Balough
December 15, 2013
Creating fake Facebook pages for an advertising campaign can be a violation of the CAN-SPAM Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a California Federal court found. MaxBounty, Inc., through a network of affiliates, creates fake Facebook pages intending to redirect unsuspecting Facebook users away from Facebook.com to third-party commercial sites. These third-party sites […]
Balough
December 15, 2013
A doctor in Texas with a website soliciting customers only in Houston can’t be sued in Illinois, but the Arizona-based GoDaddy Group, with a national advertising campaign, can. The Seventh Circuit explained the limits of personal jurisdiction in two recent cases, both involving the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. In the case of the doctor, […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
Target will modify its website so it is accessible to the blind and will pay $6 million to settle a class action lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In agreeing to make the changes to the website and to set aside $6 million for claims in the case, Target did not admit any liability. […]
Balough
December 13, 2013
A website not accessible to the blind may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) since violations of the ADA are not limited to brick and mortar facilities, a federal court in San Francisco has ruled. The court found that a complaint filed by the National Federation of the Blind was sufficient to state a […]
