Balough
December 13, 2013
Writing in a book that two reputed mob figures were “semijubilant” after paying a Chicago attorney $1 million in cash skimmed from a casino to represent them in a criminal case cannot be innocently constructed but rather is libel per se, the Illinois Supreme Court found. In the book, Double Deal, the authors discussed the […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
A treasure trove of rock ‘n roll posters, tapes and memorabilia of the Grateful Dead, the Doors, Santana and Led Zeppelin that are for sale on wolfgangsvault.com has become the focus of a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit. The materials were part of the estate of rock concert promoter Bill Graham who operated the renowned venue […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
You won’t be downloading supercross racing events live from supercrosslive.com any time soon. A federal court in Dallas has enjoined the website from providing an audio webcast link to motorcycle racing events sponsored by Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc., formerly known as SFX Motor Sports, Inc. The court found that the link violates the U.S. […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
A development agreement drafted without lawyers did not create a fiduciary duty to prevent one of the “partners” from developing a competing computer touch screen, the Seventh Circuit found. Autotech Technology Limited Partnership and Automationdirect.com (ADC) entered into a contract for joint development and sale of a new touch screen to be called EZTouch. The […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
An attorney can sue an insurance adjustor for libel when the adjustor said that the attorney “just takes people’s money” and that his clients receive less than what the insurance company offered. The court reasoned that the statements were more than mere opinion. The Virginia Supreme Court reversed the trial court that had thrown out the […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
Richard C. Balough addressed the 2007 Chicago Assocation Law Symposium of the ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership on April 18, 2007. He discussed protecting privacy and data online. The Chicago Association Law Symposium is for association and nonprofit attorneys, CEOs and COOs.
Balough
December 13, 2013
The Pioneer Press quoted Richard C. Balough as an expert in privacy in an article dealing with the planned use by the Wilmette Police Department of cameras to read license plate numbers. The police department is equipping one of its patrol cars with a camera that reads the license plate numbers and then feeds the […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
A person who republishes potentially libelous statements of another on the Internet is immune from being sued, the California Supreme Court has ruled. Under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) Section 230, the court found that any Internet user who posts an article from another is protected from being sued unless the party injured […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
Craigslist is not liable for publishing housing rentals and sales advertisements that contain discriminatory statements based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion and family status that would otherwise be prohibited by federal law, a federal district court ruled. According to the complaint, Craigslist publishes on its website housing advertisements that are composed and posted […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
Free open-source software covered by a General Public License (GPL) does not violate the U.S. antitrust laws, the Seventh Circuit has confirmed. Daniel Wallace filed an antitrust action contending that the GPL violates the antitrust laws. The GPL prohibits the creator, or anyone who makes revisions to certain software, from charging for the work. The […]
