A Massachusetts superior court has recently ruled that an insurance company choosing to appeal a jury’s decision to a higher court rather than extend a formal settlement offer after a verdict has been entered against them is NOT a commission of unfair settlement practices.
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FTC Spanks Social Network Path 800k for Privacy Violations – Issues Staff Report on Mobile Privacy Disclosures
Today the FTC announced a $800,000 settlement with Path, a social media network to settle allegations that it violated its own privacy policy and also illegally collected information on children under 13 in violation ofCOPPA(Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act).
According to the complaint Path represented that personal information from the user’s mobile
Best Massachusetts Technology Lawyers Note: Google Gets $22.5M FTC Smack Down for Tracking Cookies
As the best informed Massachusetts technology lawyers already know, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and Google have announced a $22.5 million dollar settlement (the largest civil penalty ever) to address claims of unfair and deceptive trade practices in violating its privacy statement for Google Buzz – a social networking application for Gmail users. Click Here for
First Circuit Applies Massachusetts Law in Absence of Agreement in Class Settlement
Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that all class action attorneys should remember. In the Volkswagen and Audi Warranty Extension Litigation, the litigants had reached a class action settlement that permitted class counsel to seek an award of reasonable attorney fees. The U.S. District Court for the District