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• Comcast to Pay $16 million for BitTorrent Throttling

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 135
  Comcast, the ISP that gained a bad rap when last year it was accused a number of times of interfering with the traffic of p2p users and pledged good behavior in January 2009, settled its class-action lawsuit yesterday. The company agreed to pay $16 million (minus $3 million in fees) damage compensation to those ...
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• Pentagon promises study on burn pits

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 133
  - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"By Leo Shane III, Stars and StripesStars and Stripes – Mideast editionSaturday, December 26, 2009WASHINGTON — Military health officials who have steadfastly denied that burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan cause serious health problems will launch a ...
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• $16 million settlement over Comcast’s P2P throttling nets the affected $16

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• $16 million settlement over Comcasts P2P throttling nets the af...

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  More than two years after information about Comcasts data delaying techniques came to light, a class action lawsuit over the issue has come to a close with a settlement of $16 million and no state read more
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• Comcast settles data discrimination lawsuit

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Comcast Corp. has agreed to pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying transfers of large movie and music files despite promises of unfettered Internet access.
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• Fraud on the Market

  
  MANSIZEDTARGET.COM — Authority: 466
  Interesting story on Goldman Sachs.  It basically says that they were shorting CDOs (collateralized debt obligations that rebundle poorly rated MBS (mortgage backed securities) tranches) and taking bets that housing would fall while still pumping ordinary MBS and CDO assets to ordinary investors. This company is ...
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• Comcast settles data discrimination lawsuit (AP)

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  This came from Yahoo News AP - Comcast Corp. has agreed to pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying transfers of large movie and music files despite promises of unfettered Internet access. Go to Source
  3 days ago

• CNET News Daily Podcast: Comcast, Microsoft lawsuits conclude

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
  Comcast settles a class action lawsuit, Microsoft loses its Word patent appeal, and RIM explains what happened with Tuesdays BlackBerry outage.
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• Comcast settles P2P traffic throttling class action suit

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 768
  Back in 2007 and 2008, internet service provider Comcast was accused of throttling packet data traveling over its network; more specifically, packet data that was deemed to be P2P traffic, a la BitTorrent.  The story goes: Comcast denies the whole thing, the Associated Press, smelling blood, launches an ...
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• Comcast Coughs Up $16m in P2P Throttling Settlement

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  Comcast must have thought no one would notice when, in 2007, the ISP began preferentially slowing or blocking BitTorrent packets on its network. Users quickly noticed that Comcast was up to something; an AP investigation confirmed their findings. Now a class-action that came from that incident has been settled with ...
  4 days ago

• Apple issues firmware update for new iMacs

  
  MAC.BLORGE — Authority: 523
  Apple, which encountered some problems with the screens on its new 27-inch iMacs when first shipped, has issued a firmware update to deal with part of the problems being seen on those units. There were a number of issues with the [...] Related Posts: Updated: iPhone 1.1.2 firmware officially available; jailbreak ...
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• California Vioxx Class Action Slides Into The Sea

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 594
  California Vioxx Class Action Slides Into The Sea The endless see-saw that is the battle to impose reason on California consumer fraud class actions, just took a “see” (or is that a “saw”) in the direction of the good guys. Last week, in a to-be-published opinion, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the ...
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• Magnetos Origin Movie Is Now X-Men: First Class

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 740
  Last week, Bryan Singer revealed he had signed on the dotted line , and was re-enrolling with Fox to direct X-Men: First Class. The response from fans has been mixed, ranging from "I dont like post-Superman Singer" to "Stupid X-Men!" to "Yay! X-Men!" It is tough to get excited about yet another prequel, though ...
  5 days ago

• Burn pit data worthless, expert says

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 133
  - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"By Kelly Kennedy – Staff writerPosted : Friday Dec 18, 2009 17:27:31 ESTThe airman who first raised health concerns over burn pits at Joint Base Balad in Iraq says the Defense Department data — which officials used to say the burn pits cause no known ...
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• Military: Burn pits could cause long-term damage to troops

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 133
  - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"By Adam Levine, CNN Pentagon ProducerDecember 18, 2009 8:36 a.m. ESTWashington (CNN) — The military is backing off its previous position and acknowledging that some troops exposed to the burning of refuse on military bases could be susceptible to ...
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• Tackling Medical Malpractice in Pakistan – Law, Media And Society

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 436
  By YLHThanks to our ever watchful media,  several serious cases of medical malpractice have come up and have been debated nationwide. For the first time in our history real issues are becoming national issues.  Some of the leading hospitals being accused of gross negligence.   In recent times the cases that have ...
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• Yet More on Cy Pres

  
  ClassActionBlawg.com — Authority: 114
  Cy pres awards continue to be a hot topic both in the news and in academia.  The latest contribution comes from Columbia law student Sam Yospe, whose article entitled Cy Pres Distributions in Class Action Settlements (Columbia Business Law Review, forthcoming) examines judicial discretion in choosing cy pres ...
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• Brokeback lawsuit: Netflix accused of violating privacy, releasi...

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
  A class action suit filed against Netflix alleges that the video rental site released confidential information, specifically rental history, as part of a contest read more
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• Time for a national usury law?

  
  Dangerous Intersection — Authority: 436
  First Premier Bank has just introduced its new 79% interest rate sub-prime credit card . No, that’s not a typo, and some experts expect to see more credit cards with sky-high interest. Which makes me again bring up the topic of a national usury cap. Thomas Geoghegan recommended such a cap last year, in his ...
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• Lawsuit: Daycare Allegedly Gave Kids Sleeping Pills

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 134
  A class-action lawsuit has been filed against an Ohio daycare by parents of children who were allegedly given the supplement Melatonin to make them sleep during the day. The lawsuit accuses the daycare and the church that owns it of negligence, battery and negligent supervision. The lawsuit claims that parents of many ...
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