[Post by Venkat Balasubramani, with a comment from Eric] Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., No. 11-35784 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2012) [pdf] The Ninth Circuit has issued a few consumer-favorable rulings in the unsolicited text and phone call realm….
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani, with comments from Eric] Augstein v. Leslie, 2012 WL 4928914 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2012). As the post’s title implies, this case is about a reward offer that the plaintiff is trying to enforce. Ryan Leslie, a…
By Eric Goldman In re White Tail Oilfield Services, L.L.C., 2012 WL 4857777 (E.D. La. Oct. 11, 2012) Cloud services are great, but they pose a number of challenges for users. For example, users may legitimately fear that vendors will…
By Eric Goldman Shah v. MyLife.Com, Inc., 2012 WL 4863696 (D. Or. September 21, 2012) (magistrate’s report and recommendations). On October 11, 2012, the judge approved the magistrate’s report only on subject matter and personal jurisdiction grounds. The initial complaint….
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] US v. Michael, 2:12 cr 1 WTL CMM (S.D. Ind.; Oct. 9, 2012) Another case involving threats made via Facebook. Here the defendant was indicted for the following Facebook posts: These guys will get whats coming…
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] In re Sony Gaming Networks and Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, 2012 WL 4849054 (S.D. Cal.; Oct. 11, 2012) This is a class action arising out of a hack of Sony’s online gaming network. The hacks…
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani with comments by Eric] Schnabel v. Trilegiant, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18875 (2d Cir.; Sept. 7, 2012) Eric recently blogged at Forbes about a terms of service gaffe by Zappos that prevented Zappos from being able…
By Eric Goldman Recently, two high-level Wikipedia UK insiders, Roger Bamkin and Maximillian Klein, were caught with apparent conflicts-of-interest. Bamkin, a Wikipedia UK trustee and “Wikipedian in Residence,” allegedly maintained a paid consultancy for the country of Gibraltar while editing and seeking additional exposure…
By Eric Goldman Sen. Amy Klobuchar has introduced a new bill, the “Cloud Computing Act of 2012” (S.3569), that purports to “improve the enforcement of criminal and civil law with respect to cloud computing.” Given its introduction so close to…
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Roberts v. Careflite, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 8371 (Tex. Ct. App.; Oct. 4, 2012) This is a companion case to one Eric blogged about, Sumien v. Careflite. Both cases involve EMTs who were fired for making…