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EFF Sues DOJ for Sleuthing Practices on Facebook, Twitter

December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Berkeley’s Samuelson Clinic have sued the Department of Justice and five other government organizations for cloaking their policies for using Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to investigate citizens in criminal and other matters. The groups want to know exactly how and what kinds of info feds are accessing from users’ social networking profiles. The suit also comes as Congress is considering legislation that may increase protections for consumers who use social networking sites.
– Privacy watchdogs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation have sued the
Department of Justice and five other government organizations for cloaking
their policies for using Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to
investigate citizens in criminal and other matters.
On behalf of the EFF, B…


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Tech Industry Can Learn from DOJ Inquiries into IBM Mainframe Business

October 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Analysts say the Department of Justice’s inquiry into complaints about IBM’s mainframe business should give other large technology vendors an idea of how the antitrust issue will play out under the Obama administration. The analysts also draw on IBM and Apple as examples to give tech giants a couple of suggestions on how to dull the pain of such inquiries.
– Five months ago, on May 11, the Obama administration revoked an antitrust
policy established during President Bush’s regime that regulators said hindered
their ability to take on anticompetitive behavior by companies that dominate
their market.
At the time, Department of Justice officials said a…


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DOJ Requires ATandT Divestitures to Complete Centennial Deal

October 14th, 2009 | No Comments

The Department of Justice says AT T’s original $944 million deal to acquire regional wireless carrier Centennial would result in higher prices, lower quality and reduced network investments.
– The Department of Justice on Oct. 13 ordered AT amp;T quot;to divest assets
in eight areas in Louisiana and Mississippi
in order to proceed with its $944 million acquisition of Centennial
Communications, quot; according to a DOJ news release. Without the
divestitures, the DOJ said, the deal qu…


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DOJ Investigating IBM Mainframe Business: Report

October 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Federal antitrust regulators reportedly are investigating IBMs dominance in the mainframe business, which has long been the target of complaints from others in the industry. According to the report, the DOJ has notified at least one IBM critic that it was opening an investigation. One industry group has accused IBM of using punitive measures against competitors in the mainframe space.
– Federal regulators reportedly are investigating IBM for possible antitrust violations in connection with its mainframe business.
MarketWatch reported Oct. 7 that the Computer amp; Communications Industry Association, an industry trade group that has often complained about IBMs dominance in the mai…


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DOJ Investigating IBM Mainframe Business: Report

October 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Federal antitrust regulators reportedly are investigating IBMs dominance in the mainframe business, which has long been the target of complaints from others in the industry. According to the report, the DOJ has notified at least one IBM critic that it was opening an investigation. One industry group has accused IBM of using punitive measures against competitors in the mainframe space.
– Federal regulators reportedly are investigating IBM for possible antitrust violations in connection with its mainframe business.
MarketWatch reported Oct. 7 that the Computer amp; Communications Industry Association, an industry trade group that has often complained about IBMs dominance in the mai…


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DOJ Investigating IBM Mainframe Business: Report

October 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Federal antitrust regulators reportedly are investigating IBMs dominance in the mainframe business, which has long been the target of complaints from others in the industry. According to the report, the DOJ has notified at least one IBM critic that it was opening an investigation. One industry group has accused IBM of using punitive measures against competitors in the mainframe space.
– Federal regulators reportedly are investigating IBM for possible antitrust violations in connection with its mainframe business.
MarketWatch reported Oct. 7 that the Computer amp; Communications Industry Association, an industry trade group that has often complained about IBMs dominance in the mai…


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DOJ Asks Court to Reject Google Book Search, Pending Changes

September 19th, 2009 | No Comments

The Department of Justice said the Google Book Search settlement would violate class action, copyright and antitrust law and said it should not be approved without changes. The DOJ suggested the parties limit the provisions for future licensing; eliminate potential conflicts among class members; provide more protections for unknown rights holders; address the concerns of foreign authors and publishers; remove the joint-pricing mechanisms among publishers and authors; and enable book-scanning rivals, such as Amazon, to access the books for resale.
– The Department of Justice Sept. 18 said the Google Book Search settlement
would violate class action, copyright and antitrust law and said it should not
be approved without changes.
New York District Judge Denny Chin gave the DOJ a Sept. 18 deadline to voice
its opinion on Google Book Search, a…


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Google Said to Be Modifying Google Book Search for DOJ

September 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Google and authors and publishers are talking to the Department of Justice about modifying the Google Book Search agreement. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources who said the parties were discussing ways to make the DOJ feel more comfortable with the competitive implications of the deal. Amazon, which is operating its own book-scanning initiative and offers customers books via its Kindle electronic reader device, has argued that the deal would give Google too much control over online books. The DOJ must submit its view of the deal by Sept. 18.
– Google and authors and publishers are talking to the U.S. Department of
Justice about modifying the Google Book Search agreement, Bloomberg reported Sept. 16.
Inked in October 2008, the controversial deal calls for Google to scan millions of books online and charge users
to read them, sharing …


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Well-Known Lawyer Discusses Justice Department Shenanigans

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Jon Eisenberg is a very well-known California lawyer. Eisenberg literally wrote the book on California appellate practice.In a new interview, Eisenberg says that Bush is a felon, and reveals the games played by the Department of Justice:[Interviewer] …

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Consumer Advocates Exhort DOJ, FTC to Scrutinize Microsoft-Yahoo Deal

July 30th, 2009 | No Comments

The Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Watchdog urge the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to look closely to make sure the at the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal does not violate antitrust laws or citizens’ privacy rights. Fearing too much meddling from antitrust regulators, The Competitive Enterprise Institute calls for the DOJ and FTC to bless the deal. One reader argues that Yahoo shareholders will turn tail and run from Microsoft.
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If Microsoft and Yahoo are to consummate their search and
search ad agreement by early 2010 to start chipping away at market leader
Google’s 65 percent market share, they are going to have to run through quite
the gauntlet of opposition.
Google hasn’t said much about the July 29 ag…



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Jodi Jacobson: DOJ Drops Appeal of Injunction Against “Prostitution Pledge”

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the “anti prostitution pledge” under U.S. Global AIDS Policy.

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Andrew Kreig: Did DoJ Blackmail Siegelman Witness With Sex Scandal?

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

The top government witness in the 2006 federal conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on corruption charges is providing new evidence that prosecutors failed…

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