District Court Issues Protective Order Preventing Disclosure of Satellite Company’s Customer List

In a suit brought by Echostar Satellite LLC against satellite receiver manufacturer Freetech Inc. under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Freetech’s motion for an order protecting the identities of its customers from discovery by Echostar.

District Court Refuses to Grant Summary Judgment on FCRA
and State Law Claims Brought against Credit Reporting Agencies,
Dismisses Claims against Furnishers of Allegedly Incorrect
Credit Information

The District Court for the Eastern District of California declined to dismiss claims against Equifax and Trans Union under FCRA, as well as claims for negligent misrepresentation, negligence, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy related to an alleged failure to correct errors in a credit report.

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