Nixon Peabody LLP | USA | 16 Feb 2017
Many people are completely unaware that they have property due to them or a deceased loved one being held by the state. Occasionally, advertisements…
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP | USA | 30 Aug 2016
I heard an interesting piece on Morning Edition today on my way into work. At issue in the story is the question of whether social media sites should…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 14 Jul 2016
The tidal wave of New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act ("TCCWNA") claims just swept up a novel argument: a class complaint…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 25 Apr 2016
Ten years ago the world was introduced to Twitter, a microblogging site offering users the chance to express themselves just 140 characters at a time…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 12 Apr 2016
A California federal court judge granted preliminary approval of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit accusing Yahoo of reading e-mail messages for…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 11 Feb 2015
Tinder, a popular mobile dating app, recently shut down an ad campaign from Gap, stating that the campaign violated the app's terms of service. Gap's…
King & Wood Mallesons | USA | 13 Sep 2013
Fancy yourself as the face of a major brand? Facebook's proposed refresh of its advertising and data use policy (as a result of a $20million class…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 28 Aug 2013
We have previously written in detail regarding the class action lawsuit against Facebook by users that objected to the association of their names and…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 6 Feb 2013
Google's publication of misleading advertisements by its AdWords customers did not mean that Google itself had breached section 52 of the Trade…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 20 Jun 2012
A federal district court judge has tentatively approved a $10 Million settlement (to a privacy non-profit fund) of a class action brought by Facebook users complaining that associating their profile pictures with so called "sponsored "Stories" that were generated when they "liked" ads or sponsor pages violated their rights of publicity.