Applied Materials, Samsung Settle Espionage Dispute December 1st, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: Chipmaker Applied Materials has agreed to provide Samsung with multi-year volume rebates on semiconductor goods in order to avoid civil suits alleging Applied employees in Korea stole and leaked semiconductor technology to Samsung rival Hynix. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Oracle’s $1.3B Verdict Over SAP Threatens to Dampen Profitability for Growing Third Party Tech Support Market November 30th, 2010Recent Legal News Profitability of third party tech support companies in danger? Read about it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
New SEC Pre-Trade Verification Rules November 17th, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: The SEC’s final adoption of Rule 15c3-5 implicates risk management and supervisory concerns in the context of damage to the financial markets caused by human error and computer malfunctions in trading. For rule specifics, Click here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Ex-Bristol-Myers Employee Pleads Guilty to Trade Secrets Theft November 8th, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: Case implicates trade secret security and employee monitoring concerns in management trainee programs that allow high-level access to sensitive areas of the business. Read about it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
AGA Medical Investors Sue Over Merger Deal with St Jude’s November 4th, 2010Recent Legal News AGA Medical Investors Sue Board for Coercive Nature of Merger Deal with St Jude’s. This case suggests the need for careful crafting of non-solicit and matching rights provisions in merger agreements to avoid violations of directors’ fiduciary duties in dealing with bidders. For press release, click here. Read More
“Big Three” IT Firms Support New Privacy Bill October 7th, 2010Recent Legal News Privacy/Security Highlights: Top three IT firms back new bill designed to increase federal protection of online privacy. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn Group Page. Read More
New CA Law Outlaws Malicious Online Impersonations October 5th, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: In the wake of several cyberbullying cases, CA lawmakers have signed a new law targeting malicious online impersonation of others. Read article. Read More
NEW U.S. Homeland Security Faces Lawsuit Over Laptop Search Policy September 8th, 2010Recent Legal News Privacy/Security, Securities Highlights: Rights organizations challenge DHS policy permitting searches of electronic devices at border checkpoints. Read article. Read More
Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act: Impact on Tech Companies and Entrepreneurs Part II August 16th, 2010Employment, Recent Legal News Employment The Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act will appear on GA ballots in the November election. Part II of this article examines sections of the Act and provides practical pointers for drafting restrictive covenants in employment agreements. (Part I is available here). Read More
From the Archives: “Revenue Recognition Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 1” August 10th, 2010Finance, Accounting & Compensation, Recent Legal News Contracts, Executive Search, Revenue Recognition, Revenue Recognition Bulletin, SEC By Paul Arne and Ross Albert This Morris, Manning & Martin Revenue Recognition Bulletin reviews case developments in the Rev Rec area and identifies practical suggestions for addressing these developments. On January 12, 2004, Computer Associates International (“CA”), one of the world’s largest software companies, announced that it had received a so-called “Wells Notice” from the staff of the SEC. The SEC’s Division of Enforcement issues a Wells Notice when it plans to recommend an enforcement action to Read More