09-03-2006, 10:24 AM
Quote:A would-be AdSense customer is suing Google for $250,000 because it took her 100 hours to place and review AdSense advertisements on her Web site, which Google subsequently removed, Google Watch has learned.
In a 25-page complaint filed earlier this week in San Francisco federal district court, Theresa B. Bradley, a management consultant and resident of Washington, D.C. accuses Google of several counts of fraud and misrepresentation, including misrepresentation in commercial advertising, and of "willfull, wanton, fraudulent and malicious" conduct regarding its AdSense product. The suit also alleges misrepresentation in interstate commerce...
full article: http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,2010954,00.asp
[quote]According to the complaint, Bradley's brief business relationship with Google caused her irreparable harm by damaging her reputation and the reputation of her products and services.
Bradley's Web site offers nutritional supplements, home spa rituals, and soft support women's jog bras, among other products. There is no shopping cart mechanism, and the site asks users to "visit us at a later date."...
Bradley also filed suit against Yahoo on August 1 in San Jose federal district court. Those documents were not available at the time of this writing. A Yahoo representative declined to comment.]/quote]
full article: http://oraclewatch.eweek.com/blogs/googl...12873.aspx