Global E-Commerce Sales Surpasses $1 Trillion A report by eMarketer states that global e-commerce sales have surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2012. Total sales will reach $1.3 trillion in 2013 led by the big four – United States ($385B); China ($181B); United Kingdom ($142B) and Japan ($140B). China’s market has tripled…
Zappos Browsewrap Agreement Unenforceable Zappos had sought to block a class action lawsuit stemming from its data breach earlier this year by reliance on terms and conditions requiring arbitration of such claims and prohibiting class actions. The problem is, however, is that Zappos’ terms and conditions are what is known as a “Browsewrap Agreement” in…
LAST WEEK 2012 Presidential Election and Obama Re-Election Insights and Aftermath SEGMENT 1 10:00AM Pacific Has Moscow Become the Cyber Crime Outlet Mall? with Rik Fergus – Director of Security Research and Communication at Trend Micro Link SEGMENT 2 10:30 AM Pacific The Not So Fine Fine Print with Andrew Couts – Digital Trends…
SEGMENT 2: THE NOT SO FINE FINE PRINT With Andrew Couts, Digital Trends Staff Writer Andrew Couts writes a Terms and Conditions column critiquing one-sided terms and conditions and he discusses some of the more controversial provisions so we can avoid South Park Syndrome. ABOUT THE GUEST A staff Writer for Digital Trends, Andrew Couts…
Who Won and Why With Pollster Michael O’Neil Michael J. O’Neil is President of O’Neil Associates, a national public opinion research firm based in Tempe, Arizona. O’Neil Associates has conducted more than 1,700 opinion research surveys in the last 35 years for entities including Fortune 100 companies, law firms, labor unions, hospitals, utilities, nonprofits, and…
ERIC GOLDMAN ON ZAPPOS’ BROWSEWRAP DEFEAT AND STATE INTERNET REGULATION Eric Goldman discusses his recent blog post “How Zappos’ User Agreement Failed In Court and Left Zappos Legally Naked” in which the court refused to enforce Zappos’ arbitration clause. We also discuss state regulation of the internet with recent cases involving Backpage. Eric Goldman is a…
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PREVIEW: SEGMENT 1: David Kennedy – Gun Historian Blog: Liberal Gun Guy SEGMENT 2: David Snead Website TRIBUTE: Sally Ride I recall Sally once talking about those brief moments before takeover after the cockpit was sealed and how she was not the least bit afraid because she worked with such a dedicated and talented team…
State Claim against Carrier IQ permitted to proceed A federal judge in Los Angeles held that claims under California’s privacy law against Carrier IQ for keystroke logging on Androids and iPhones without consumer consent were not preempted by the Federal Wiretap Act. The court explained. Federal law is intended to establish minimum standards and not to preempt…
USDA Moves to Close Online Loophole for Puppy Mills The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to revise its definition of “retail pet store” to close a loophole that has threatened the health and humane treatment of pets sold sight unseen over the Internet and via phone- and…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has issued its annual “Special 301” report which reviews the “state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in trading partners around world.” Among the report’s findings was that the continued growth of the ” online sale of pirated and counterfeit hard goods that will soon surpass the…
Tech Giants Behaving Badly Google’s Canadian Overdose $500M DOJ Settlement Plus Class Action Suit Google has entered into a $500 million settlement with the Department of Justice for allowing Canadian pharmacies to advertise in the US. Google blocked ads from other countries, just not Canada. The U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island that ran the investigation…
Unsafe Dater Class Action Draws Attention The online dating sector is one of the fastest growing segments of the internet today. So everyone took notice when Match.com was sued by a woman who claims to have been raped by a Match.com user who was a repeat sex offender as part of a class action that…
38 AGs Seeing Red Over craigslist’s Red Light District Thirty-eight state Attorneys General have claimed that craigslist has failed to live up to its promises to fight online prostitution” and have subpoenaed the online classified giant over its practices. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (an overwhelming favorite to succeed retiring Senator Chris Dodd) complained that…
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