The Delaware Supreme Court has recently handed a major blow to corporate directors and officers who believe the attorneys employed in their legal department necessarily have to keep everything under wraps. The Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund, a Walmart shareholder, filed suit against the directors and officers claiming they knew their employees may have …
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Posted by Sydney J. Kpundeh. The famous over the counter drug Tylenol was at the center of a case that was brought before a Pennsylvania federal district court in early November. The case involved a lady who had taken Extra Strength Tylenol for many years to treat various conditions. In Mid-August of 2010, she underwent …
Posted by Steven Otto. The San Francisco rating company, Yelp, is not found liable for negative reviews posted on its site. This is because it relies on ratings posted by users, not the company itself. A federal appeals court on Monday, September 12, dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against Yelp by Douglas Kimzey, the owner …
Posted by Michael de Andrade. A threat to European nations, Facebook is being seen as a social media giant who are stripping Europeans from their freedom. Facebook is being accused of “collecting digital information about people who are not its users,” by the Belgian Court’s. Many of the “Continent’s data watchdogs,” including the European Court of Justice, …
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Posted by Katie Kim. In the technology industry, two leading companies may be heading to the Supreme Court over the design of smartphones. There is no confirmation of whether or not the case will be accepted, but the Supreme Court has not taken a design patent in over a century. A few weeks ago, Samsung …
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Posted by Justin Ihnken. For many years, especially those who found themselves in an area of economic success, investors who succeeded because they worked with a financial advisor. The roll of the advisor is to assist individuals in asset portfolio management. Investments in both fixed market vehicles, and those driven with equity in the market, have …
Posted by Chase Mulligan. On October 21, 2016 a coordinated distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) was made on internet systems operated by Domain Name Systems (DNS) provider Dyn resulting in massive disruption of internet services across the United States and Europe. Internet services along most of the east coast, west coast, and southern parts of the …
Posted by Michael de Andrade. A threat to European nations, Facebook is being seen as a social media giant who are stripping Europeans from their freedom. Facebook is being accused of “collecting digital information about people who are not its users,” by the Belgian Court’s. Many of the “Continent’s data watchdogs,” including the European Court of Justice, …
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Posted by Spencer Sink. Volkswagen is currently in the process of being sued for deliberately manufacturing cars that essentially cheat the emissions test. This case is somewhat similar to the cases with Toyota and General Motors, as Volkswagen will most definitely be forced to compensate the current vehicle owners for selling faulty products. However, we will most likely …
Posted by Cullen Dana. Timothy Livingston, a business owner of Whole Lot of Nothing LLC, pleaded guilty to “hijacking customer’s email accounts to send unsolicited ‘spam’ messages.” He also admitted he and his fellow employee, who pleaded guilty along with another employee after Livingston did, created a “software that appropriated a corporate website belonging to …
