Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 6 (Google, Search Engines, Antitrust)

April 15, 2015 · by

…sale of certain posters with the goal of coordinating changes to their respective prices and wrote computer code that instructed algorithm-based software to set prices in conformity with this agreement.”…

Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 4 (Potpourri)

April 11, 2015 · by

…Section 1030(a) and Section 502(c) claims because the complaint alleged, inter alia, that after Grunin’s access was terminated and after he received two cease-and-desist letters, Grunin intentionally accessed Facebook’s computers…

Lawsuit Fails Over Ridesharing Service’s Disclosures To Its Analytics Service–Garcia v. Zimride

January 28, 2015 · by

…that: Zimride’s disclosure of information such as the user’s ‘gender, age, zip code, metro region, travel plans, and link to the user’s Facebook profile’ aids Mixpanel in ‘compil[ing] comprehensive profiles…

Robert Half Can’t Stop Former Employees From Telling The World Where They Used To Work (Forbes Cross-Post)

January 7, 2015 · by

…Professions Code 16600) voids almost all non-compete restrictions. The court easily sees how Paragraph 13 conflicts with the statute: Paragraph Thirteen of the employment agreements, by its terms, places some…

Employee Terminated For Ill-Advised Facebook Post Gets Unemployment Benefits

January 6, 2015 · by

…and (3) that the conduct violated an applicable code “contracted for between employer and employee” and done with intent or knowledge that the employer’s interest would suffer. Surprisingly, the court…

Tweeted Article About Law Grad’s Suit Over Stalking Investigation Isn’t Defamatory

December 26, 2014 · by

…defendants’ statements were false, and therefore constituted defamation. Alternatively, the court holds that defendants’ article and tweet are privileged under California Civil Code section 47(d). __ Ouch, not only does…

Creditors Can’t Seize Country Code Top Level Domains

November 28, 2014 · by

…court says that plaintiffs cannot attach the authority to operate the country code top level domains. Country code domains are two letter country codes identifying a relationship to a particular…

Manuel Noriega Loses Right of Publicity Suit Against Activision (Guest Blog Post)

November 12, 2014 · by

…money laundering. In July 2014, Noriega filed a lawsuit against Activision in California Superior Court, alleging violation of his statutory right of publicity (Cal. Civ. Code §3344) and common-law right…

Android ID Isn’t Personally Identifiable Information Under the Video Privacy Protection Act

October 27, 2014 · by

…codes which could identify a person but only with additional information does not violate that statute. __ While the law was recently “fixed” to address the procurement of consent online,…

A Seismic Ruling On Pre-1972 Sound Recordings and State Copyright Law–Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio (Guest Blog Post)

October 1, 2014 · by

…of copyright history.”] A federal court in California has held that a California statute, Civil Code §980(a)(2), protects sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 against unauthorized public performance. The…