Judge: Cablevision lying about Verizon lying

I know what you’re thinking: Aren’t all advertisements, except for those you’ll see on this website, lies of one sort or another? … A judge in New York says there are matters of degree.

From a Reuters story:

A U.S. judge has ordered Cablevision to stop running advertisements accusing rival Verizon of lying about having the fastest wireless network.

The ruling on Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Brown … comes days after he ruled against Cablevision’s own bid to block Verizon from advertising that it had the “fastest WiFi available” for misleading consumers.

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Network World Paul McNamara