will take up Ashcroft’s appeal of the 9th Circuit’sruling last September allowing University of Idaho student Abdullah al-Kidd to sue…
Toronto cop’s lawsuit shows bubble may be bursting for anonymous online comments
Anonymous speech is under attack recently. Mike Barber reports: This month, Thomson Reuters, one of the largest media companies in the world, announced it would no longer allow anonymous comments on its website, citing the comments’ “repetition, taste, legal risk or political bias.” The shift away from creating an online community, once the focus of…