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CNN Doesn’t Get Far in Fight Against Closed Captioning

Master — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:01:19 +0000

In a hearing Thursday, a federal magistrate judge seemed to agree with disability advocates that forcing CNN to provide closed captioning on its Internet videos doesn’t violate the First Amendment, since closed captioning doesn’t require the news organization to summarize, distill or change its content.

Justices take a pass on First Amendment cases

Master — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:07:08 +0000

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to stay out of two hot First Amendment debates, one testing the limits of student speech on the Internet, and the other on prayer at public government meetings.

Opening the Web as a Frontier for Gambling in the U.S.

Master — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:23:57 +0000

An opinion published by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel in late December has opened the way for state lotteries to sell tickets via the Internet. And now people are wondering if poker, casinos and other online gaming enterprises can be far behind.

Arrest made in hacker attack on KISS bassist

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:37:12 +0000

A Connecticut man has been charged with hacking into GeneSimmons.com, the website of the KISS rock band’s bassist. Authorities said Kevin George Poe has been linked to Anonymous, the activist Internet collective that has launched cyberattacks on Visa, MasterCard and the Church of Scientology.

Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:20:45 +0000

In an order that includes an homage to the ’60s songwriter Arlo Guthrie and that, thanks to the Internet, has gone national, a Georgia judge has taken one of the nation’s largest banks to task in a foreclosure case, saying, “Sometimes, only the courts of law stand to protect the taxpayer.”

Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case

Master — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:20:43 +0000

Court To Decide Child-Porn Defendant’s Access to Evidence

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:37:15 +0000

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a man facing child pornography charges after being accused of sending illegal images over the Internet should be allowed unfettered access to the evidence against him — as was a prominent legislator in a similar prosecution.

Autopsy Can’t Say What Caused Skadden Associate’s Death, But Puts Some Rumors to Rest

Master — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:21:57 +0000

When 32-year-old Lisa Johnstone was found dead in her condominium after failing to arrive at work, hers was the law firm death heard around the Internet. But did working at Skadden contribute to what killed the sixth-year associate?

With Cleary Advising, TPG Inches Toward Possible Yahoo Bid

Master — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:55:18 +0000

TPG Capital has become the first potential suitor to sign a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, allowing the private equity shop to begin due diligence toward possibly making a bid for or taking a minority stake in the Internet company. A source says TPG has turned to Cleary for advice on the matter.

Actress Sues Amazon for Revealing Her Age on IMDb

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:45:40 +0000

An actress is suing Amazon.com for more than $1 million for revealing her age on its Internet Movie Database website and refusing to remove the reference when asked.

La. Woman Sues Facebook Over Wiretap Claims

Master — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:18:29 +0000

A Louisiana woman is suing Facebook over allegations that the social networking site collects and stores users’ Internet browsing history without their permission. Similar suits have been filed in other states, including Kansas and California.

FCC’s final rule on Internet regulations spurs challenges

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:18:45 +0000

Appellate challenges to the FCC’s open Internet regulations are piling up days after the agency’s release of its final rule on the matter. The hotly contested rule on “net neutrality” details standards for Internet access providers’ management of information in their networks.

Attorney disbarred following computer sex sting

Master — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:35:55 +0000

A former law school adjunct professor has been disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals after pleading guilty to trying to seduce minors on the Internet. Richard Donald Lieberman was accused of emailing sexually explicit material to federal agents posing as 10- and 13-year-old girls.

Dickstein Shapiro Wields Former Lycos Search Patents in Holding Company’s Infringement Suit Against Google and Google Partners

Master — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:11:21 +0000

In a suit filed Thursday in federal court in Virginia, patent holding company I/P Engine wielded Internet search-related patents it recently acquired from Lycos in an infringement complaint against Google, AOL and others.

Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:08:00 +0000

Because of the nature of the content headed for the new “.xxx” generic top-level Internet domain, the company responsible for administering .xxx has put together an unusual program to help companies protect their brands. It is an early and important case for testing how brands deal with new gTLDs.

In Ten-Year-Old IPO Litigation, Plaintiffs Lawyers and Class Members Still Waiting to Get Paid

Master — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:12:51 +0000

The wheels of justice are turning slowly in the massive IPO securities litigation spawned by the Internet bubble of the late ’90s, with appeals by class members and lawyers alike stalling any distribution of the $586 million settlement, which includes $170 million in legal fees.

Akin Gump gives details of its lobbying for Google

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:42:11 +0000

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on Monday officially notified Congress it is advocating on behalf of Google, becoming the 13th firm since May to list the Internet giant as a new client in a lobbying registration report.

Brown Signs Message to Jurors: Stop Tweeting!

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:57:30 +0000

California’s governor has signed legislation that requires courts to warn jurors not to share case details or research case information via texts, blogs, Internet postings or networking sites. The law also clarifies that judges can hold in contempt jurors who don’t heed that admonition.

Claims in E-Mail Sent Via Google Found to Be Opinion, Not Libel

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:11:33 +0000

A resort operator’s attempt to force Google to turn over extensive information about the sender of an allegedly libelous email criticizing the company’s treatment of native Jamaicans has been rebuffed by a New York court in a decision that grapples with the nature of libel claims in the Internet age.

Intellectual Ventures Investors Revealed in Patent Spat With Chip-Maker Xilinx

Master — Thu, 19 May 2011 03:48:49 +0000

A federal judge this week ordered patent holding company Intellectual Ventures to produce a list of about 60 of its major investors in connection with a suit filed by chip maker Xilinx. Appearing on the list are a host of Internet and technology giants.

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling on Hotel Taxes

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:22:20 +0000

The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s finding that online travel companies that book hotel rooms via the Internet must pay hotel taxes on the room rates they charge their customers, not the lower rates they pay to the hotels.

Online Poker Sites Keep Their Domain Names; Skadden, Cozen Retained

Master — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:00:18 +0000

As part of a deal reached with prosecutors, online poker sites Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars can use their Internet domain names to reimburse U.S. customers after the government’s online gambling crackdown that began last week.

2010: a record year for domain name dispute arbitrations

admin — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:17:12 +0000

Arbitration cases involving allegations of cybersquatting, or improper use of trademarks in Internet domain-name registrations, hit record levels last year at the two organizations that handle most of the disputes.

Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada

Master — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:33:09 +0000

Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada provides you with important information and analysis on Internet and e-commerce law, including: Consumer Protection Online Electronic Contracts Personal Information Privacy in the Private Sector Domain Names and Trademark Law Copyright Law and the Internet Web Based Competition: Linking, Framing and Spidering Software and e Business Patents Regulation of Online Speech Jurisdiction About the Authors Teresa Scassa B.A., LL.B., B.C.L., LL.M., S.J.D. is a fluently bilingual scholar whose work is recognized worldwide. Teresa joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa in July 2007. Prior to this, she taught for 15 years at Dalhousie Law School

Chin Decides Google Books Settlement Would ‘Go Too Far’

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:43:26 +0000

Google’s attempt to build the world’s biggest digital library was sidetracked Tuesday as a judge rejected a settlement between the Internet giant and authors and publishers who sued for copyright infringement.