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Dell hit with class action suit over Inspiron

January 16, 2007 Complaint filed against Dell Canada alleges company knew of heating problems but continued to sell the machines. TAGS: class action, class action lawsuit, Dell Inspiron, recall, Ontario, Dell, battery, laptop computer, Sony Corp.

Microsoft settles Iowa class action suit

February 14, 2007 Terms of the settlement in one of the last state antitrust cases have not been disclosed yet. TAGS: class action, settlement, antitrust, class action lawsuit, Microsoft Corp., resolution, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows, operating system, e-mail

Banks file data breach suit against TJX

April 25, 2007 Trade group files class action lawsuit against the retailer for putting credit and debit card information at risk of compromise. TAGS: debit card, class action, bank, banking, retailer

Veterans sue government over data breach

June 7, 2006 Class-action lawsuit follows the theft of a Veterans Affairs device containing personal data on about 26.5 million veterans. TAGS: veteran, class action, America

Class action suit over ID theft tossed out

October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit. TAGS: Acxiom Corp., identity fraud, class action, class action lawsuit, identity theft, social security number, Social Security, Adobe PDF, attorney, database, security, password, server

Microsoft: Go antitrust suit dismissed

June 30, 2006 The 2005 suit said Microsoft tried to thwart pen-computing company's bid to enter PC operating system market. TAGS: antitrust, suit, class action, claim, founder, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC

Lawyers: Vista branding confused even Microsoft

November 28, 2007 Company marketing manager among those unclear about what "Vista capable" means, say lawyers pursuing class action suit. TAGS: plaintiff, lawyer, director of marketing, class action, Microsoft Windows Vista, branding, Seattle, Microsoft Corp., retailer, OEM, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows XP

AT&T sued over NSA spy program

January 31, 2006 Civil liberties group files class action lawsuit claiming AT&T illegally opened its network to the National Security Agency. TAGS: NSA, AT&T Corp., secret, surveillance, Bush Administration, privilege, telecommunications, class action, lawsuit, worker, government

French sports groups join suit against YouTube

June 6, 2007 A music publishing company also joins the class action lawsuit filed last month. TAGS: class action lawsuit, publishing company, YouTube, class action, France, Google Inc., video

Microsoft sued over Vista branding

April 4, 2007 Class action suit claims software giant deliberately misled consumers with its marketing of the new operating system. TAGS: suit, Microsoft Windows Vista, lawsuit, class action, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows

Investors sue Vonage over IPO

June 5, 2006 Shareholders file a class action lawsuit against the Internet telephony provider in the wake of its disastrous IPO. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., IPO, underwriter, investor, IP telephony, law firm, class action, shareholder, complaint

Memory chip price-fixing settlement reached

May 11, 2006 Samsung Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies and Hynix Semiconductor agree to pay $160 million. TAGS: Hynix Semiconductor Inc., settlement, plaintiff, Infineon Technologies AG, memory chip, chip company, class action, approval, attorney, Samsung Electronics

Lawsuit seeks to block Google settlement

May 12, 2006 Suit argues that affected advertisers would not be compensated enough by $90 million click fraud settlement. TAGS: settlement, click fraud, proposed settlement, advertiser, plaintiff, Arkansas, lawsuit, class action, lawyer, Google Inc., California, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Police blotter: Wells Fargo not required to encrypt data

April 14, 2006 Bank wins ruling in suit claiming its contractor should have encrypted customer data on computers that were stolen. TAGS: Wells Fargo & Co., plaintiff, summary judgment, Police Blotter, injury, breach, class action, damage, Minnesota, bank, monitoring

Yahoo click fraud settlement gets final OK

March 27, 2007 The $5 million settlement agreement in a California case releases company from all similar click fraud claims against it. TAGS: click fraud, settlement, Arkansas, Yahoo! Inc., approval, advertiser, attorney, California, class action, lawyer, Google Inc.

Fuel cell maker sued for Microsoft claims

April 25, 2007 N.Y. firm initiates class action suit on behalf of Medis shareholders, saying the company misled investors about a deal with Redmond. TAGS: fuel cell, press release, class action, Microsoft Corp., article

Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod

May 23, 2006 Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, rootkit, class action, copy protection, digital-rights management, CD, Sony Corp., New York, security

Chart: Federal lobbying expenditures

March 27, 2006 Tech companies are no longer shy about writing fat checks to lobbyists in Washington. Sort through the dollar figures. TAGS: employee stock option, homeland security, free trade, USA PATRIOT Act, Do-Not-Call, identity management, class action, lobbyist, digital media, tax, Washington, broadband

Google, Yahoo, others team against click fraud

August 3, 2006 Search companies and a trade group will set guidelines for online ad clicks in an attempt to combat click fraud. TAGS: click fraud, pay-per-click advertising, guideline, online advertising, advertiser, Arkansas, search engine company, Yahoo! Inc., class action, Google Inc., search engine
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