by sitebuilder | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog
Judge Richard G. Seeborg of the United States District Court in San Francisco rejected Facebook’s settlement offer with regard to a class-action lawsuit filed last year. In the suit, the plaintiffs argued that Facebook violated California law by publicizing users’...
by sitebuilder | Aug 8, 2012 | Blog
The Town of Cicero will pay $10,000 and adopt a policy outlining how police treat transgender people in response to a lawsuit brought against the town by a transgender woman. She claimed two town police officers illegally stopped, searched and verbally abused her in...
by sitebuilder | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB3782 which protects current and prospective employees’ right to privacy in the world of social media. The Bill, which goes into effect January 1, 2013, makes it illegal for an employer to request an employee’s or...
by sitebuilder | Aug 1, 2012 | Blog
A proposed settlement between the state of Illinois and the ACLU, has changed how the state handles birth certificates for individuals who have undergone a sex change. Under prior Illinois law, for an individual to change the gender on his or her birth certificate...
by sitebuilder | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog
Twitter has been ordered to turn over about three months’ worth of tweets sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester. The judge ordered all the material be turned over to him for his review and he would turn over relevant portions to the prosecutors. The case comes after...
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