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Articles in Channel: Civil Rights & Privacy Law
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The recent, and rather absurd, High Court case about The Stig’s identity – known to countless people and available on the net for some time - has brought into sharp relief the issue of suppression of information, commercial interests and the controllability of the media. The High C...
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Stig court case: BBC loses battle over Ben Collins book BBC: The Stig has never removed his helmet on the show The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear’s driver The Stig. The High Court in London refused to grant the BBC an [...] Stig...
charonqc
Today I got very bored with the hate, venom, bile and complete and utter nonsense which I read on twitter about Blair, Hague etc etc etc……. Tony Blair published his book today. I will enjoy reading his book. Blair is not all about Iraq. Cue a raft of unpleasantness – and then I...
New York's Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act
Little covered other than by environmental and waste industry trade journals, New York's legislature earlier this year passed the NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act (the “Act”), which was signed into law by Governor Paterson. The Act amended various provisions of the NY...
Enforcement Action by Federal Trade Commission Highlights Importance of Social Media Guidelines for Employees
Employees who post reviews of their employer’s products and services on social media sites, without disclosing their corporate affiliation, can land their employer in an FTC enforcement action. The FTC’s second enforcement action for violation of the agency’s endorsement...
Asset Search News Roundup: August 31, 2010
Securities fraudster Trevor Cook, assets that might have been misappropriated from former East Germany, and over $2 million is interdicted at a U.S.-Mexican border crossing: Ex-Minneapolis money manager and securities fraudster Trevor Cook was sentenced a week ago to serve twenty-five...
"Circumstantial" Proof of Solicitation Found Insufficient by District of New Jersey
ING Life Ins. and Annuity Co. v. Gitterman, Slip Copy, 2010 WL 3283526 (DNJ August 18, 2010) Plaintiffs ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (“ILIAC”) and ING Financial Advisors (“IFA”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs” or “ING”), sought to enjoin...
