Facebook Beats Privacy Lawsuit Alleging Persistent Tracking
…Court v. Specific Media Judge Recognizes Loss of Value to PII as Basis of Standing for Data Breach Plaintiff — Claridge v. RockYou Another Lawsuit over Flash Cookies Fails —…
Chain of Title Proves Fatal to “Happy Birthday” Copyright Claim (Guest Blog Post)
…a music publisher, and (allegedly) Warner/Chappell’s predecessor-in-interest. On September 22, 2015, a federal district ruled on a motion for summary judgment that Warner/Chappell does NOT own a valid copyright in…
The Long-Term Promise of Privacy Federalism, Part 2
…Data breach notification stands out as an example–it’s not clear that the notifications benefit consumers OR have the desired compliance effect on companies, but it does impose substantial costs on…
The Long-Term Promise of Privacy Federalism, Part 1 (Guest Blog Post)
…Nationwide Debate Currently, 47 US states have adopted breach notification laws under one form or another. The count of states with variations of student privacy bills that require schools to…
Hashtags Are Not Trademarks—Eksouzian v. Albanese (Guest Blog Post)
…an actual trademark” and holds that Plaintiffs didn’t breach the agreement when they used #cloudpen “as a hashtag,” its italics emphasizing that the use on Instagram was not as a…
Angie’s List Must Defend Fraud Charges Over Pay-to-Play Review Manipulation (Forbes Cross-Post)
…its consumer-oriented ethos. And she has sufficiently pled Angie’s List’s non-disclosure or omission of its business practices with providers. Moore also alleged that Angie’s List breached the following contract provisions:…
University Can’t Quash Lawsuit by Professor Fired for Tweeting Political Opinion
…on contract and First Amendment grounds. Breach of Contract: As to the contract, the key question was whether the offer was conditioned upon Board approval. The court says it wasn’t….
AARP Defeats Lawsuit for Sharing Information With Facebook and Adobe
…well as information regarding what content she viewed on the AARP website. She brought claims against AARP, including violation of the DC Consumer Protection Act fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach…
Seventh Circuit: Data Breach Victims Have Standing Based on Future Harm
…of claims, including negligence, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, unfair business practices, invasion of privacy, and violations of state data breach laws. The district court granted Neiman Marcus’s 12b6…
Section 230(c)(2) Gets No Luv From the Courts–Song Fi v. Google
…plaintiffs sued for “(1) libel, (2) breach of express contract, (3) breach of implied contract, (4) tortious interference, and (5) violations of the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“CPPA”), D.C….