More Data Breach Lawsuits Fail In Court–Michaels Stores and SuperValu
…Security Breach Settlement Class of 130M Individuals Has 11 Claimants (at a Cost of $160k Per)–In re Heartland Payment Systems Report Challenges Value of Notifying Consumers of Data Security Breaches…
2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 8 (Consumer Reviews, Google)
…reporting and journalistic standards. Nor is it a website where a person would go to find detailed factual information about a company such as earnings reports and SEC filings. It…
2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 4 (Content Regulation & More)
…statement online at ripoffreport.com: Robin Singh and Robin Singh Educational Services previously posted on March 25, 2010, a Complaint Review of Dr. Haku Israni and his website testmasters.com. Singh and…
Senate Passes Consumer Review Freedom Act
…Report from the Commerce Committee. The report explains the need for the law: Consumers increasingly rely on websites and other platforms that allow consumers to share information about goods and…
Threatening to Post Sex Video to Facebook Isn’t a True Threat
…Federal Criminal “True Threats” Require More Than Negligence–Elonis v. U.S. Court Rejects Bizarre Attempt To Scrub Consumer Review–Goren v. Ripoff Report Court Says Uber and Lyft Drivers May be Employees…
9th Circuit Sides With Fair Use in Dancing Baby Takedown Case
…DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not…
Another Tough Section 230 Ruling For Ripoff Report–Vision Security v. Xcentric
…Contrary to the stated tag line, the Ripoff Report allows competitors, not just consumers, to post comments. The Ripoff Report home page states: “Complaints Reviews Scams Lawsuits Frauds Reported, File…
Hashtags Are Not Trademarks—Eksouzian v. Albanese (Guest Blog Post)
…They submit a report from a social media expert who opines that using a competitor’s product name that way is a common practice, analogous to “placing an advertisement on a…
Two Tough Section 230 Rulings From Last Week–General Steel v. Chumley & Xcentric v. Smith
…Smith, who threatened to prosecute Ripoff Report (a/k/a Xcentric Ventures) and its principal Ed Magedson and allegedly committed various prosecutorial abuses along the way. Ripoff Report and Magedson sued to…
City Can’t Use Copyright To Censor Critical Videos–Inglewood v. Teixeira
…his narrating his criticism of Mayor Butts over slides or other text, documents – such as a report by the Inglewood city clerk – and video clips, some of which…