Justices weigh $8.5M settlement with $0 to 129M Google users
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is struggling over what to do about an $8.5 million class-action settlement involving Google and privacy concerns in which all the money went to lawyers and nonprofit groups and nothing was paid to 129 million people who used Google to perform internet searches.
The justices on Wednesday considered objections to the settlement in a case involving Google searches people do about themselves. The lawsuit argues that Google sends website operators potentially identifying information when someone clicks on a link produced by a search. The suit says the practice violates users’ privacy under federal law.
The issue at the court concerns the rare instances in which courts approve a settlement and find it’s impractical to send money to the very large class of affected people.
Kym Worthy backs Wilder for top court
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kurtis Wilder has picked up an endorsement from the Wayne County prosecutor.
Kym Worthy is a Democrat, but she says Wilder deserves to keep his seat on the state’s highest court. She says she’s impressed with “his continuous stand for equal justice under the law and the protection of crime victims’ rights.”
Wilder is a conservative judge who was on the appeals court before Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed him to a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Six candidates are running for two seats on the court next week. Candidates aren’t identified by political party, but they have been endorsed by parties.
State pays $155,000 to Calhoun County man wrongly jailed
ALBION, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $155,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who spent a weekend in jail. The problem: State police had arrested the wrong guy.
Billy Rowe of Calhoun County was arrested on child pornography charges in 2011. But he was the wrong Rowe. The real suspect had the same first name and last name but a different middle name. He also lived 120 miles away.
WOOD-TV says the settlement was disclosed in documents obtained through a public records request.
The wrong Rowe was released after three days in jail, but he says he had to ride 100 miles home with his hands cuffed behind him.
The attorney general’s office fought the lawsuit, but lost key procedural decisions.
14th Annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award Gala November 8
Join peers in honoring Hon. Robert J. Colombo, Jr., chief judge, Third Judicial Circuit Court, at the 14th Annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award Gala. It will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, November 8 at the Detroit Yacht Club, 1 Riverbank Rd. in Detroit. Register at www.detroit lawyer.org.
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