9th Cir. – Cal Spam Statute Has Heightened Pleading Requirement and 1 Yr SOL In a four page decision, the 9th Circuit affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of the complaint in Hypertouch v. Azoogle et al. finding that allegations of fraudulent conduct under California’s spam law must be plead with particularity and that it was subject…
In a four page decision, the 9th Circuit affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of the Hypertouch complaint finding that allegations of fraudulent conduct under California’s spam law must be plead with particularity and that it was subject to a one-year statute of limitations. hypertouch ruling
In Kleffman v. Vonage, the California Supreme Court flat out rejected a popular contention by professional anti-spam litigants (aka “Spamigators”) that the use of multiple domain names or nonsensical domain names was not deceptive so as to trigger liability under California’s email marketing law. While some viewed this as a setback in the fight against…
Websites and Bloggers Targeted By Newspaper Chain; States Split on Shield Law Stevens Media, through a Nevada company known as Right haven, LLC, has filed approximately 11 copyright infringement lawsuits against bloggers and websites. Stevens Media, which owns Newspapers in 9 states including its flagship the Las Vegas Review , has assigned copyrights to some…
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