A new antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of iPhone users could get rid of Apple's exclusivity agreements ('EA') with AT&T and Verizon. The class-action lawsuit (below) accuses Apple of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ('DMCA') because the EAs do not giving consumers the "absolute legal right to modify their…
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A federal judge approved a joint request by mobile telecoms AT&T and T-Mobile to put their $39 billion merger litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division on hold. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle signed off on the two companies' joint motion to stay proceedings in the…
Carrier IQ, a mobile phone software and data analytics company that gives telecoms business intelligence on connections, dropped calls and user behavior was hit with at least eleven consumer class-action lawsuits alleging privacy and Federal Wiretap Act violations. The lawsuits accuse the telecom software analystics company of variously recording Android…
Going to the dentist can be an unnerving experience. It can also feel like you're getting more than a tooth pulled if you're asked to give up any rights to critique the dental work you've had done, and assign all copyrights to any comments you make about it to…the dentist.…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments next year over the dismissal of a class-action by Facebook users who claimed they were hurt when Facebook promoted its "Friend Finder" by displaying their profile information. A briefing schedule is now listed on the court's case docket.…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') announced that it reached a tentative settlement with Facebook over charges that the social media company engaged in deceptive privacy practices with consumers. But will the proposed settlement (you can read it below) really protect users in an era when tech privacy law is…