June 2009 Quick Links, Part 2
By Eric Goldman State Regulation of the Internet * iAWFUL, the Internet Advocates Watchlist for Ugly Laws * Texas HB 2003. Part of the anti-cyber-harassment mania. Very broad statute with lots of room for prosecutorial mischief. * BNA (BNA subscription…
ABA Antitrust Section Consumer Protection Conference Recap
By Eric Goldman Last month I attended the ABA Antitrust Section’s Consumer Protection Conference. This post recaps some highlights from the event. A few overarching themes: * in light of the country’s economic malaise, the FTC is focusing its enforcement…
June 2009 Quick Links, Part 1
By Eric Goldman Just a reminder that I post some items to Twitter that don’t make it into these monthly recaps. If you want even more, you can track a superset of my online activities at Friendfeed. Search Engines *…
Securities Fraud Case Premised on Click Fraud Allegations Dismissed–Brodsky v. Yahoo
By Eric Goldman Brodsky v. Yahoo, Inc., 2009 WL 1766002 (N.D. Cal. June 18, 2009). The legal battles over click fraud are pretty much played out, but some legacy cases are still working through the system. This lawsuit was a…
Stop Saying “We Can Amend This Agreement Whenever We Want”!–Harris v. Blockbuster
By Eric Goldman Harris v. Blockbuster Inc., 2009 WL 1011732 (N.D. Tex. April 15, 2009). The Justia page. [I’ve been sitting on this case for a couple of months, but it’s such an important case that it still deserves a…
May 2009 Quick Links Part 1
By Eric Goldman Just a reminder that I’m posting some quick links exclusively to my Twitter account. Trademarks * Texas International Property Associates v. Hoerbiger Holding AG, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40409 (N.D. Tex. May 12, 2009). Domainer loses ACPA…
Web Developer Didn’t “Convert” Website–Conwell v. Gray Loon
By Eric Goldman Conwell v. Gray Loon Outdoor Marketing Group, Inc., 82S04-0806-CV-00309 (Ind. Sup. Ct. May 19, 2009) This is a classic cautionary tale about interactions between a web developer/host and a customer. The customer retained the web developer to…
April 2009 Quick Links
By Eric Goldman [Just a reminder that I am posting some “quick links” exclusively to my Twitter account, so if you want to keep up with everything, follow me at Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.] Marketing/Spam * Zango…
Q1 2009 Quick Links, Part 4
By Eric Goldman Security * Massachusetts Data Security regulations were amended. * In Facebook v. Power.com, Facebook brought another lawsuit to block extraction of user data from the site (similar to the Facebook v. ConnectU lawsuit). Venkat, Masnick, News.com, NYT,…
CLRB Hanson v. Google Preliminarily Settles for $20M
By Eric Goldman CLRB Hanson Industries v. Google, 5:05-cv-03649-JW (settlement papers filed March 26, 2009). The new case filings: * The settlement motion * The settlement agreement * The proposed court order granting the settlement My previous blog coverage of…