Law aspects

The LG Panther / GW910 hits the FCC

Source: http://digg.com/gadgets/The_LG_Panther_GW910_hits_the_FCC

Google and Verizon recently released a legislative proposal for FCC on internet. If FCC accepts the proposals, it would be the end of net neutrality that Google till date has been the most vocal proponent.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Don_t_be_Evil_6

ShoreBank Corp., the Chicago lender operating under a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. cease-and- desist order for 13 months, will be shut and most of its assets will be bought by Urban Partnership Bank, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Source: http://digg.com/politics/ShoreBank_of_Chicago_Said_to_Be_Closed_Today_by_FDIC_Bloom

Let's just turn back the clock a few months. Apple CEO Steve Jobs gets his lumps from my favorite enemies, an uninformed tech media, for stating unequivocally that Flash is not ready for Apple's mobile platforms. Adobe cries crocodile tears to the Feds, and there's an ongoing investigation by the FTC into this complaint and others.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Newsletter_Issue_560

Another major war is exploding in the tech world, but alliances have shifted in interesting enough ways to ensure that this will be one of the most fascinating events ever to hit the technology world. At issue is Oracle's patent lawsuit against Google's Android. Unless you look closely, this might sound like either a run of the mill patent shaked

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/How_Oracle_might_kill_Google_s_Android_and_software_patents

Here's a perfect explanation of why Net Neutrality matters, why it should be enforced by the FCC, and how it's been done in the past in the Railroad business.

Source: http://digg.com/politics/Net_Neutrality_and_the_Railroad_Business

Rabobank, part of Netherlands-based Rabobank Group, has acquired all deposits and certain assets and liabilities of California-based Butte Community Bank and Pacific State Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), effective immediately.

Source: http://digg.com/business_finance/Rabobank_acquires_two_Californian_banks_in_US

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Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/A_lawsuit_against_the_Google_to_identify_the_people_in_the

Sources confirmed Wednesday that leading companies are meeting in Washington to discuss the future of the Internet. Net-neutrality discussions between industry stakeholders resumed Wednesday in Washington, sources confirmed.

Source: http://digg.com/politics/Net_neutrality_talks_resume_in_DC_without_the_FCC_or_Google

FCC Commissioner, Michael Copps said the Google-Verizon net-neutrality framework would create "gated communities for the affluent on the Internet....The Verizon-Google gaggle wants to build a world of private Internets that would vastly diminish the centrality of the Internet that you and I know....They want a tiered Internet.”

Source: http://digg.com/politics/FCC_member_blasts_Google_Verizon_plan_says_it_favors_the_ri

A story by Michael Learmonth about the so-called Green Guides that are used by the FTC to guide enforcement of existing laws. They are the first environmental-marketing guidelines to be issued and could dramatically affect how claims are made about sustainability and eco-friendliness. We discussed this topic on Ad Age Outlook this week.

Source: http://digg.com/business_finance/FTC_Green_Guidelines_May_Leave_Marketers_Red_Faced

Federal regulators are giving up efforts to negotiate a compromise between Web companies and Internet service providers over so-called net neutrality rules intended to prevent discrimination in the way online traffic is treated.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/FCC_gives_up_on_Net_Neutrality_compromise

Eight would-be class-action lawsuits filed against Google over its WiFi data interception have been consolidated in a single federal court.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_WiFi_lawsuits_head_to_Silicon_Valley

Het was pas onlangs dat zagen we de Samsung SGH-i917 Cetus het betalen van een bezoek aan het grote huis van de FCC met slechts een schets van de handset op

Source: http://digg.com/gadgets/Gepolijste_zoek_Samsung_Cetus_zegt_hallo_naar_de_camera

Dr. Peter Morici forecasts the U.S. economic data -- weeks of Aug. 23 and Aug. 30, 2010. Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission. www.bizcoachinfo.com

Source: http://digg.com/business_finance/New_U_S_Economic_Forecast_weeks_of_Aug_23_Aug_30_2010

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Source: http://digg.com/business_finance/Free_list_of_Foreclosures_Bank_Owned_Homes_REO_Real_Estate

Editor's note: Jonathan Askin is Associate Professor of Clinical Law at Brooklyn Law School and Founding Director of the Brooklyn Law and Incubator Policy Clinic (BLIP). He previously worked at the FCC and for the Obama campaign on telecommuncation policy.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Is_Anakin_Verizon_Is_The_Emperor_And_The_Dark_Side

It's time for the FCC to step up. It's time for Congress to step up. It's time for all of us to step up. We need for the law to protect the internet: No discrimination in pricing or in service. No self-regulation by corporate titans. And no blessing of corrupt deals at the FCC.

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Verizon_Google_Want_to_Kill_the_Open_Internet

Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the FDIC, said depositors have many concerns about their bank accounts by recent bank failures. Depositors have to worry if, within the limits of credit from the FDIC. She also talks about the program loan modification FDIC IndyMac Bank customers.

Source: http://digg.com/business_finance/FDIC_Insurance_Limits_and_Changes_IndyMac_Bank_Loan

Replay: FCC Net Neutrality Hearing-Minneapolis.. The future of the internet and nothing less than the future of communications in the United States is at stake. This event was put together to give voice to public reaction to corporate efforts to be able to consolidate and write their own rules on the future of the internet without restriction.

Source: http://digg.com/world_news/Replay_FCC_Net_Neutrality_Hearing_Minneapolisn_nThe_UpTake