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Twitter Settles Consumer Deception, Privacy Charges
By Jason Beahm | Last updated on
Twitter has settled with the Federal Trade Commission after it was accused of deceiving consumers regarding their privacy settings. The FTC argued that Twitter...
Toyota Lawsuit: Judge Sets Evidence Rules
By Jason Beahm | Last updated on
Toyota Motor Corporation lost an early battle in the war that is the multi-billion Toyota recall lawsuit, In re: Toyota Motor Corp Unintended Acceleration...
Supreme Court Rules Petition Names Not Private
By Jason Beahm | Last updated on
When you sign a petition calling for a public vote on a controversial law, are you protected from having your name made public? No, said the United States...
Supreme Court Vacates Part of Skilling Conviction
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
Today the Supreme Court of the United States announced an opinion that may effect not only the petitioner in the case before it, Jeffery Skilling, but moguls...
Supreme Court Rules 9-0: OK to Intercept Police Texts
By Jason Beahm | Last updated on
In April we posed the question: does the Fourth Amendment protect employees from having their text messages intercepted by their government employers when they...
USDA Settles with Native American Farmers for $680M
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
In a "historic" move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has settled a class action suit brought over loan discrimination against Native America farmers. As a...