March 25, 2021
Facebook Inc. could be required to disclose some of its records identifying apps that allegedly misused customer data in a privacy investigation brought by state Attorney General Maura Healey. The Massachusetts Supreme Court found that some of Facebook’s app records …
July 2, 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Financial Services to investigate reports that state-regulated advertisers were using Facebook Inc’s advertising platform in a discriminatory manner. This is the second investigation that the state governor has …
February 25, 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may be accessing far more personal information than previously known from smartphone users, including health and other sensitive data. The directive …
June 28, 2018
A federal court in Dallas on June 27 halved the $500 million verdict that a jury ordered Facebook Inc., its virtual reality unit Oculus, and others to pay ZeniMax Media Inc., a video game publisher that alleged Oculus stole its …
February 10, 2017
Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group has led a new financing round for a Singapore-based online health insurance service that values the startup at $100 million. Singaporean government investment vehicle EDBI jointly led the $25 million round in …
April 7, 2013
Chicago-based social media company called Timelines Inc. can sue Facebook Inc. over allegations that it violated the smaller firm’s trademark on the word “timeline,” a federal judge ruled. Timelines launched a website called Timelines.com in 2009 that enables users to …
March 27, 2013
Today David Kosar can be considered one of the nation’s most outspoken insurance agents on the issue of gay marriage. Kosar, owner of David Kosar Insurance Agency-American Family in Everett, Wash., has joined an amicus brief filed by 278 businesses, …