Woman fired for bashing boss on Facebook wins settlement
If there's one thing I know not to do, it's publicly bash my boss on Facebook (not that I ever would!). Some people aren't quite so wise, though with the right lawyers, they can still come out of the...
Potential NVIDIA/Intel settlement could mean good news for Apple
The licensing dispute that has prevented NVIDIA from building controller chips for Intel's latest CPUs may finally be coming to a close. Late last week, a Bloomberg report cited inside sources that claim the two companies are in ......
Apple Settled Lawsuit Over “iAd” Trademark In July
When Steve Jobs announced the “iAd” program in April, a few people claimed they had seen that term somewhere else before. As CNET reports, Apple indeed settled a lawsuit in July over the “iAd” trademark with company innovate media, which had been using the “iAd” term since 2006 and was even granted two trademarks in...
School settles laptop spying case to "protect taxpayers"
The school district accused of spying on students at home via laptop webcam has agreed to settle two student lawsuits for a total of $610,000. The Lower Merion School District board of directors released a statement Tuesday morn...
iPod nano scratch lawsuit checks are in the mail
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According to Engadget, people are finally starting to receive settlement checks for the iPod nano class action lawsuit that was filed shortly after the first-gen nano's release in 2005. Only days after the first nano debuted, people started noticing that...LifeLock fined $12 million over lack of life-locking ability
Identity theft prevention service LifeLock is not as pristine as its reputation claims after all. The company agreed to pay out $12 million to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission...
Beaten and bloodied, Real agrees to settle RealDVD fight
The RealDVD soap opera is finally over: RealNetworks has settled its litigation with the movie industry and has agreed to pay out $4.5 million to cover their costs related to the lawsuit....
DOJ: Google book settlement better, but not yet good
Google's competitors aren't the only ones who think that the revisions to the Google book settlement are insufficient—the US Department of Justice has reached the same conclusion. The DOJ has...
