Important Ninth Circuit Ruling on Keyword Advertising, Plus Recaps of the Past 4 Months of Keyword Ad Decisions

March 9, 2011 · by

…credit reports. Consumers at freecreditreport.com get coopted into credit monitoring services that they may not want and probably don’t need. Given the marginal legitimacy of freecreditreport.com, you’d think it would…

Florida Court Fixes Erroneous 47 USC 230 Ruling–Giordano v. Romeo

February 22, 2011 · by

…Report but, after being sued, later asked to have it removed–a request denied by the Ripoff Report per its standard policy. The plaintiffs then added the Ripoff Report back into…

Ripoff Report Gets Another 47 USC 230 Dismissal–Herman v. Xcentric

February 16, 2011 · by

…motion, the opinion addresses two common contentions in Ripoff Report 230 litigation: * the fact that the Ripoff Report added some components to its web page does not make Ripoff…

Debt Collection Text May Result in Liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act — Gutierrez v. Barclays Group

February 12, 2011 · by

…this exception to the TCPA. Defendants pointed to an FCC Report and Order which stated that calls made by a creditor to a debtor to the number which the debtor…

Court Dismisses Class Action Against Spokeo for Lack of Standing — Robins v. Spokeo

February 7, 2011 · by

…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

February 3, 2011 · by

…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

January 27, 2011 · by

…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

January 25, 2011 · by

…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

January 20, 2011 · by

…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

January 4, 2011 · by

…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…