Tag: Legal

Google Continues To Defend Its Decade-Long Gmail Privacy Stance In Court
Remember that decade when people were using Gmail, and not caring about Google algorithmically scanning messages and delivering ads based on them? It recently ended when...
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Allen Iverson: Ex Wants Child Support Upfront
Allen Iverson, father of five, is waiting on a ruling from the court system on whether or not he should pay his ex, Tawanna Turner, upfront for the next 13 years. Iverson dodged ja...
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Netflix Has Investor Lawsuit Thrown Out
A class action lawsuit filed against Netflix by investors was thrown out this wee, as the judge found that the plaintiffs did not "plead plausible facts". Netflix filed a motion to...
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Leavenworth Prison May Be Bradley Manning’s New Home
Earlier today we brought you news that Bradley Manning, the Army private convicted of providing over 700,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks, had been sentenced to 35 years in pr...
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Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years For Wikileaks Release
Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison today for providing WikiLeaks with 700,000 classified government documents in 2010. He was found not guilty of the most seri...
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Groklaw To Shut Down As Editor Doesn’t Want Government Going Through Its Virtual Underwear
Groklaw, an award-winning and highly respected legal site dealing mainly in software law, is shutting down due to fears of government spying. Specifically, the site's editor Pam Jo...
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People’s Court’s Judge Milian ‘Horrified’ By Business Owner’s Yelp Story
Yelp is looking for increased user trust as it recently announced more consumer alerts aimed at letting users know about businesses who have been caught with fake reviews. Business...
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AP And Meltwater Make Up And Work Together
The Associated Press and Meltwater, once bitter legal rivals, have decided to squash their beef, and move forward working together on new products that will benefit both parties. B...
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Google To Pay $8.5 Million To Settle Referrer Suit
Google is paying $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the company was sharing search queries with third parties without the searchers knowing about it or giv...
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Judge: Apple Violated Antitrust Law
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that Apple violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act by conspiring to raise e-book prices and hurt e-bo...
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Google Is Suing The IRS For $83.5 Million
Google is suing the IRS for an $83.5 million refund, the company claims it is owed, related to stock warrants granted to AOL back in 2004. The news comes from Bloomberg, which...
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Yelp Sues Site That Sells Yelp Reviews
Ever tried to purchase a Yelp review? There are sites out there that sell them. One is called BuyYelpReview.com, and it's currently bein...
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European Court Says Google Does Not Have To Remove Search Results
Often, when people find undesirable search results about themselves, they want Google to remove them. On the surface, this is understandable. You found it on Google, so Google shou...
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Google Gets Around Having To Pay German Publishers By Making Google News Opt-In
A law was passed in Germany several weeks ago that would require search engines like Google to pay publishers to license content to include links and snippets in aggregation servic...
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Colin Stretch to Replace Ted Ullyot as Facebook General Counsel
Last month, Facebook announced that longtime General Counsel Ted Ullyot was on the way out. And today, the company has announced his replacement. Taking over for Ullyot will be...
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