Oracle Sues Yet Another Partner Over Support Services September 13th, 2012Recent Legal News Oracle has filed a lawsuit alleging that longtime services partner CedarCrestone was stealing Oracle software for use in its services offerings. Read More
Court Tosses LinkedIn Suit – Again August 16th, 2012Recent Legal News Plaintiffs alleging privacy violations against LinkedIn had their suit dismissed with prejudice last week. Read More
Brocade Claims $112 Million Victory In Legal Battle With A10 August 10th, 2012Patents/IP, Recent Legal News A10 Networks and its CEO have been ordered to pay punitive damages of $112 million to Brocade after a San Jose, Calif. federal court jury ruled that A10 infringed Brocade’s upon intellectual property and engaged in unfair competition. Read More
Defeat of Cybersecurity Bill Ups Ante for National Defense August 7th, 2012Recent Legal News Last week’s defeat of the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill sends lawmakers back to the drawing board. Read More
Expanded R&D Tax Credits for Georgia Businesses May 30th, 2012Recent Legal News Georgia House Bill 868 expands the current state research and development (R & D) tax credits. Read More
Breakdown of the Oracle/Google Case April 20th, 2012Recent Legal News The case between Google and Oracle over the use of Java continues to grow. Read More
Senate Passes JOBS Act March 23rd, 2012Recent Legal News The Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday to approve a package of bills designed to make it easier for small companies and startups to attract capital, adding an amendment to increase protections for investors. Read More
Client Alert: Outsourced Data Processing Exempt from India’s New Data Protection Rules July 7th, 2011Recent Legal News, Sourcing & Procurement Global Sourcing and Procurement, India, Outsourcing In the wake of growing concern about India’s stringent new data protection regulations, the Indian Government announced an upcoming clarification which should exempt foreign-based companies that outsource data processing to India from the costly new requirements. Read article here. Read More
New Texas Legislation: “Loser Pays” June 6th, 2011Recent Legal News New Texas legislation hopes to protect businesses from frivolous cases by implementing a “loser pays” tort reform. Law makers hope the legislation will encourage litigants to “consider the practicality of their complaint before taking legal action…and protect defendants from the dire financial impact of frivolous cases.” Under the new rule, litigants will be responsible for paying the attorney fees of the defendant if the case is determined groundless. Click here to learn more about the new law. Read More
LimeWire Settles for $105M in Copyright Infringement Suit May 18th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: Controversial file-sharing software maker LimeWire settled a copyright infringement suit with Warner Music Group Corp. and three other record companies for $105 million, thus putting an end to a potentially billion-dollar damages trial. Article no longer available. Read More