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Twitter to Introduce 'Verified' Accounts for Celebs, Politicos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2009 - 1:08pm.
San Francisco - Twitter has announced that this summer it plans to introduce "Verified Accounts" to authenticate that a particular account really belongs to a particular person, in the wake of a lawsuit filed against the company by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa over a fake account in his name.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Publishing | Trademarks | Twitter | Tony La Russa |

Cardinals Manager La Russa Sues Twitter Over Fake Account

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 9:28am.
St. Louis - Tony La Russa, manager of Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, this week filed suit against Twitter over a fake account that posted false messages and allegedly damaged his trademark rights and caused emotional distress, the Associated Press reports.
tags: Sports | Law | Lawsuits | Publishing | Trademarks | Twitter | Tony La Russa |