A lawsuit alleging Facebook violates a California law on commercial endorsements can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. Facebook failed to persuade the court to dismiss the suit altogether, but District Judge Lucy Koh did reject the plaintiff’s claim that Facebook had unjustly enriched itself from its advertising. That was a win for Facebook, said tech attoroney Peter S. Vogel. “Unjust enrichment is a tort … . “One of the advantages to a tort is that you can sue for punitive damages as well.”
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Class Action on 'Like' Ads Could Dent Facebook's Wallet
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 20, 2011 11:17 AMA lawsuit alleging Facebook violates a California law on commercial endorsements can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. Facebook failed to persuade the court to dismiss the suit altogether, but District Judge Lucy Koh did reject the plaintiff’s claim that Facebook had unjustly enriched itself from its advertising. That was a win for Facebook, said tech attoroney Peter S. Vogel. “Unjust enrichment is a tort … . “One of the advantages to a tort is that you can sue for punitive damages as well.”