The operators of Intelius, a website offering and selling personal information reports, faces a class action complaint alleging Intelius’ products violates Illinois’ law governing who can control that personal information. Lake Forest resident Michael R. Siegel filed his complaint in Cook County Circuit Court Oct. 20, targeting Inome Inc.,of Bellevue, Wash., operator of the Intelius.com …
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 in San Francisco seeks information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement how many detained asylum seekers are denied . Photo: AP Lawsuit against ICE …
Jenny Carrieri said she has lost confidence in how the police are handling the case and wants to give the file to a private investigator in the hopes of solving the death or at least turning up some new leads. “We feel that the case should have been solved by now.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting a consumer’s ability to sue a company’s mishandling of personal information is protecting companies like Time Warner from class action lawsuits. The case, Spokeo v. Robins , was brought forward by a plaintiff who complained Spokeo, a search engine company that specializes in providing personal information, had provided …
A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Shreveport related to the water rate billing error that cost the city about $1 million of ratepayer generated revenue over the past year. Sand Beach Properties LLC filed a lawsuit …
Lots of people were snarking on Kim Kardashian after the celebrity was bound, gagged, and robbed at gunpoint in Paris , but gossip site MediaTakeOut went one step further by implying Kardashian faked the attack. The site posted three separate stories with slightly different spins on the theory, all of which have been taken off the site. Kardashian filed a …
Eight bidders not selected to purchase Westar Energy will be able to submit new bids based on a settlement agreement reached this week in a class action lawsuit filed in July in Shawnee County. Westar and Great Plains Energy settled with plaintiffs in all three lawsuits filed against the companies regarding the proposed acquisition of Westar by GPE, according to a Securities and Exchange …
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A federal judge has tossed a Chicago lawyer’s class action lawsuit against online attorney directory Avvo, ruling Avvo’s lawyer listings are protected by the First Amendment, and don’t break an Illinois law which forbids the use of personal information, without consent, for profit. On Sept. 12, U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman sided with the Seattle-based Avvo Inc., and dismissed the …
Georgia’s voter registration process violates the Voting Rights Act and has prevented tens of thousands of residents, mostly minorities, from registering to vote, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Under a policy implemented in 2010, people aren’t added to the voter rolls if identifying information on their applications doesn’t exactly match information in databases …