A lawsuit filed by current and former employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration charges that the agency accessed and spied on their personal e-mail accounts after scientists and doctors alerted Congress and the media that certain radiation-emitting computer detection devices may not be safe or effective. The lawsuit…
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Facebook is readying its initial public offering (IPO) by preparing an S-1 registration statement for filing with the S.E.C. next week, and is said to be anticipating a $75 - $100 billion valuation for the social networking giant. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, unnamed sources maintain…
Our Daily Opinion Summaries writers chose these cases to highlight this week. From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, we have In Re FEMA Trailers Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation (1/23/12). This case is about the “toxic trailers” issued by FEMA in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and…
Facebook and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna filed lawsuits today (see below) accusing affiliate marketer Adscend Media, LLC along with company co-founders Jeremy Bash and Fehzan Ali of engaging in 'likejacking' a/k/a 'clickjacking' to deceive and trick users into giving out their personal information. "Likejacking" describes the sleazy practice…
Some football players consider concussions to be part of the game, much like sprains, strains, and other common football injuries. When the San Francisco 49ers benefitted from a collision that sent New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas out with a concussion, its players characterized the hit as an effective…
Don't the patent wars involving Apple, Samsung, and Motorola Mobility feel like they're being waged almost daily? Motorola Mobility filed the latest salvo with a new patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in a Florida federal court (see below). The new case accuses Apple of, among other things, violating its patent…
The Supreme Court ruled today that the government cannot use warrantless GPS tracking devices because doing so violates a suspect's Fourth Amendment rights against unwarranted search and seizure. Writing for the Court, Justice Scalia held: that the Government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use…
You would think that Silicon Valley giants would compensate their employees well, support their professional growth, and know that a time will come when they leave for greener pastures. C-level execs at Apple, Google, Adobe, Pixar, Intel, Intuit, and Lucasfilm apparently thought, acted, and communicated differently, however, according to newly…
Here’s a round-up of interesting cases from this week, as reported by our Daily Opinion Summary writers. From the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Ochoa v. Workman, which looked at the Atkins standard of mental retardation in a capital case. In that case, the petitioner argued that…
Amazon.com faces a class action lawsuit (below) over cyber theft of personal account data from more than 24 million customers that did business with the company's Zappos.com unit. A Kentucky law firm filed the lawsuit against Zappos.com just one day after the footwear e-tailer's servers storing customer account information were…