A judge Tuesday tossed out an ACLU lawsuit against the government over over AT&T’s alleged turning over of phone records to the NSA.
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The News; High Interest Charged For Lending Of Ears
• Home field advantage. Shortness of breath ensues amongst the 16,000 coat-tail hopefuls, causing them to reach for their pills. [LAT] “Verdict Bolsters Merck’s Vioxx”
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Cingular Customer Denied Access To Billing Records
If you’re looking to join the newly minted class action against Cingular, you might want to turn that shredder off. A customer was seeking to replace the billing records he had shredded, in order to prepare to join the suit, and called up the cellphone company.
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HOWTO: Join The Cingular Lawsuit
If you were an AT&T customer as of October 26, 2004 and, following the switchover to Cingular
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Cingular Lowers Bar On AT&T Customer’s Necks
Cingular duped and overcharged AT&T customers ported over following their merger, contends a lawsuit filed last Thursday.
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Sony Rootkit Settlement Reached, Approved
Somehow this escaped our attention, but on May 23, the judge approved the settlement on the Sony rootkit debacle, you remember, the one where they installed crippling programs on your computer to prevent you from copying their precious cds?
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The News: Legitimate Businessmen
• Need a telco spokesperson to fight net neutrality and give it a happy face? Let’s get that guy who was Bill Clinton’s mouthpiece during the cigar scandal. [LAT]
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Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Eyed For Placement on Teeny Cement Blocks
Into Jeremy’s mailbox came a letter inviting him to join a class action lawsuit against Enterprise-Rent-A-Car.
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Verizon Sued $5 Billion for Phone Record Sale to NSA
Leaving nary a moment to spare, two public interest lawyers filed suit against Verizon on Friday for $5 billion, for gross violation of citizen’s privacy in the telcos’ sale of phone records to the NSA.