Overlawyered » social networking http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Will California regulate social networking? http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/will-california-regulate-social-networking/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/will-california-regulate-social-networking/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:46:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23418 State Senator Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) has vowed to press the idea, the apparent idea being that the government is a better guardian of privacy interests than Facebook and similar services [Jacqueline Otto, CEI "Open Market"] Meanwhile, Geoffrey Manne reports that the feds are itching to start an antitrust or unfair competition case against Google [Main Justice via Truth on the Market]

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Mason and Ram will apply for, and probably get, $2,125,000 of that [$8.5 million] common fund, for all of their hard work representing thousands of people just like me, who weren’t damaged by Google because they ignored Google’s offer to try Google Buzz, a demonstrated failure that’s used by about seven people (not all of whom are class representatives) nationwide. …

If there’s any justice, and there isn’t, the Northern District of California will award Mason and Ram a dollar for every consumer who was injured by Google Buzz. That and five hundred more dollars will cover their airfare home.

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  • Litigation over high-tech products is rife, but major benefits for consumers can be hard to discern [Low End Mac]
  • “United settles with female ex-pilot who found p0rn in cockpits” [Obscure Store]
  • California suit charges negligent “laying on of hands” at church service [Lowering the Bar]
  • UN resolution against “defamation of religion” imperils free speech [Paula Schriefer, Freedom House/CSM, Steyn/NR "Corner", National Secular Society (U.K.), Ilya Somin @ Volokh
  • DivorceNetwork.com, social networking for those caught up in family law battles? [Ambrogi, Legal BlogWatch]
  • Prosecutors behaving badly in Wayne County (Mich.), Miami, Santa Clara County [Radley Balko, Reason "Hit and Run"]
  • After nine years, the notorious Bill Lerach California-unfair-competition-law suit against Kwikset (over several screws from Taiwan in a lock marked “Made in America”) finally winds down [California Civil Justice, earlier]
  • Oklahoma AG Drew Edmondson to poultry companies: my pals will bankrupt you with massive verdicts unless you settle [Rizo/Legal NewsLine; more]
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