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Former La. AG files class action against Facebook
(Legal Newsline) - Former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub has filed a federal class action lawsuit against the social networking site Facebook on behalf of a woman who says the site improperly tracks users' web browsing.
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:22P
HTC dealt a setback in Apple patent battle
HTC was the first company hit with a lawsuit by Apple. The company is seen as the Android supporter with the weakest patent position, requiring recent assistance from Google. The company also acquired S3 Graphics, which owns patents that Apple may have
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:21P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMFacebook sued for allegedly violating US wiretap law
According to the lawsuit, for which Rutledge seeks class action status, Facebook carried out the purported violations through the use of a "super-cookie," which was discovered by Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic late last month after Facebook
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:18P
Islamic centre near `Ground Zero` in legal trouble
Lower Manhattan's controversial Park51 Islamic centre has in turn filed a law suit against Consolidated Edison (Con Edison), saying it owes the company only USD 881000 and calls the utility's demand "grossly inflated." The centre has filed the suit
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:15P
US Supreme Court to hear Nigeria-Shell rights case
Saro-Wiwa had led a non-violent campaign to protest environmental destruction and abuses against the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta before he was hanged along with other activists after his trial in a military court. In 2009 Shell agreed to pay out
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:15P
Third federal lawsuit filed in All Good Music Festival crash that killed SC
A third federal lawsuit has been filed stemming from a fatal July accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown. The Dominion Post (http://bit.ly/oMw4iY ) reports 21-year-old Elizabeth Rose Doran of Mount Pleasant, SC, filed the lawsuit
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:13P
Military Healthcare Insurer Hit with $4.9 Billion Suit
Following a huge breach of protected health information from TRICARE, the insurer for the military health system, a lawsuit seeking class action status for 4.9 million affected individuals has been filed. Following a huge breach of protected health
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:12P
Alaska woman files lawsuit against tobacco giant
Radio station KYUK (http://bit.ly/qkfMoP ) says Delores Hunter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and its parents company, Altria. The trial in the civil case is scheduled to begin this week in Bethel.
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:10P
Judge slaps IU Health over billing
A lawsuit challenging the ways hospitals bill patients got new life last week, which isn't good news for Indiana University Health. The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a Marion Superior Court decision to dismiss a lawsuit by Abby Allen and Walter
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:09P
Judge allows lawsuit against Point Park to move forward
A former Point Park University employee's lawsuit alleging that the school improperly administered federal student aid funds will continue, thanks to a decision today by US District Judge Arthur J. Schwab.
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:09P