Sean Kelly reports: The Boston Globe’s junk mail division bought drivers’ personal information from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, an unhappy ad recipient says in a federal class action. The man claims that Globe Direct, the direct mail unit of Boston Globe Media, violated the Drivers Privacy Protection Act. […] Downing’s complaint does not…
Speed Dater Says TV Show Humiliated Him
Bridget Freeland reports: A businessman sued Bravo Network and NBC, claiming they showed an “unflattering portrayal” of him at a speed dating night in “Real Housewives of Atlanta” after promising to edit him out. George Page, CEO of an artists’ social networking venture GotADemo, claims that a review of the show said Bravo made him…
Legal dispute continues between blogger and Freehold software provider
MaryAnn Spoto reports: A blogger who was sued for what she wrote about a Freehold-based company in the online pornography industry is taking her case to the Appellate Division after a Superior Court judge in Monmouth County refused to reconsider a decision keeping the lawsuit alive. Shellee Hale, a mother of five from Washington State,…
Leahy introduces legislation to reauthorize expiring PATRIOT Act provisions
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday introduced legislation to address expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, which are slated to sunset on December 31. The Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the expiring provisions of the Patriot Act on Wednesday, September 23. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chair of…