- Privacy Lawsuit Against Amazon Dismissed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 2, 2011
A judge in Seattle has dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit against Amaz ...
- FTC Brings New 'Fake News' Lawsuit Against NutraSlim.com
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 1, 2011
In the latest of a string of "fake news" cases, the Feder ...
- FTC, Facebook Reach Privacy Settlement
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Facebook has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint by promisi ...
- Facebook, Zynga Prevail In Privacy Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 28, 2011
Handing Facebook and Zynga a victory, a federal judge has dismissed class-acti ...
- Righthaven Asks Appeals Court To Revive Lawsuits
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, November 27, 2011
Copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven is asking a federal appeals court to reinsta ...
- Aegis: Posterscope Fraud Investigated Since 2009
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
While the accounting scandal at Aegis Group's Posterscope USA is being report ...
- Metacafe Promises Not To Use Flash Cookies For Tracking
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Web video company Metacafe has settled a class-action privacy lawsuit by agreei ...
- Justice Gets Nearly $1 Billion From Merck For Vioxx
Marketing Daily, Nina Lentini - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The pharma giant will pay $950 million for illegally marketing the painkille ...
- .XXX Marks The Spot, ANA Cites Porn Suit In Domain Battle
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 22, 2011
An antitrust lawsuit by two porn companies against Internet Corporation for Assign ...
- Former Posterscope President, Finance Director Charged WIth Fraud
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Monday, November 21, 2011
Todd Hansen, the former president of Posterscope USA, the Aegis Group out-of-ho ...
- Online Marketer Sued By Anti-Spam Purveyor
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 21, 2011
A purveyor of anti-spam services has sued a marketing company for alleged ...
- Appellate Court Nixes AOL Settlement Over Ads In Emails
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 21, 2011
A federal appellate court has rejected a deal calling for AOL ...
- Toosie Roll Lawyers Worry About Shoes, Chews Confusion
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Monday, November 21, 2011
Chicago candy maker Tootsie Roll Industries is suing a small footwear compa ...
- Web User Who Taunted Politico's Son Remains Anonymous
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 18, 2011
In a sweeping opinion, an appellate court in Illinois has ruled th ...
- 'The Situation' Sues Abercrombie & Fitch
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, November 17, 2011
Jersey Shore" "talent" Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has filed a lawsuit ...
- Court Rejects Bid To Unmask "Art of Living" Critic
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 15, 2011
A blogger who helped create sites that criticized the organization Art ...
- DOJ Defends Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly defending computer hacking laws th ...
- Privacy Lawsuit Against LinkedIn Dismissed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 14, 2011
A judge has handed LinkedIn a victory in a lawsuit alleging th ...
- NAD Okays Using Promotions To Solicit Facebook 'Likes'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 11, 2011
The Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division has ruled that marketers c ...
- FTC Accuses Video Ad Network Of Using Flash Cookies For Tracking
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 8, 2011
In a first, the Federal Trade Commission has charged an ad netwo ...
- Times Seeks Court Order Forcing HuffPo To Rename Parentlode
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The New York Times has followed through on its threat to s ...
- GlaxoSmithKline $3 Billion Legal Settlement
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Monday, November 7, 2011
Pharma company GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion against civil and criminal illeg ...
- Google Wins Defamation Lawsuit Over User's Review
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 3, 2011
A federal appellate court has sided with Google in a lawsuit ...
- Judge OKs False Impersonation Charge For Fake Facebook Profile
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 4, 2011
After breaking up with her boyfriend, Dana Thornton, a 41-year-old New Jers ...
- NJ Woman Prosecuted for Facebook ID Theft
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, November 3, 2011
Although there's been a lot of discussion about the potential for crimin ...
- EPIC Challenges Verizon Wireless's New Privacy Policy Verizon
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Wireless' recent decision to include a host of new data about consume ...
- Time Warner Cable And Viacom Reignite iPad Court Battle
TVBlog, Wendy Davis, David Goetzl - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Pax Viacoma is over. Viacom and Time Warner Cable have reignit ...
- Facebook Wins Lawsuit About Friend Finder Ads
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 28, 2011
Handing Facebook a decisive win, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit allegi ...
- HTC, AccuWeather Sued For Privacy 'Defect' In Smartphones
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 27, 2011
Two consumers filed a potential class-action lawsuit against HTC and AccuWeather.com ov ...
- Yelp Wins 'Extortion' Lawsuits
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 28, 2011
Last year, several small business owners put the spotlight on Yelp ...