Court Dismisses Class Action Against Spokeo for Lack of Standing — Robins v. Spokeo
…a complaint against Spokeo for violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, arguing that the “reports generated by Spokeo.com contain inaccurate consumer information that is marketed to entities performing background…
CA Anti-SLAPP Cases Involving Consumer Reviews as Matters of Public Concern
…information provided by Wolk on this topic, including the statements at issue here, was more than a report of some earlier conduct or proceeding; it was consumer protection information….The statements…
Top 5 Cyberlaw Developments of 2010, Plus a 2010 Year-in-Review
…100: “Ripoff Report Defeats Extortion Claim, But Plaintiffs Keep Trying–AEI v. Xcentric.” Lists of Yore Previous top 10 lists from 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006. Before that, John Ottaviani and…
Ad Networks Ordered to Drop Allegedly Infringing Site–Elsevier v. eNom
…liability argument. The court’s response: it ordered the ad networks not to pay any money to Pharmatext and to drop them as customers. From the PACER report, it appears that…
CA Appeals Court: Claims Under State Spam Statute Not Preempted by CAN-SPAM – Hypertouch v. Valueclick
…to a Senate Report that says that states laws prohibiting things like “fraudulent or deceptive headers, subject lines, or content” should not be preempted “because they target behavior that a…
Ripoff Report Ordered to Stop Publishing User-Submitted Report–Giordano v. Romeo
…would ask Ripoff Report to remove the post. Ripoff Report–following its standard no-removal policy–said no. The plaintiff then went back to court, got permission to add Ripoff Report back into…
Nov.-Dec. 2010 Quick Links, Part 5
…This is one of those doctrinally troubling rulings that I choose to ignore because it’s a default judgment. See the magistrate report and the judge’s adoption. * Latest NYT article…
Ripoff Report Isn’t Bound By Injunction Against User Post–Blockowicz v. Williams
…Ripoff Report. They obtained a default injunction against the posters requiring removal of the posts. With this default order and the defendants AWOL, the Blockowiczs approached Ripoff Report and other…
Blog Host Can’t Be Bound by TRO for User Posts (Blockowicz redux)–Bobolas v. Does
…intervene in deference to even minimal judicial provocation. In contrast, the Blockowicz conundrum arose only when Ripoff Report declined to honor a default judgment. In any case, seeking a TRO…
Yelp Wins 47 USC 230 Dismissal of Dentist’s Lawsuit–Reit v. Yelp
…tried without success in several Ripoff Report cases, and the argument fails here as well. Instead, the court (citing the pretty analogous Shiamili case) effectively says that third party content…