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Transfer of credit card information may violate Wiretap Act
A class action lawsuit was filed against the owners of three merchant websites where allegedly the merchants, without authorization, transmitted the plaintiffs' credit card information to a third party following certain purchases.
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:05A
Wellpoint settles with Indiana over delayed breach notification
WellPoint, a health insurance company, and the Indiana attorney general's office recently settled a lawsuit over a breach in an online application tracker website operated by WellPoint and its affiliates. As a result of the breach, personal information
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:05A
Hilton Head Hospital settles privacy lawsuit
AP HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC A Hilton Head Island hospital has settled a privacy lawsuit filed by a former patient who says an employee showed pictures of the patient's infected tattoo to others without her permission. The Island Packet of Hilton Head
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:04A
Elvis died the king of litigation
From: AP IT turns out the King of Rock 'n' Roll spawned Elvis the lawsuit -- a whole lotta lawsuits. Those cases are now helping others study law, with Legal Aid in East Tennessee sponsoring a continuing education session in cases dealing with the late
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:02A
Court dismisses claim against Facebook over its Friend Finder service
Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit alleging state law misappropriation, as well as Lanham Act and unfair competition claims. The Friend Finder service allows user to search their email contacts for Facebook users, while simultaneously publishing
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:01A
Occlutech CEO: St. Jude's patent suit against me "amazing and quite shocking
A patent spat between St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) and Occlutech GmbH that morphed into a personal lawsuit against Occlutech CEO Tor Peters was dismissed by a German court, prompting Peters to call the suit "amazing and shocking.
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:01A
Arizona State Court Hears Testimony in “Sham Candidate” Lawsuit
On September 29, a lower state court in Arizona heard testimony in a lawsuit over whether Olivia Cortes should remain on the ballot in the upcoming recall election of State Senate President Russell Pearce. See this story. In Arizona, when a recall
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:01A
NIR's Ribotsky 'Vindicated' By SEC Fraud Charges
Most hedge fund managers wouldn't cheer a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud lawsuit, but NIR Group's Corey Ribotsky is doing just that. Ribotsky, who was accused this week of misappropriating more than $1 million to pay for luxury cars and other
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:00A
Groups file lawsuit to stop new state abortion law
The bill's primary sponsor is said the lawsuit is unwarranted. Republican State Rep. Ruth Samuelson called it a very defensible bill. "I believe that we're all about making sure women, when they're going to make a very important decision to undergo a
Updated: 09/30/2011 10:59A
Apple sued for use of image exceeding scope of license
A photographer filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc. for allegedly using a copyrighted photo in an advertisement for Apple's iPhone without permission. The photographer alleges that she licensed a photo of the band “She and Him” to Merge Media for
Updated: 09/30/2011 10:59A
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