FTC Warns Big Data Companies on Consumer Privacy

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • FTC Warns Big Data Companies on Consumer Privacy • D.C. Circuit Goes 'Capriccioso' in Goat Case • Bureau of Prisons Settles Food Poisoning Suits • U.S., Russia Continue Talks Over Return of Jewish Texts • Lawyers Say Sandusky Cases Beginning to Settle With PSU • Toyota Attacks Alleged Evidence of Accelerator Software Bug FTC Warns Big Data Companies on Consumer Privacy Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on Monday issued a stern warning to U.S. companies that house vast amounts of consumers' personal data: Watch out. Speaking at the Technology Policy Institute's annual conference in Aspen, Colo., Ramirez said the FTC... Read More » D.C. Circuit Goes 'Capriccioso' in Goat Case The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had in its sights today a case about the straight-horned markhor, "an impressive subspecies of wild goat that inhabits an arid, mountainous region of Pakistan." But just like a game animal... Read More » Bureau of Prisons Settles Food Poisoning Suits The federal Bureau of Prisons has quietly settled more than 90 food poisoning lawsuits brought by inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary-Canaan, a high-security prison near Scranton, Pa., paying an average of about $1,750 per claim. In a series of pro... Read More » U.S., Russia Continue Talks Over Return of Jewish Texts The U.S. State Department is continuing to discuss with Russia the country's return of thousands of Jewish texts seized in the early 20th century, a lawyer fighting to retrieve the books and manuscripts told a Washington judge today. The attorney,... Read More » Lawyers Say Sandusky Cases Beginning to Settle With PSU A 25-year-old has settled with Penn State for an undisclosed amount for the sexual abuse he experienced at the age of 13 by convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky in a shower, according to the plaintiff's lawyer, Tom Kline of Kline & Specter. Read More » Toyota Attacks Alleged Evidence of Accelerator Software Bug Toyota Motor Corp. has moved to strike evidence from a software expert who claims to have identified a bug in the electronic throttle control system source code that plaintiffs attorneys blame for unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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