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FTC: “Nonprofit” crammed $70M in bogus charges on phone bills

suburbandollar A shady outfit billed phone customers for more than $70 million in unauthorized charges and then transferred much of the revenue to a "purported nonprofit," the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 Net News No Comments

FTC: “Nonprofit” crammed $70M in bogus charges on phone bills

suburbandollar A shady outfit billed phone customers for more than $70 million in unauthorized charges and then transferred much of the revenue to a "purported nonprofit," the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 Net News No Comments

At key Apple-Samsung hearing, judge talks lower damages

DailyM = Differentieel + JeeeM's SAN JOSE, California—"It's deja vu all over again," said the court reporter, when she walked into the packed courtroom of US District Judge Lucy Koh. The largest federal...

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Friday, December 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Man charges porn trolling firm Prenda Law with identity theft

Shell companies can hide CEOs like any good street hustler. arkadin55 Last week, we covered the comedy of errors that played out in the Florida courtroom of Judge Mary Scriven, where it became...

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Thursday, December 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Time Warner’s new $4 monthly modem rental fee incites class action suit

The cable giant Time Warner faces a class action lawsuit over its decision to begin charging consumers a modem rental fee for equipment already installed on their premises. Early last month, the company began...

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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 Net News No Comments