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Gilde Law Firm, PLLC: Jury Awards Texas Woman $1.2 Billion in Image-Based Sexual Abuse Case

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Friday, August 11, 2023

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The jury in the 113th State District Court ordered defendant Marques Jamal Jackson to pay Jane Doe (D.L.)

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The jury in the 113th State District Court ordered defendant Marques Jamal Jackson to pay Jane Doe (D.L.)
is represented by lead trial lawyer Bradford J. Gilde and Bradley G. Ertl of Gilde Law Firm, PLLC, of Houston, and co-counsel Jacob Schiffer of Schiffer Law Firm, PLLC , of Houston.
Lead trial lawyer Bradford J. Gilde, of Gilde Law Firm, PLLC, said, "We are grateful the jury took a strong stand against the defendant's abhorrent behavior and against imaged-based sexual abuse.
Gilde said the defendant committed imaged-based sexual abuse, often characterized as "revenge porn," to inflict a combination of psychological abuse, domestic violence and sexual abuse.

FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

“Ring’s disregard for privacy and security exposed consumers to spying and harassment,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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“Ring’s disregard for privacy and security exposed consumers to spying and harassment,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
The company has marketed its products as offering greater home security and providing its users with peace of mind.
For example, in promoting its indoor security cameras, which can be placed in individual rooms, Ring touts the ability of purchasers to “See your home.
Away from home” alongside a picture of a Ring camera monitoring a child’s bedroom.

Security failures

According to the complaint, Ring also failed to implement standard security measures to protect consumers’ information from two well-known online threats—“credential stuffing” and “brute force” attacks—despite warnings from employees, outside security researchers and media reports.
Despite experiencing multiple credential-stuffing attacks in 2017 and 2018, Ring failed, according to the complaint, to implement common tactics—such as multifactor authentication—until 2019.
Even then, Ring’s sloppy implementation of the additional security measures hampered their effectiveness, the FTC said.
In addition to the mandated privacy and security program, the proposed order requires Ring to pay $5.8 million, which will be used for consumer refunds.

FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

“Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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“Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
According to the complaint, Amazon prominently and repeatedly assured its users, including parents, that they could delete voice recordings collected from its Alexa voice assistant and geolocation information collected by the Alexa app.
Amazon also offers Alexa-enabled devices and services targeted to children and collects personal data, including voice recordings, from children.
Even when Amazon discovered its failures to delete geolocation data, the FTC said that Amazon repeatedly failed to fix the problems.

Proposed Order

The Commission vote closed on a date prior to Commissioner Christine S. Wilson’s departure from the agency.
Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya also issued a separate statement, joined by FTC Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The Department of Justice filed the complaint and the stipulated order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
The lead staff attorneys on this matter are Elisa Jillson, Andy Hasty, and Julia Horwitz from the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Liquidia Announces the Publication of Long-Term Clinical Data from Completed INSPIRE Study in the Journal Pulmonary Circulation

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Monday, August 1, 2022

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Aug. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced today the publication of clinical data from the completed INSPIRE study evaluating YUTREPIA (treprostinil) inhalation powder, formerly known as LIQ861, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the journal Pulmonary Circulation.

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MORRISVILLE, N.C., Aug. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced today the publication of clinical data from the completed INSPIRE study evaluating YUTREPIA (treprostinil) inhalation powder, formerly known as LIQ861, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the journal Pulmonary Circulation.
This publication reports clinical outcomes of PAH patients treated with YUTREPIA who were nave to prostacyclin therapy (Nave patients) or transitioning from nebulized Tyvaso (Transition patients).
The pivotal, open label INSPIRE study enrolled 121 adult PAH patients nave to prostacyclin (n=66, Naive) and patients who transitioned from nebulized Tyvaso(n=55, Transition).
A total of 69 patients completed at least 12 months of treatment in the INSPIRE study.

Paddock Enterprises, LLC Plan of Reorganization Confirmed by U.S. Court

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Friday, May 27, 2022

Plan of Reorganization confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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Plan of Reorganization confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Today, Paddock Enterprises, LLC (Paddock), a wholly owned subsidiary of O-I Glass, Inc. (O-I Glass), announced that an order confirming its Plan of Reorganization (the Plan) was entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the Bankruptcy Court), paving way to the implementation of the Plan and the final stage in the Chapter 11 process.
The broad support for the Plan among Claimants is indicative of the positive outcome it delivers to all parties.
We look forward to implementing the final steps in the Chapter 11 process following this confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court.
Paddock next will seek the United States District Court for the District of Delawares (the District Court) affirmation of the Bankruptcy Courts order.

Malwarebytes Wins Dismissal of Enigma Lawsuit in Final Ruling

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The District Court dismissed all of Enigma's claims against Malwarebytes.

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The District Court dismissed all of Enigma's claims against Malwarebytes.
Our victory in court upholds the importance of user choice," said Edward Brown, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Malwarebytes.
"Malwarebytes is proud of its efforts to protect its customers and will not kowtow to vexatious or harassing litigation."
Determining that Enigma could not save its claims, the District Court dismissed Enigma's entire complaint with prejudice.

FAIR: Recent Court Rulings Put Biden Administration at a Crossroads on Immigration Enforcement and Border Security

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Friday, August 20, 2021

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Biden administration had failed to comply with the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) when it ended MPP, and that doing so "has contributed to the current border surge."

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Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Biden administration had failed to comply with the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) when it ended MPP, and that doing so "has contributed to the current border surge."
Last night, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Biden administration's request to stay Judge Kacsmaryk's ruling.
Under the guise of "prosecutorial discretion," the Biden administration excluded nearly all illegal aliens from deportation.
The American people expect President Biden to respect the rulings of the court and fully restore MPP, while actually enforcing our immigration laws," charged Stein.