Knotty Issues of eDiscovery
Judge Susan Illston could not simply Tweet her decision with 140 characters in Twitter, Inc. v. Skootle Corp. Twitter sued the Defendants on numerous causes of action for the Defendants’ alleged spamming activity, including breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, fraud, and unfair or deceptive business practices. Twitter, Inc.[…]
Read moreAn Illinois-based start-up founded a social networking site named “Techbook” for teachers. As one can imagine, Facebook sued for trademark infringement. Facebook, Inc. v. Teachbook.com, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48590, 6-7 (N.D. Cal. May 2, 2011). Facebook sued in the Northern District of California, where they are headquartered. Teachbook.com,[…]
Read moreISP providers and a California-based company developed an internet activity inception device that monitored ISP subscriber’s internet usage. The device collected websites visited and search term history. The data was then transmitted to the Defendant in Redwood City, California for analysis to develop targeted marketing to the ISP subscribers. Valentine v. Nebuad, Inc.,[…]
Read moreThe trademark infringement case Eagle Coffee Co. v. Eagle Coffee Int’l, Inc., addressed whether a web-based vendor could be subject to personal jurisdiction in any state they had customers. Eagle Coffee Co. v. Eagle Coffee Int’l, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9642 (D. Md. Feb. 4, 2010). The short answer:[…]
Read morePelowski v. Pipe, 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 549, 14-15 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. Jan. 26, 2010) is case where the Plaintiff’s appealed the judgment of dismissal of a Defendant based on the lack of personal jurisdiction. The Plaintiffs argued that both general and personal jurisdiction in California were properly established, because[…]
Read moreA Pennsylvania Pro se Plaintiff sued a Massachusetts “cabaret” for its employee’s failure to call 911 while he was being attacked by Hell Angels. No, this is not a “Sons of Anarchy” episode, but an actual court case: Spuglio v. Cabaret Lounge, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20398 (3d Cir. Pa.[…]
Read moreThe Defendant, a karaoke song provider from California, was sued in Tennessee for copyright infringement for song downloads. The Plaintiffs were a music publisher and claimed ownership of thousands of subject songs that were allegedly infringed on by the Defendants. The Defendants claimed they had no contacts with the state[…]
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The ease of creating a MySpace profile (or Twitter) that impersonates a celebrity has to be nerve racking for actors, rock stars, and anyone else who is “famous.” Riggs v. Myspace, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37109 (W.D. Pa. May 5, 2009) is the story of a Plaintiff who created[…]
Read moreD4 LLC exhibited at the Computer Enterprise Investigation Conference (CEIC) for the first time in Orlando on May 17-20, 2009. I have attended the show for the last four years and it was an honor to present again on e-Discovery. CEIC always brings together the most educated people on computer[…]
Read moreDoe I v. Ciolli, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37625 (D. Conn. Apr. 30, 2009) is the tale of two female law students from Connecticut attending Yale Law School, who are suing thirty-nine pseudonymous names on a post-graduate admissions website (AutoAdmit.com). The students identified Defendant Matthew Ryan as “:D” from Texas, who brought a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction. Ciolli, 1-2.
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