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Facebook wins lawsuit against 'spam king'
News For more on this story, see Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit on CNET News. Facebook was awarded $711m (£429m) in a judgement on Thursday against self-described 'spam king' Sanford Wallace.
[October 30, 2009, 8:06]
ISP awarded $1bn in spam lawsuit
News An Internet service provider in Iowa has been awarded more than $1bn in what is believed to be the largest lawsuit judgment ever against spammers. Robert Kramer, who owns CIS Internet Services, sued 300 spammers after his servers received up to 10...
[December 20, 2004, 8:25]
One small victory for spammers
News That ruling came as the judge dismissed the first lawsuit brought by the state against an individual who had sent junk emails. The lawsuit was brought by state attorney general Christine Gregoire's office against Jason Heckel of Salem, Oregon.
[March 15, 2000, 9:27]
US ISP sues mortgage firm over spam
News A Washington state Internet service provider (ISP) has filed a $6 million (£3.7 million) anti-spam lawsuit against a Fortune 500 company, alleging it disabled the ISP's mail servers by sending thousands of e-mail advertisements to subscribers.
[May 21, 1999, 11:09]
Microsoft suing Israeli spammer
News Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli man suspected of sending spam. By filing this lawsuit, we want to deter individuals, especially high-profile spammers such as Mr Gans, and persuade them to discontinue their spam activities," said...
[February 28, 2005, 14:30]
AOL sues over sex-related spam
News Legally the lawsuit is important because it establishes liability for an adult Web site -- that they are causing spam to be sent or are knowingly in a conspiracy with the spammers. AOL's lawsuit charges that despite Cyber Entertainment's no-spam...
[January 4, 2001, 11:48]
Zombie masters hunted down
News A lawsuit was filed against unnamed defendants in August. The evidence contributed to the lawsuit in which Microsoft has identified 13 different spamming operations. Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities...
[October 31, 2005, 9:35]
AOL attacks the spimmers
News EarthLink and Yahoo have also filed one lawsuit each, alleging violations of CAN-SPAM and various other federal and state laws in emails sent to their users. A second AOL lawsuit, against 10 people suspected of selling controlled drugs online, is...
[October 28, 2004, 17:49]
Rival involved in Harris email blockade
News The lawsuit is against Microsoft, Netscape , Juno and other subscribers to the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), the privately funded spam watchdog that added Harris to its list of spammers. America Online is also named in the lawsuit, although...
[August 3, 2000, 11:04]
Microsoft bankrupts the Spam King
News Despite facing a $500,000 fine from New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, Richter claims a pending multi-million dollar lawsuit from Microsoft is responsible for the bankruptcy. While the lawsuit, which could see Richter forced to pay up to $40m...
[March 30, 2005, 10:20]
Lawsuits attack New York spamming ring
News Richter also said he is filing a lawsuit against Microsoft. OptInRealBig issued a statement saying it hadn't been formally informed of the lawsuit and protesting the charges. Microsoft and New York's attorney general took aim at spam on Thursday...
[December 19, 2003, 10:25]
VeriSign refuses to budge on redirection
News A number of Internet standards bodies and administrative groups have asked the company -- which enjoys a government-granted monopoly over the .com and .net registry -- to stop, and a second lawsuit seeking an injunction against the practice was...
[September 23, 2003, 8:35]
Company settles 'fake spyware' suit
News A company accused of selling phony antispyware tools has settled a lawsuit filed by Washington state's attorney general. The case was the first lawsuit under the law. The suit alleged violations under Washington’s 2005 Computer Spyware Act, federal...
[December 5, 2006, 7:56]
FTC to launch all-out assault on spyware merchants
News In the first action of its kind, the agency last week filed a civil lawsuit against Wallace, charging the admitted former junk emailer with fraudulently installing advertising and other software on consumers' computers through his network of Web...
[October 12, 2004, 15:05]
Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing
News Microsoft has filed a lawsuit accusing two companies of launching instant-messaging spam and phishing attacks that targeted users on its Live Messenger network. The software company filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday in King County Superior Court in...
[July 17, 2009, 16:41]
'Do-not-spam' may not pass go
News Even as the idea of a national do-not-spam registry gains traction among email users and on Capitol Hill, a lawsuit against the proposed federal do-not-call list could nip the idea in the bud, legal experts warn.
[July 30, 2003, 11:30]
EarthLink takes action against 'Alabama Spammers'
News EarthLink on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the "Alabama Spammers," an unidentified group it alleges used its access service to send massive amounts of junk email. The suit is EarthLink's latest attempt to alleviate spam and is one of about 80...
[August 28, 2003, 10:45]
Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
News Microsoft is turning up the heat on spam, filing a lawsuit to go after people it suspects of having harvested email addresses from its Hotmail servers to spam subscribers. Microsoft filed the suit the same week it called on legislators to pass laws...
[February 19, 2003, 7:50]
Spyware kingpin hammered for $4m
News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has wrapped up its first major spyware lawsuit with a $4m (£2.1m) judgment against spam king-turned-spyware master Sanford Wallace. The agency on Thursday said it won a temporary injunction in a lawsuit against...
[May 5, 2006, 10:50]
Florida spammer faces $11bn fine
News Robert Kramer, the owner of CIS, filed a lawsuit against James McCalla and other defendants in 2003 claiming that more than 280 million spam email messages were sent to CIS email accounts. Spam is not just a nuisance for individual computer users...
[January 5, 2006, 16:15]
