News tagged with attorneys general
States join in on scrutiny of Google
Google has long faced privacy and antitrust problems with federal and European regulators. But states appear increasingly willing to confront the Internet giant over those same concerns, and also could exact significant financial ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Virginia high court rules in favor of climate scientist
The supreme court of Virginia on Friday ruled in favor of a prominent climate scientist, blocking a two-year bid by state officials to get access to his university emails and grant materials.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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US attorneys general pressure Google on privacy
Attorneys general from across the United States urged Google on Wednesday to put the brakes on plans for a major change to its privacy policy.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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NY attorney general ends lawsuit against Intel
(AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying $6.5 million as part of a deal to terminate an antitrust lawsuit filed against the chip-maker by the New York attorney general's office.
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Samsung, Sharp in LCD price-fixing settlement
South Korea's Samsung, Japan's Sharp and five other Asian firms have agreed to a $553 million settlement for illegally fixing liquid crystal display prices, New York state's attorney general said Tuesday.
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Judge dismisses claims in Intel antitrust lawsuit
A federal judge is dismissing several claims against Intel in an antitrust lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general.
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Juror faces jail for Facebook chat with defendant
(AP) -- A British juror will be sent to jail for discussing a drug and corruption trial with a defendant on Facebook, a judge said Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Judge denies NY attempt to amend Intel lawsuit
(AP) -- A federal judge in Delaware is rejecting a bid by New York's attorney general to amend an antitrust lawsuit against Intel.
May 13, 2011 |
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AGs: Backpage.com should to drop adult service ads
(AP) -- Connecticut's attorney general says he and colleagues in 20 states are calling on another classified ads website to its drop adult services section.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Conn. AG: Google gathered public Wi-Fi data to map
(AP) -- Connecticut's attorney general says Google has informed his office that it collected data over the state's public wireless networks in 2008 for its mapping service.
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight
(AP) -- The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after an attorney general alleged that the Web site essentially stole the identities of some 60 million Internet users.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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NY files antitrust suit against Intel (Update)
(AP) -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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NY official: Tagged site stole identities
(AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Craigslist strikes back, files suit
Craigslist announced Wednesday that it had filed suit against a state attorney general who has threatened criminal charges against the online classifieds site in a dispute over "erotic services" ads.
May 20, 2009 |
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Craigslist CEO asks SC AG to apologize for threat
(AP) -- The CEO of Craigslist is asking South Carolina's attorney general to apologize for threatening to prosecute the company if any advertisements on the Web site lead to a prostitution case.
May 18, 2009 |
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