Legal News Articles - Internet/Technology

Anything You "Can and Do Post" May Be Used As Evidence against You

May 24, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

New York, NY: And, you have the right to remain silent, except for those things you posted on your Facebook page, or you tweeted or otherwise sprinkled throughout cyberspace for all of eternity. Personal injury attorney Neal Goldstein, from Goldstein & Bashner in New York City and Long Island, is constantly reminding clients to be careful about what they are sharing on social media sites.

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Internet Fraud Scams Victims Out of Money

December 25, 2010. By Heidi Turner.

Columbus, OH: The FBI has issued a new warning to consumers to be wary of Internet fraud, including Internet scams and email fraud. According to the FBI, consumers could be victims of an email scam, in which con artists send e-mails to obtain consumers' personal information. That information can then be used to commit identity theft.

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Attorney Has a Lot of Clients with "Internet Regret"

September 28, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Los Angeles, CA: Five years ago, Los Angeles attorney Erik Syverson saw the future. He decided to focus his legal practice on what happens in the world of cyberspace. "The internet is here to stay," says Syverson. "I realized a few years ago that the internet world is going to bring up all kinds of legal issues."

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Blog Postings are Potential Lawsuits

August 24, 2010. By Jane Mundy.

Brooklyn, NY: Be careful what you blog about. If the courts have their way, you may not be protected by freedom of speech on the Internet. A number of lawsuits have emerged over content and Internet privacy issues and blogging in particular.

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Asurion Recalls Counterfeit BlackBerry-branded Batteries

August 11, 2010. By Lucy Campbell.

Washington, DC: About 470,000 counterfeit BlackBerry-branded cell phone batteries in refurbished devices are being recalled by the distributor, Asurion, of Smyrna, TN, because the counterfeit batteries can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards.

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Facebook Suit to Take Three to Five Years

August 5, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Regina, SK: A thin, wiry man with piercing eyes who claims to eat and sleep very little, Canada's Tony Merchant is a somewhat misunderstood character but nevertheless a very good litigation lawyer. He's pursued hundreds of class action suits with excellent results in a country where people are historically less accustomed to settling grievances through civil action than in the US. Merchant's latest newsworthy suit is a class action against Facebook. In a country with only 33 million people, it is estimated that there are 15.7 million Facebook users. The putative class, as lawyers say, is phenomenally large.

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Woman Sues Google for Incomplete Walking Directions

June 3, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.

Park City, UT: Lauren Rosenberg has launched a lawsuit against Google, claiming that the Google Maps feature on her Blackberry directed her erroneously, causing her serious personal injury. According to the 5/31/10 issue of PC World, Rosenberg was attempting to navigate from 96 Daly Street to 1710 Prospector Avenue in Park City, Utah on January 19.

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Google Drive-by Scoops Personal Info

May 26, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Portland, OR: In the course of creating its super photo map of the world, Google admits that it may have inadvertently grabbed your wi-fi signals when its truck passed by your house. Exactly what information was vacuumed up is not likely to become clear until attorney Brooks Cooper meets with Google in an examination for discovery process in a potential class action suit against Google for alleged invasion of privacy and theft of data.

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Careful Sleuthing Weeds out Internet Fraud

May 23, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.

Redmond, WA: A growing form of Internet fraud is evolving from the proliferation of e-commerce and online business activity involving pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. This latest Internet scam is known as "click laundering" and is costing legitimate business big dollars.

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Mike and Ike Candy Spills the Beans on School Webcam Spying

May 20, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Trevose, PA: An Pennsylvania school pushed invasion of privacy to whole new level when it used a remote control device to take pictures of students in their own homes with school-issued laptop webcams. The remote activation feature was supposed to be used as a tracking device in case of theft. "They had the capability to activate the cameras but they started using it for purposes well beyond the original intent," says attorney Mark Haltzman.

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