Secure Computer president Paul Burke will now pay $200,000 in penalties, make $75,000 worth of restitution to Washington residents, and pay another $725,000 to cover the state's attorneys' fees. The irony of an anti-spyware law being used against an anti-spyware vendor was not commented upon.
(Ars Technica)
(So the settlement is $1 mil, of which nearly three-quarters goes to the lawyers. Better make that a double gotcha, is what I'd say.)
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