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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Facebook recently announced the largest breach in the company’s history. The breach affected about 50 million users, allowing hackers to take over their accounts. If you use Facebook, you may be wondering what to do next. Here are a few steps you can take. Click here for more.
Netflix Consumes 15 Percent of Global Internet Bandwidth
Across the entire internet, Netflix consumes 15 percent of the total downstream volume of traffic worldwide, according to October’s Global Internet Phenomena Report from Sandvine. That percentage is more than any other single application and represents a 3 percent increase from the previous year’s report. The streaming service is responsible for an even larger number of total traffic in the U.S., at 19.1 percent. Peak times -- such as when a new, highly anticipated show is released on Netflix -- drive that number even higher.
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Your Money
Automakers may be selling fewer cars than in the recent past, but they're getting more for them. Kelley Blue Book (KBB) reports the average new car transaction price (ATP) is approaching $36,000. Tim Fleming, an analyst for KBB, says he expects the final September sales figures to show a dip in the volume of sales. But the ATP rose to $35,742, a 2 percent increase over September 2017. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
What is standard for the injury threshold in TCPA suit. The Eleventh Circuit is weighing whether a single unwanted text message from a lawyer to a former client qualifies as a concrete injury to sustain a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The judges asked several questions, including whether there is a difference in the analysis between one text and 12 or even hundreds, whether the past customer relationship between Salcedo and Hanna's firm makes a difference, and whether the details of how Salcedo reacted or responded to the text and how much of his time was allegedly wasted matters. Salcedo v. Hanna et al., case number 17-14077, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Click here for more.