A Beijing judge has told the Chinese novelist Mian Mian, who is suing Google over its plan to create an online library, to hold settlement talks. After a two-hour hearing, the court ordered both sides to talk but did not set a deadline for reporting back, according to the author’s lawyer. She is seeking damages…
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NYS seeks to enjoin Great Date Now and Meet Over Drinks
New York State is seeking a fine and an injunction against Great Date Now and its affiliate Meet Over Drinks for allegedly engaging in illegal and fraudulent practices in its social referral business. According to the petition, made available by Courthouse News, Great Date Now engaged in a number of practices that violate NYS law,…
Court: Cop not entitled to immunity for tasering motorist after seatbelt stop
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued its opinion affirming the lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to a police officer who used a taser against a motorist during a routine traffic stop. From the opinion in Bryan v. McPherson: Early one morning in the summer of 2005, Officer Brian McPherson deployed…
Oregon drivers file lawsuit against purchasers of state database
Via Courthouse News: Some Oregon drivers have filed a class action lawsuit against Direct Response Media Group and others who they claim purchased their drivers’ records in violation of Driver Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §2721. The defendants in the case are Direct Response Media Group dba Direct Aman Enterprises, Archways Systems, Bilyeu-Miller Insurance, Commercial…