Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Claiming Facebook Liable for Supporting Terrorists May 18, 2017 A federal judge on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook Inc. liable for supporting terrorist groups by letting...
Judge Rules Snapchat Immune from Georgia Distracted Driver Crash Claim January 25, 2017 A judge has dismissed claims against Snapchat that blamed the social media company’s “speed filter” for a highway crash. The...
Supreme Court Lets Stand Websites’ Liability Shield in Child Sex Trafficking Case January 9, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court’s decision that an online advertising site accused by three...
Home-Share Site Airbnb Loses Round in Fight Against City Regulations November 9, 2016 By Joel Rosenblat Airbnb Inc.’s claim that it’s just a conduit for user-generated content was rejected by a judge who said the company...
Homesharing Giant Airbnb Faces Rising Legal, Regulatory Risks in Big Cities October 24, 2016 By Heather Somerville and Tina Bellon Airbnb, the online lodging service that investors now believe is worth $30 billion, faces a reckoning. In eight years of...
Judge Skeptical over Airbnb Posture in San Francisco Rental Law Suit October 10, 2016 By Dan Levine A U.S. judge expressed skepticism toward a bid by Airbnb to halt a San Francisco law that imposes fines on...
Google, Facebook, Twitter Sued by Father of Victim of Paris Terrorist Attack June 21, 2016 By Barbara Ortutay The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming...
Mississippi AG Hood Wins Right to Continue Google Probe April 11, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt and Robert Burnson Google can’t duck an investigation by the Mississippi attorney general into objectionable search engine content that the company calls a...
Mississippi Attorney General Asks Court to Dismiss Google Suit January 22, 2015 By Jeff Amy Mississippi’s attorney general says a suit against him by Google should be dismissed. In court papers filed Jan. 12, Democrat...
Cheerleader Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Gossip Website July 14, 2013 By Lisa Cornwell A gossip website operator who lost a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader plans to appeal, and...