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Inattentive Texter Falls into Mall Fountain, Lawyers Up

January 20, 2011
Inattentive Texter Falls into Mall Fountain, Lawyers Up

It’s hard not to laugh at Cathy Cruz Marrero, who was caught on tape unintentionally diving head first into a fountain located in the Berkshire Mall. Had she been paying attention to her surroundings instead of trying to text message and walk at the sa…

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Sony Sues PlayStation 3 Hackers

January 12, 2011
Sony Sues PlayStation 3 Hackers

As the saying goes, ‘Keep your friends close, and sue your customers.’ Wait, that doesn’t exactly right, but it’s the motto Sony’s sticking with as it takes legal action against a band of hackers who uncovered and published security codes for the PlayS…

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Twins Unhappy with $65 Million Facebook Settlement

January 12, 2011
Twins Unhappy with $65 Million Facebook Settlement

If you’ve seen the movie “The Social Network,” then you’re familiar with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea. Zuckerberg and the entire Facebook organization have always denied the charges,…

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Supreme Court Refuses to Red Light Antitrust Case Against Music Labels

January 11, 2011
Supreme Court Refuses to Red Light Antitrust Case Against Music Labels

“Suck it up, buttercup, you’re going to have to defend your actions.” The Supreme Court didn’t word things that it way, but it might as well have when it refused to review a ruling that reinstated an antitrust lawsuit accusing major record labels of co…

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Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court

January 6, 2011
Twitter Comments to Land Courtney Love in Court

We’re not surprised Courtney Love said/wrote something that earned her a lawsuit, we’re just surprised this is the first time a celebrity’s been sued over comments left on Twitter.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Love had been in a dispute with Da…

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Online Daters File Loveless Lawsuit Against Match.com

January 6, 2011
Online Daters File Loveless Lawsuit Against Match.com

Like Leisure Suit Larry — the version created by Al Lowe and not the bastardized remake that never would have flown at the Sierra of old — daters signing up at Match.com may be looking for love in all the wrong places, but it isn’t their fault, they …

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California Police Don’t Need a Warrant to Search Through Your Cell Phone

January 5, 2011
California Police Don’t Need a Warrant to Search Through Your Cell Phone

California’s highest court leaned on old U.S. Supreme Court cases to rule that police can confiscate a cell phone from a suspect right after he’s arrested and sift through text messages looking for evidence, and do so without first obtaining a warrant,…

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LimeWire Refuses to Die Quietly

January 4, 2011
LimeWire Refuses to Die Quietly

U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood essentially issued a death sentence for LimeWire after finding the peer-to-peer software firm guilty of copyright violations and issuing an injunction against he company in October. The obituary will have to wait.
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