Tagged.com Wins Large Default Judgment Against Spammer, Plus Attorney’s Fees.
Social networker Tagged.com has won a $151,975 default judgment against Erik Vogeler, who is alleged to have spammed thousands of Tagged members with unsolicited links to an adult dating website. A district judge in the Northern District of California ordered the default judgment, as well as ordered Mr. Vogeler to pay Tagged $50,000 in attorney’s fees.
For more on this one, see Robin Wauters’ January 29, 2010 article, “Tagged.com Wins $201,975 In Default Judgment Against Spammer,” available for reading on The Washington Post’s website.
Chriss Street Has Run Up More Than $1 Million in Legal Fees Contesting Bankruptcy Lawsuit Scheduled For Trial This Week.
This week, before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Richard M. Neiter (of Los Angeles), Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street will be on trial for his actions as trustee of the End of the Road Trust, successor to Fruehauf Trailer Corp. L.A. money manager Dan Harrow has sued Mr. Street for $7 million. The trial is scheduled to last three days. The price tag for Mr. Street? More than $1 million in legal bills, according to a January 31, 2010 article “Treasurer To Confront Fraud Accusations” by Ronald Campbell in The Orange County Register. What we do not know is whether these fees were paid by Mr. Street, an insurance carrier, or combinations of the two. Expensive, needless to say, no matter what person or entity paid.