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Identity Crisis
There’s this company called LifeLock which claims it can protect your identity from all the identity thieving folks out there. And CEO Richard Todd Davis was so confident of his company’s ability that he revealed his Social Security number…

"Nothing to be Frightened of"
On September 2, 2008, Julian Barnes book Nothing to be Frightened of was released. This interesting work provides the author's view of the upcoming certainty of death. As described on the author's website: 'I don?t believe in God, but I...

Patent Troll Tracker Revealed.
  Per this post, a fellow patent law blogger known as the “Troll Tracker” has revealed himself to be Rick Frenkel, an in-house patent attorney for Cisco Systems, Inc. in San Jose, California...

IRS opens hotline for identity theft victims
The IRS now has a toll-free number to assist identity theft victims. The new IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit will mark affected accounts so that identity theft issues may be resolved more quickly.

Gender Identity or Expression at the University of Michigan
Well, after years of effort and pressure, it looks like the Regents of the University of Michigan will vote today to finally amend the University?s bylaws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression (see President Mary...

Washington Post covers tangled copyright claims
That ubiquitous "Footprints" poem, in which it's revealed that G-d carries you through your times of trouble, turns out to have equally ubiquitous authorship claims, and now a lawsuit, despite the fact that the claimed author's story clearly indicates divestive publication without notice before 1978 (not to mention ridiculous delay in asserting any rights there might somehow be)...

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

Facebook
Downloading Games Linked to Possible Identity Theft

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Verified Identity Pass Face Class Action

Daimler Chrysler et al.
alleged negligence pertaining to lost confidential client data which exposed customers to identity theft