SAN FRANCISCO — Accusing Facebook of engaging in “unfair and deceptive” practices, the federal government on Tuesday announced a broad settlement that requires the company to respect the privacy wishes of its users and subjects it to regular privacy audits for the next 20 years. The order, announced by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, […]
An organic farm that drew national headlines when it began growing vegetables on a Long Island City roof has been sued by a national farmers advocacy group over its name. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry claims the Brooklyn Grange cannot use the word “grange” in its title because it has […]
CBS scored another legal victory in its long-running fight with the Federal Communications Commission over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during a Super Bowl halftime show. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld its earlier ruling that the FCC’s indecency fine of $500,000 against the network was invalid. At […]
A federal judge has refused to block Alabama’s strict new immigration law while the Obama administration appeals a ruling last week that upholds major portions of it. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn of United States District Court had upheld provisions allowing the police to ask for immigration papers during routine traffic stops and requiring schools to […]
House Republicans on Wednesday jump-started the immigration debate, pushing through the Judiciary Committee a key immigration-enforcement measure to require businesses to check new employees’ work status against a government database — but the fight highlighted deep divides that make it unlikely any bill clears Congress in the near future. In a sharp turnaround from their usual stances, Democrats fighting to […]
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Apple Inc has moved swiftly and, until now, secretly to crack down on stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, accused of selling knock-off Apple gear emblazoned with the company’s distinctive logo, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. Court records reveal that Apple has […]