Finding Damages Claim “Mere Speculation,” NY Court Dismisses Breach of Contract & Consumer Fraud Case

If there were such a contest, I think this case wins the “most absurd lawsuit of the day.” In Kassis Management, Inc. v. Verizon New York, Inc., the plaintiff claimed damages in breach of contract and consumer fraud as a result of Verizon’s “promise” to move its phone service from one location to their new [...]

When Just A Website Can Render You Subject To A New York Court’s Jurisdiction

As we wrote nearly one year ago in “E-mail Mistakes That Can Cost Your Small Business in Court,” there is no such thing as an innocuous e-mail. Not anymore. In Grimaldi v. Guinn, the plaintiff sued the Pennsylvania-based defendants for breach of contract, business fraud, and under New York’s deceptive advertising statute, General Business Law [...]

“Big Brother” Amazon Sued For Breach of Contract, Computer & Consumer Fraud and Invasion of Privacy

After on-line retail giant Amazon remotely deleted electronic copies of George Orwell’s “1984″  that they had previously sold to consumers, who then downloaded the eBooks onto Amazon’s Kindles,  two of those users have now brought a consumer class action complaint against on-line retail giant Amazon, claiming that Amazon’s acts violated a series of state and [...]