- Washington State Top Cop Backs Off Backpage
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 7, 2012
Washington Attorney General Robert McKenna this week promised not to prosecute Backpage.c ...
- Facebook Facing Suit Over Privacy Concerns
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A group of Austrian students who accuse Facebook of violating Europe's Da ...
- Sponsored Stories Settlement Clears First Hurdle
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A deal to resolve a class-action lawsuit stemming from Facebook's sponsored stori ...
- Appeals Court Okays 'Lawful' Off-Label Pitches
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
In a stunning free-speech decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for t ...
- Vibrant Seeks Dismissal Of Safari-Hack Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 3, 2012
Arguing that consumers weren't injured "in any legally recognizable way," Vibrant Med ...
- Paedophile Wins In Ruling Against Facebook
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Sunday, December 2, 2012
Just hours after a judge ordered a Facebook page set up ...
- Police Drop Action Against Anti-Gay Tweeter
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Sunday, December 2, 2012
British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin will not face any acti ...
- Child's Laptop Confiscated In Music Download
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Sunday, December 2, 2012
The father of a child accused of illegally downloading music in Finla ...
- Federal Judge: Tobacco Firms Must Admit Lies
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, November 29, 2012
Major tobacco companies have been ordered by a federal judge to adm ...
- Judge To British Media: You Need Regulator
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Thursday, November 29, 2012
The leader of a major inquiry into the standards of British newspape ...
- Ad Industry Asks Supreme Court To Hear Tobacco Marketing Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Three advertising trade groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to agr ...
- Judge Issues Injunction Against Blogger Who Criticized Miami Heat Owner
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Siding with Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz, a Florida judge h ...
- Big Agencies, Cosmetics Giants Charged With Cheating Models Of $20M In Fees
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Monday, November 26, 2012
Some of the largest ad agencies have been dragged into a class-acti ...
- Google Draws Support In Battle Over Book Digitization
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 26, 2012
Google is gaining friends in its 7-year-old copyright battle with the Autho ...
- Influential Wu Pans Verizon's Argument Against Neutrality Regs
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tim Wu, the law professor who coined the term "net neutrality," h ...
- Reporter Tweets Application To Ban Press
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A local newspaper reporter has taken to Twitter to live-tweet an applicati ...
- Amazon Settles Privacy Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 16, 2012
Amazon has settled a lawsuit alleging that it circumvented the privacy settin ...
- Petraeus Saga Stirs Email Privacy Debate
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, November 16, 2012
Inspired by the sex scandal surrounding former CIA Director David Petraeus, t ...
- Papa John's Faces $250M Suit Charging 'Spam' Texting
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, November 15, 2012
Atty. Donald Heyrich asserted that "many customers complained to Papa John's th ...
- Digital Rights Group Slams Verizon's Anti-Neutrality Argument
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 15, 2012
Verizon's claim that open Internet rules violate its free speech rights ...
- YouView Loses Appeal Over Its Brand Name
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The company's trademark was found to be "confusingly similar" to Gloucestershire-based telecommunicatio ...
- Wal-Mart Wins Text-Spam Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Wal-Mart violated a consum ...
- Social Reach Could Limit Prosecution In UK
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said it could be appropria ...
- Ex-IPG Volpe Battles With Agency Over Facebook Profits
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Former Interpublic Group account executive Ray Volpe and the holding company contin ...
- Dutch Teens Jailed In Facebook Murder Case
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Monday, November 12, 2012
A Dutch court has sentenced an 18-year-old boy and his 16-year-old girlfrie ...
- Aussie Court Orders Google To Pay Damages
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Monday, November 12, 2012
A judge in Australia has ordered Google to pay AUD200,000 (GBP131,000) ...
- Bad Calls? Buffalo Bills Sued For Sending 'Excessive' Texts
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 12, 2012
A Buffalo Bills fan is suing the football team for allegedly violati ...
- Blogger Gets High-Profile Support In Libel Appeal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is throwing some suppo ...
- 7UP Sued For Antioxidant Claims
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Monday, November 12, 2012
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Dr Pepp ...
- Nielsen Seeks Dismissal Of New Delhi TV $1 Bil Suit
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Friday, November 9, 2012
Ratings/research company Nielsen Co. has filed a motion with the New Yo ...