Litigants in anti-Google keyword cases such as this latest in Australia speak in one-sided "baby talk," acting for all the world like Google has set out to deceive and wrong them personally. I’d call it "food fight tactics," if I’d ever witnessed a food fight mostly involving applesauce, but I haven’t.
Yahoo Protesting China Lawsuit
The Internet company continued to cite a need to comply with local laws as they asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against it.
‘Instant Lawsuit’ Not As Good As The Real Thing
A lawsuit filed in the name of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act backfired on the plaintiff to the tune of $111,000. This is thought to be the first verdict to award legal fees to a defendant falsely accused of spamming.
YouTube Lawsuit Gains More Plaintiffs
Google and YouTube will have to deal with several more complainants in a lawsuit that accuses the video site of copyright infringement.
Virtual Sex Bed Caper Leads To Avatar Lawsuit
Just try to read this without feeling like you’re sitting in the back of the classroom, snickering with your buddies at the slightest hint of double entendre – you know, she said jacket, heh heh.
Best Buy’s Bait-and-Switch-Plus Plan Earns Lawsuit
Best Buy has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do about the company’s in-store look-alike Websites with different prices than what the customers found online. The company will have the opportunity to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
Roommate.com Case To Drop Lawsuit Cluster Bomb
A Fair Housing dispute could have windfall consequences when it comes to online services. Though the Fair Housing Council’s courtroom victory is technical and largely semantic, the ruling, as it stands, finds that Roommate.com is liable for third-party information.
YouTube Faces Music With New Lawsuit
YouTube is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from musician and mandolin player David Grisman. Grisman, known for performing with the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia, is suing for what he says are unauthorized postings of his music.
Is Viacom’s YouTube Lawsuit A Smokescreen?
Groklaw has the whole lawsuit and response posted in their legalese glory online, and asks a question about Viacom’s involvement with Joost.
Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit
Quite a line was forming up, but it appears there’s now one less organization in the world that wants to sue YouTube; since the video-sharing site decided to take down clips in which the king of Thailand was insulted, the Thai government has dropped its criminal lawsuit.
Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit