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Target Web Sites Sued for Being Inaccessible to Blind Students

2008-08-28 13:33:49 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...sued the retailer giant Target for having a web site that couldnt be parsed by his special readerand won, even though no regulations actually exist to control the accessibility of web site content Target has settled a class action lawsuit with the National Federation of the Blind over accessibility complaints with Target.com. Despite the law...
 
Tags: blind, blind students, target, web site, web site content, blind student sued, retailer giant target, sued target, national federation
 
 
 
 
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It seems the calvary was held up at the Little Big Horn, oh well

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2008-01-29 20:04:24 by HASH0x8b02400 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...sued both McAfee and Symantec over this very same patent. Though I have not been able to find anything that points to the outcome of this suit, it makes the most sense that probably there was a quiet cross-licensing deal worked out with some cash changing hands. Symantec and McAfee were not the only ones to be sued either. According to this...
 
Tags: trend micro, trend, controversial patent, patent, barracuda, calvary, dean, dean drako claims, sued
 
 
 
 
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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...sued and if you hire b) the company who nobody else is hiring, youll soon find out why but not before you have wasted your hard-earned money Any legitimate security company needs to let people know who they are and what they do. In order to achieve this, they belong to professional associations local, national and even international....
 
Tags: local, professional associations local, local security company, company, illegal company, choose company, exspensive company, guards company, security company
 
 
 
 
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Think "liability" if you want to stay out of trouble.

2008-08-04 01:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...sued for umpteen millions. When it comes to situations like this, you need to think rationally and realize what is involved. What was the worse thing that could have happened when the person decided to renege on his offer Apparently, he would have signed forms and the like and most probably he could be sued civilly for not fulfilling his...
 
Tags: liability, lawyers disregard liability, law firm, auctioneers stood, auctioneers, law, lawyers, property, people
 
 
 
 
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DMCA Does Not Apply to U.S. Government

2008-08-08 11:32:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...sued . . . and the terms of its consent to be sued in any court define that court's jurisdiction to entertain the suit In the case of copyright law, the US has given up much of its immunity, but the government retains a few noteworthy exceptions. The one most relevant to this case says that when a government employee is in a position to...
 
Tags: government, dmca, government retains, court, court define, government employee, sovereign, sovereign immunity, immunity
 
 
 
 
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Links List 8.15.08

2008-08-15 20:04:33 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...sued unless it consents to be sued. Hunh the Republic of ScienceLogic-Land? Closing the loop here, a federal appeals court just boosted open-source software licenses by saying that any infringements can now get more severe remedies under copyright law (instead of contract law); heres the case, Jacobsen v Katzer . But apparently not if its the...
 
Tags: source software, open-source software licenses, source, security, blast security folk, colorful language, language, itil, email exchange
 
 
 
 
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Sears sued over privacy breach

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Sears Holdings is facing a class-action lawsuit after making the purchase history of its customers public on its Managemyhome.com Web site
 
Tags: customers public, purchase history, class-action lawsuit, sears holdings, web site, managemyhome
 
 
 
 
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Cisco, others sued by intellectual-property company

2008-02-11 00:00:00 by Jim Duffy in Network World on Security
 
Network-1 Security Solutions, an acquirer and licensor of intellectual property, this week said it has initiated patent litigation against several data-network equipment manufacturers, including Cisco, Foundry Networks, Extreme Networks and 3Com
 
Tags: network-1 security solutions, data-network equipment manufacturers, cisco, patent litigation, foundry networks, intellectual property, extreme networks, week, 3com
 
 
 
 
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Best Buy and the $54 million laptop

2008-02-13 13:17:33 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Best Buy, apparently due to abysmal customer service and just plain rudeness, has been sued for $54 million by the owner of what might be a lost laptop. I say might be because Best Buy has yet to admit it lost it
 
Tags: lost laptop, abysmal customer service, lost, million, plain rudeness, apparently due, owner, sued, admit