Balough
October 15, 2014
The parents of a 13-year-old may be liable for negligence by failing to compel their son to remove a fake Facebook page that remained online for nearly a year, when the Facebook page contained libelous, racist, and sexual content about a female classmate. The boy, along with another classmate, created a fake Facebook page on […]
Balough
October 11, 2014
A company that markets self-direct individual retirement accounts has filed an unfair competition and trademark infringement action against the United States over the use of the term “myRA” for the starter savings account proposed by President Obama. My Retirement Account Services, LLC in Murray, Kentucky, has a registered mark for a stylized design for “GetMyRA.com,” […]
Balough
October 7, 2014
A television reporter videotaped in her halter top at the pool of a person of interest in a notorious missing person case cannot sue a rival station for defamation, invasion of privacy, or the loss of her job, an Illinois appellate court ruled. The appellate court affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for […]
Balough
October 3, 2014
Two of the founders of The Turtles won a summary judgment on the issue of liability against Sirius XM Radio Inc., finding the satellite service liable because it did not have the right to broadcast the band’s original recordings. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman own Flo & Eddie Inc., a company that owns the original […]
Balough
October 1, 2014
The topic of “It’s on the Internet so it must be true and other technology myths” will be discussed by Richard C. Balough as part of a panel at the Chicago Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firms Committee. The discussion is designed to assist small law firms understand the technology available for the practice of […]
Balough
September 24, 2014
For some miners of Bitcoins who got the shaft from Butterfly Labs, the Federal Trade Commission offered some solace by obtaining a court order to shut down the company and freezing its assets. The FTC sued BF Labs, Inc., which did business as Butterfly Labs. The company sold Bitcoin mining machines, which actually are high-speed, specialized […]
Balough
September 18, 2014
TinyCo, Inc. got into big trouble with the Federal Trade Commission for collecting email addresses from children under 13 who used the company’s kid’s mobile apps. The company, which offers mobile apps for free download from Apple’s App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore, agreed to delete the improperly collected data and pay a […]
Balough
September 16, 2014
The image of the Madison, Wisconsin mayor on tee shirts and tank tops was so altered that not enough of the underlying photograph remained to support a copyright infringement lawsuit, the Seventh Circuit found. The tee shirts and tank tops were sold in connection with the Mifflin Street Block Party, which Mayor Paul Soglin wants […]
Balough
September 15, 2014
Cheryl Dancey Balough has been named the vice chair of the Cyberspace Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. The Cyberspace Law Committee provides a forum for the analysis of corporate, transactional, and regulatory issues related to the Internet and digital technologies. The Committee works in a wide range of […]
Balough
September 8, 2014
The Bing Image Widget had a short fling on the Internet before a copyright infringement lawsuit by Getty Images caused Microsoft to take the widget down. The widget, which was released on August 22, 2014, allows website publishers to embed a panel on their websites that displays digital images supplied by Microsoft through its Bing […]
