March, 2001

Bergeson Eliopoulos' Client Radiate, Inc. Settles Worldwide Internet Privacy Class Action Lawsuit On March 19, 2001, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mohr gave final approval to a settlement of a worldwide class action lawsuit brought against Bergeson Eliopoulos' client Radiate, Inc. Radiate's technology allows advertising to be distributed worldwide via the Internet. The lawsuit addressed the developing legal issues relating to Internet privacy, alleging that Radiate had invaded it's 36,000,000 user's privacy and had trespassed onto their computers by including codes which start a dialogue between Radiate's servers and a user's computer. Radiate demonstrated that it did not collect any private data unvolunteered by its users. The settlement Judge Mohr approved did not require Radiate to pay anything to the class and, instead, limited class relief to a coupon for a discounted sales price of Go!Zilla, Radiate's popular file transfer protocol program and additional disclosures to be included on Radiate's web site. Radiate was represented in the case by partner William T. Eliopoulos, special counsel Stephen T. Hicklin and associate Tahj E. Gomes.