Tag: Legal

Michael Arrington Sues Rape Accuser Jenn Allen
Jenn Allen, an ex-girlfriend of Techcrunch/Crunchfund Founder Michael Arrington, recently took to Facebook to make abuse allegations against him. While rape was not mentioned in th...
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Hogan On Gawker: They Are ‘Flagrantly’ Violating A Court Order
Hulk Hogan and his lawyers filed a motion to hold Gawker in contempt of court for disobeying a court order to remove an article about the infamous Hulk Hogan sex tape. Again, that'...
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5th Amendment Protects Child Porn Suspect from Compelled Decryption
A man accused of housing child pornography on multiple hard drives will not be forced to give authorities access, after a Wisconsin judge rules that doing so would violate his 5th...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Complaint Describes Carjacking Episode
As previously reported, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged, Faces Possible Death Penalty
Nineteen-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been officially charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the Boston Marathon bombings on on April 15. He has been charged spec...
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CVS Includes Racist Slur On Receipt, Gets Sued
Hyun Lee, a 37-year-old from New Jersey, is suing CVS for $1 million after allegedly receiving a receipt replacing her name with a racial slur when she wen to pick up her photos....
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YouTube Beats Viacom For Second Time
Viacom and Google (specifically YouTube) have been engaged in a legal battle for years, as Viacom accused the site of illegally hosting its property. Though Viacom has lost thi...
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Italian Prosecutor Appeals Google Execs’ Acquittal
About seven years ago, a video was uploaded to YouTube featuring a group of school kids bullying an autistic child. This led to three Google executives – David Drummond, Peter Flei...
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Garth Brooks Sued, Accused Of Fraud
Television and movie producer Lisa Sanderson is suing Garth Brooks. A complaint was filed on Monday for violation of Labor Code Section 201, breach of oral agreement, breach of imp...
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Streetmap Sues Google For Burying Search Results
Google is currently dealing with an antitrust probe in Europe, as you're probably aware. A...
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Should The Government Ban The Use Of Google Glass While Driving?
As previously reported, West Virginia is already looking to out...
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Ruling In AP/Meltwater Case Could Be Trouble For Search Engines
Search engines and fair use suffered a legal blow this week, as a judge sided with the Associated Press in its ongoing case against Meltwater, a service that scans news from around...
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‘Facebook Photo Raid’ May Lead To Legal Action
Police showed up at a man's house this past weekend, without a warrant, demanding to see all of his guns, after a photo of his young son holding a .22 was spotted by a concerned ci...
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German Law Says Google Can Use Snippets Of Certain Size, Fails To Define Size
Google will not have to pay to use snippets of news content in Germany, according to a copyright law (pdf) that...
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Court: Google Can’t Be Forced To Filter Every Uploaded Video
Back in 2006, a video was uploaded to YouTube featuring a group of school kids bullying an autistic child. Three Google executives - David Drummond, Peter Fleischer and George Reye...
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