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In this recent decision , the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the requisite showing for obtaining an award of attorney fees under the Lanham Act. Reversing a decision out of the Eastern District of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit held that a party seeking attorney fees need only prove that its case is "exceptional" by a preponderance of the evidence , and not by the more stringent clear and convincing standard applied by the district court .
A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. Customs and Border Protection is executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants.
In 2011, a class action lawsuit filed against Apple accused the company of operating an illegal monopoly by not allowing iPhone users to download mobile apps outside of its own App Store, reducing consumer choice. The antitrust case was eventually dismissed in 2013 by a U.S. district court in Northern California, due to errors in the complaint, leading to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowing it to proceed in 2017 .
The US Senate recently shared over 450 pages of Facebook's responses to questions from Senators, as the company attempted to address the numerous questions CEO Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer during his April 10 testimony . The testimony focused on the role Facebook played in a number of scandals involving the improper handling of user data, particularly in the year leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
This file photo taken on September 7, 2016 shows the Apple logo on the outside of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. Apple on January 31, 2018 confirmed it is fielding questions from US agencies about its move to slow down older iPhones as batteries weaken."
The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect all customers, especially in countries where phones are readily obtained by police or by criminals with extensive resources, and to head off further spread of the attack technique. The privacy standard-bearer of the tech industry said it will change default settings in the iPhone operating system to cut off communication through the USB port when the phone has not been unlocked in the past hour.
Two days after the 2016 presidential election, and already dreading partisan food fights over Thanksgiving, 28-year-old Katie Fahey took to Facebook, determined to help fix democracy and keep mashed potatoes from flying. "I'd like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan," she posted on Facebook.
'If Facebook granted Huawei special access to social data of Americans, it might as well have given it directly to the government of China' Amid the uproar over Facebook's admission that it shared user data with Chinese device makers is an undercurrent of tension between the United States and China over technological dominance. Not only was Facebook passing previously undisclosed personal information to other companies, but also one of the dozens of firms involved was Huawei, a Chinese firm flagged by US intelligence officials as a national security risk because of its alleged ties to China's government.
Many have taken to the Reflector's Facebook page to share their feelings - some v oicing concerns against the means used in detaining the illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens alike, and others commending the agents, encouraging the government to "send them all packing," as one reader wrote. More than 300 comments were shared on the Reflector's initial posting of the story on its Facebook page, which was shared by people throughout several states and across North America, stretching into Canada and Mexico.
Despite the founder of the social media platform, Tom Anderson, abandoning it after it "died" in 2009 - when Facebook had more than double its users only two years after it was created, there are still people who use it. Meet Kenneth Scalir, the subject of a Guardian article published on Wednesday and former minor reality TV celebrity who appeared on dating reality television shows in the 1990s and 2000s.
The former head of political consultant Cambridge Analytica is clashing with British lawmakers investigating the use of Facebook data in election campaigns.
Facebook has acknowledged it shared user data with several Chinese handset manufacturers, including Huawei, a company flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, as it faces a fresh wave of allegations over its handling of private data. Chinese firms Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL were among numerous handset makers that were given access to Facebook data in a "controlled" way approved by Facebook, the social media giant's vice president of mobile partnerships, Francisco Varela, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Huawei, a company flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, was the latest device maker at the center of a fresh wave of allegations over Facebook's handling of private data.
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The Philadelphia Eagles will not visit the White House on Tuesday after President Donald Trump rescinded the team's invitation, citing several players on the team who planned not to attend.
The Philadelphia Eagles will not visit the White House on Tuesday after President Donald Trump rescinded the team's invitation, citing several players on the team who planned not to attend.
Hollywood's left-leaning politics has made the industry a bete noire among conservatives for decades. But Netflix has made some recent moves that have especially rankled Republicans.
Bottom line: It's more bad news for Facebook as the social network is again accused of privacy violations. But the company has disputed parts of the New York Times' report, and says the situation is very different from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
A decade ago, Colorado entrepreneur and philanthropist Jared Polis made history as the first openly gay man elected as a non-incumbent to Congress. But most voters did not get a glimpse of his longtime partner Marlon Reis until the night Polis won the Democratic primary, when the couple created a sensation by sharing a hug onstage at a victory party.
President Trump 'probably does' have the power to pardon himself: Giuliani - President Trump's lead attorney said the president "probably does" have the power to pardon himself. - Rudy Giuliani was discussing with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Giuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena - The president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani threatened a legal battle with special counsel Robert Mueller if he attempts to subpoena Donald Trump.