Code that tracks users’ browsing prompts lawsuits
Sandra Person Burns used to love browsing and shopping online. Until she realized she was being tracked by software on her computer that she thought she had erased,…
Litigation
Columbia grad sues Google to unmask malicious poster
A business consultant wants a court to force YouTube and its owner, Google Inc., to reveal the identity of someone ... Read more
Florida to sue major LCD makers for price fixing
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said on Aug. 10 he is suing the world's biggest makers of liquid crystal display screens for engaging in a "conspiracy at the…
College IT officials track Google, Verizon talks
Higher education technologists, who largely support the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality plans, kept an eye on reports Aug. 5 that internet giants Google and Verizon were…
Intel settles with F.T.C. on antitrust
The New York Times reports that Intel agreed to refrain from a host of business practices to settle accusations of anticompetitive behavior in the market for computer processing…
Calif. high court upholds affirmative action ban
California's high court on Aug. 2 upheld the state's 14-year-old law barring preferential treatment of women and minorities in public school admissions, government hiring, and contracting, reports the…
Justice Dept. joins suit accusing Oracle of overcharging U.S.
The Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower in accusing business software giant Oracle Inc. of defrauding the federal government by overcharging for software, reports the New York Times.
Dell to pay $100 million settlement
Dell, several former executives, and its founder, Michael S. Dell, agreed on July 22 to pay more than $100 million in penalties to settle charges of disclosure accounting…
Groups sue Mass. over newly expanded obscenity law
A coalition of booksellers and internet content providers filed a federal lawsuit on July 13, challenging an expansion of Massachusetts' obscenity law to include electronic communications that might…
Boston judge cuts penalty in song-sharing case
A federal judge on July 9 drastically trimmed a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University graduate student who was found liable for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs…