w eBay Phishing Scam - Question about Item #622356725421 - Respond Now By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:13:33 +0200 An eBay phishing scammer trying to pique your curiosity. Full Article
w Malware Spam - UPS Delivery Notification Tracking Number:APHQUV26F29IG4UFOZ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:34:47 +0200 Malware delivered through fake UPS tracking page, attached as an HTML file. Full Article
w eFax Malware Spam - eFax message from By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:50:05 +0200 Malware distributed via Dropbox with the help of fake eFax e-mails Full Article
w Amazon.com Malware Spam - Order report By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:59:54 +0200 A fake Amazon order report, with a touch of false anti-virus peace of mind... Full Article
w General Malware Spam - ACH Notification By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:08:51 +0200 At the end of the month you need your salary... not a virus. Full Article
w General Malware Spam - You have received a new fax message By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:08:42 +0200 Fax or malware? This is clearly malware. Full Article
w General Malware Spam - Homicide Suspect By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:24:47 +0200 From payroll to fax to a homicide suspect. Where do these spammers get their inspiration from? Full Article
w Banking Phishing Scam - Your StandardBank Cash Rewards Programme By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:25:42 +0200 Phishing scammers using UCount awards as bait to steal your Standard Bank Internet Banking login details. Full Article
w Berkeley Hills Watershed Coalition v. City of Berkeley By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-01-30T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that a neighborhood organization could not stop the construction of three new single-family homes in a certain location, despite alleged violations of zoning and environmental laws. Affirmed the denial of a writ petition. Full Article Environmental Law Construction
w Vermont Railway Inc. v. Town of Shelburne By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that a town could not enforce a hazardous substances ordinance against a railroad company that was building a road salt transloading facility. The ordinance was preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act. Affirmed a permanent injunction against the town. Full Article Environmental Law Transportation
w WildEarth Guardians v. Provencio By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-13T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that environmental advocacy groups could not proceed with their challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's decision to permit the limited use of motor vehicles off-road in a national forest in Arizona for certain purposes. Affirmed summary judgment against the environmental groups' claims. Full Article Environmental Law
w Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC v. County of Amador By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-20T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that an environmental group could not proceed with its challenge to a county's approval of a private company's plan to build a rock quarry and related facilities. Affirmed the denial of a writ petition. Full Article Environmental Law Construction
w South of Market Community Action Network v. City and County of San Francisco By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-25T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that citizen groups could not proceed with their challenge to the environmental review conducted for a proposed mixed-use development project in downtown San Francisco. Affirmed the denial of writ relief. Full Article Environmental Law Construction
w T-Mobile West LLC v. City and County of San Francisco By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-04T08:00:00+00:00 (Supreme Court of California) - Upheld a San Francisco ordinance that requires wireless phone service companies to obtain permits and conform with aesthetic guidelines when installing lines and equipment on utility poles. The companies sought a declaratory judgment that the ordinance is inconsistent with state law. However, the California Supreme Court was not persuaded by the companies' arguments. Full Article Environmental Law Communications Law
w Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. EPA By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Invalidated portions of an Environment Protection Agency final rule regarding waste streams from steam-electric power plants. Remanded to the agency for reconsideration in regard to legacy wastewater and combustion residual leachate, in this challenge brought by environmentalists, utilities and others. Full Article Environmental Law Water Law
w Sustainability, Parks, Recycling and Wildlife Defense Fund v. Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-22T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Rejected an environmental group's challenge to the issuance of a revised permit for a landfill. Affirmed the denial of writ relief. Full Article Environmental Law
w Western Watersheds Project v. Grimm By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-23T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Revived conservationist groups' challenge to the federal government's participation in the killing of gray wolves in Idaho. Reversed a dismissal for lack of Article III standing and remanded. Full Article Environmental Law
w WildEarth Guardians v. Provencio By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-05-06T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In an amended opinion, held that environmental advocacy groups could not proceed with their challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's decision to permit limited motorized big game retrieval in a national forest in Arizona. Affirmed summary judgment against the environmental groups' claims. Full Article Environmental Law
w Herrera v. Wyoming By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-05-20T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Supreme Court) - Held that members of the Crow Tribe retain a broad right under an 1868 Treaty to hunt on land that is now part of the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. One issue was whether the treaty hunting rights expired when Wyoming became a state. The U.S. Supreme Court, divided 5-4, ruled favorably to the Tribe. Justice Sotomayor delivered the majority opinion. Full Article Environmental Law Indian Law
w Sierra Club, Inc. v. US Fish and Wildlife Service By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-05-30T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In an amended opinion in a Freedom of Information Act case, held that the Sierra Club was entitled to certain records generated during the Environmental Protection Agency's rule-making process concerning cooling water intake structures. However, other records were protected from public release by the deliberative process privilege. Reversed in part and remanded. Full Article Government Law Environmental Law
w Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-06-17T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Supreme Court) - Held that the federal Atomic Energy Act did not preempt a Virginia law prohibiting uranium mining. While six justices agreed that the state ban on uranium mining was not preempted, they divided on broader questions concerning statutory interpretation and preemption doctrine, and thus were unable to agree on the rationale for the decision. Justice Gorsuch delivered a plurality opinion, and several justices concurred in the judgment only. Full Article Government Law Environmental Law
w San Diego Gas and Electric Co. v. San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-06-18T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Upheld a cleanup and abatement order issued to a utility company, which was found to be a responsible party for pollution in San Diego Bay, nearby which it operated a power plant for many years. Affirmed the denial of the company's petition for writ relief. Full Article Environmental Law Public Utilities
w In re Deepwater Horizon By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-06-26T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - In a case involving the Deepwater Horizon Class Action Settlement Agreement, held that the district court erred in analyzing certain business claims for economic loss. The issue had to do with the process of matching revenues and expenses. Reversed and remanded. Full Article Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w Idaho Conservation League v. Wheeler By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-07-19T08:00:00+00:00 (United States DC Circuit) - Petition denied. The Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to issue financial responsibility requirements for the hardrock mining industry was permitted because the agency's interpretation of "risk" received deference and their decision not to regulate was authorized. Full Article Environmental Law Civil Procedure Administrative Law
w Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-07-29T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed. Plaintiff filed suit against the Commissioners of the California Public Utilities commission alleging that the California Renewable Market Adjust Tariff (Re-MAT) program violated the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, but declined to grant Plaintiff a contract with PG&E at a specified price. The Ninth Circuit held that the Re-MAT program violated the PURPA and therefore is preempted by PURPA, but the Ninth Circuit would not grant the contract because PG&E was not a party to the suit. Full Article Environmental Law Public Utilities Contracts
w Barclay Hollander Corp. v. Cal. Regional Water Quality Control By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-07T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed the judgment upholding the Defendant, Water Board’s, determination that Plaintiff was jointly and severally responsible for the cleanup and abatement of petroleum residue or waste. Plaintiff sought a reversal of order denying petition to overturn that determination. Full Article Environmental Law Administrative Law
w United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma v. FCC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-09T08:00:00+00:00 (United States DC Circuit) - Granted in part. In a petition to review an order loosening regulations to allow microcell transmission towers supporting cell phone reception to be built on or near Native American cultural sites, the FCC's determination that it wasn't in the public interest to review small cell deployment was arbitrary and capricious. Full Article Communications Law Environmental Law Indian Law
w Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com v. City of Los Angeles By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-22T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed. Plaintiff challenged a trial court ruling that a proposed development failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The appeals court found that the trial court did not err in concluding that that the project failed to comply with the CEQA requirement of an accurate, stable, and finite project description. Full Article Environmental Law Civil Procedure
w DRK Photo v. McGraw Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-09-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming summary judgment to the defendant schoolbook publisher against a stock photography agency complaining of copyright infringement because they were nonexclusive licensing agents for the photos at issue and failed to demonstrate adequate ownership interest to confer standing. Full Article Copyright Civil Procedure Intellectual Property
w Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-02T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming the district court's summary judgment to the defense in a Copyright Act infringement case centered on a pen and ink depiction of two dolphins whose creator claimed a painting of two dolphins was copied because the panel found that the idea was simply drawn from nature and that expressing ideas that nature has already expressed for all cannot result in copyright. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright
w John Wiley and Sons, Inc. v. DRK Photo By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-16T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defense in a copyright case where the assignee of certain photographs tried to sue the owner for infringement for exceeding its licensed use of certain photographs taken by photographers who had a non-exclusive licensing agreement with them because the Copyright Act doesn't permit prosecution of infringement suits by assignees that have never been the legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right to the intellectual property. Full Article Copyright Civil Procedure Intellectual Property
w Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Reversing a district court order finding fair use in the case of a company that enables clients to view and distribute ten-minute clips of television and radio programs produced by others because whether or not the snippets served a transformational purpose the provision of virtually all of Fox's copyrighted content deprived Fox of copyright revenue and could not be justified as fair use. Full Article Media Law Communications Law Intellectual Property Copyright
w Williams v. Gaye By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-03-21T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Largely affirming the decision against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke in a suit brought by the estate of Marvin Gaye over copyright infringement in the song Blurred Lines, but reversing the district court's decision to overturn the jury's general verdict in favor of certain parties because the defendants had waived any challenge to the consistency of the jury's general verdicts. Full Article Civil Procedure Intellectual Property Copyright
w Wilson v. Dynatone Publishing Company By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-06-06T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Affirming the dismissal of a state law accounting claim and otherwise vacating and remanding the case of a musical group called Sly Slick & Wicked who challenged the collection of royalties during the renewal period of the copyright of their song, entitled Sho' Nuff, which had been sampled by Justin Timberlake and J. Cole because their repudiation of the original terms of the copyright many years earlier did not also constitute a repudiation of the renewal terms, resulting in a time-bar to their claims. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright
w Experian Information Solutions v. Nationwide Marketing Ser. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-06-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed in part and reversed in part the summary judgment in favor of defendant in a copyright case. Plaintiff compiled a listing of individual consumer names with their addresses and sought copyright protection. The District Court found in favor of the defendant and against the copyright claims. The 9th Circuit held that the compilation of names and addresses is copyrightable, but plaintiff had failed to establish that its copyright had been infringed. Affirmed as to the infringement claim for the defendant, but reversed as to the state law trade secret claim. Full Article Trade Secrets Intellectual Property Copyright
w Williams v. Gaye By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-07-11T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed a judgment of copyright infringement. In an amended opinion, the Ninth Circuit largely affirmed the decision after a jury trial that musician Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, and Clifford Harris Jr.'s song Blurred Lines, the world's best-selling single in 2013, infringed the copyright in a 1977 Marvin Gaye song, Got To Give It Up. The panel also held that the award of actual damages and infringers' profits and its running royalty were proper. Full Article Copyright
w Wilson v. Dynatone Publishing Co. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that a copyright ownership claim was timely filed. The statute of limitations was not triggered by the defendants' act of registering their competing claim of ownership in the Copyright Office. Denied a petition for rehearing, in a dispute over ownership of renewal term copyrights in certain musical compositions and sound records. Full Article Entertainment Law Intellectual Property Copyright
w Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Supreme Court) - Held that a copyright claimant may not commence an infringement suit until the Copyright Office registers the copyright. The plaintiff, a news organization that sued a news website for infringement, argued that the relevant date should be when the Copyright Office receives a completed application for registration, even if the Register of Copyrights has not yet acted on that application. The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed, in a unanimous opinion delivered by Justice Ginsburg. Full Article Media Law Intellectual Property Copyright
w VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-15T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In a copyright infringement lawsuit against the real estate website Zillow, reversed a judgment after a jury trial, in part. A photography studio claimed that Zillow violated its copyrights in photographs of homes. Full Article Cyberspace Law Property Law & Real Estate Copyright
w Manhattan Review, LLC v. Yun By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-25T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that the defendants were entitled to an award of attorney fees in a Copyright and Lanham Act lawsuit after they prevailed by asserting a collateral estoppel defense. Affirmed the award of fees. Full Article Attorney's Fees Intellectual Property Copyright
w BWP Media USA Inc. v. Polyvore, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-17T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Revived a media company's claim that a popular website infringed its copyright in certain photographs of famous celebrities. The website, which enables users to create and share digital photo collages, has a clipper tool that lets users clip images from other websites. Reversed summary judgment in relevant part, in this case involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Full Article Media Law Cyberspace Law Copyright
w More Ozzy TV- Arctic Monkeys 'Four Out Of Five' Video, Muse Concert Film Preview, Cliff Burton Documentary, Sevendust, Free Volbeat Show and more By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: More Ozzy TV- Arctic Monkeys 'Four Out Of Five' Video, Muse Concert Film Preview, Cliff Burton Documentary, Sevendust, Free Volbeat Show and more Full Article
w Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. v. EPA By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-07-20T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - Vacated the denial of an exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel standard program. A small refinery sought an extension of its exemption from EPA's renewable fuel standard program, which requires refineries and other facilities to allocate a certain percentage of their fuel production to renewable fuels. When the EPA denied the request for an extension, the refinery petitioned the Fourth Circuit, which concluded that the EPA's decision was arbitrary and capricious. The panel therefore vacated the EPA's denial and remanded for further proceedings. Full Article Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w Sierra Club v. State Water Control Board By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-08-01T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - Denied a legal challenge filed by environmental groups seeking to prevent the construction of a natural gas pipeline across part of Virginia. The environmental groups argued that the Commonwealth of Virginia had improperly certified that the pipeline project would not degrade the state's water. Unpersuaded, the Fourth Circuit, which had jurisdiction over the case by federal statute, concluded that Virginia's issuance of a Clean Water Act certification was not arbitrary and capricious, and thus denied the environmental groups' petition for review. Full Article Water Law Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-09-04T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Third Circuit) - Denied a petition for review of a Pennsylvania state regulators' decision to grant a Clean Water Act certification to a natural gas pipeline project. An environmental organization raised various procedural and substantive arguments against the environmental regulators' issuance of a water quality certification. On judicial review, the Third Circuit held that the environmentalists' challenge failed on the merits. Prior to reaching the merits, the panel discussed in detail questions regarding its jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act. Full Article Water Law Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w Township of Bordentown v. FERC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-09-05T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Third Circuit) - Rejected challenges to a natural gas pipeline project but remanded on one issue. Local governments and an environmental organization argued that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted arbitrarily and capriciously in approving a proposed interstate pipeline expansion, but the Third Circuit rejected this argument. However, on a separate issue, the panel remanded to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection with instructions to reconsider the petitioners' request for an adjudicatory hearing. Full Article Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w US v. Nature's Way Marine LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-09-21T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that the owner of a tugboat was also considered to be operating an oil barge that the tugboat was moving at the time the barge collided with a bridge, resulting in an oil spill in the Mississippi River. Affirmed partial summary judgment for the federal government in its lawsuit seeking to recover cleanup costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Full Article Admiralty Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w In re Deepwater Horizon By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-10-18T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - In a case related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by individuals and associations located in Mexico that relied on the fishing industry as a primary source of income, citing noncompliance with certain procedures ordered by the district court. Full Article Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
w Curtis v. Irwin Industries, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-01-25T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that a worker on an offshore oil platform could not proceed with his California law claim that he was denied overtime pay. The claim was preempted under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act. Affirmed the dismissal, in relevant part, of his proposed class action. Full Article Oil and Gas Law Labor & Employment Law
w Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-19T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Supreme Court) - This case involved the State of Washington's tax on fuel importers who travel by public highway. The Yakama Nation contended that its 1855 treaty with the United States forbids that tax from being imposed upon fuel importers who are tribal members. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the tribe. Justice Breyer's plurality opinion was joined by only two other justices. Justices Gorsuch and Ginsburg concurred in the judgment. Full Article Tax Law Oil and Gas Law Indian Law