In The Courts: Four Cases to Watch
Four very closely watched cases in separate areas of the law will be argued within a 50-day period that ends April 17th. Each case could yield a very significant ruling impacting internet law. February 27: United States v. Microsoft The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in a dispute over a federal criminal subpoena for…
Cyber Report: A Dozen Things You Need to Know (Patriot’s Day Edition)
April 20, 2015 A Dozen Things in Tech You Need to Know Happy Patriot’s Day! Patriot’s Day commemorates that Battle of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ’round the world” that began the American Revolution. It is a holiday in Maine and Massachachusetts and celebrated by, among other things, the running of the Boston…
Ninth Circuit: Yelp Practices Not Quite Extortion
Ninth Circuit: Yelp’s Practices Not Quite Extortion Yelp has emerged as one of the leaders among review sites, with 120 million monthly users (including 53 million mobile visitors) in 26 countries it moved into profitability last quarter. Throughout, Yelp has had it critics from the Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern who famously called Yelp* a “tremendous forum for a…
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