The lawsuit covered software contracts that spanned a period of eight years (from 1998 to 2006) and were worth hundreds of millions of dollars. – The Associated Press reported Jan. 31 that Oracle has agreed to pay the U.S.
government $46 million to settle a lawsuit it inherited from Sun Microsystems
over alleged kickbacks to win government contracts.
The Department of Justice had charged that Sun, which Oracle bought in January
2010, an…
Only in America. Meet Cathy Cruz Marrero, the web’s newest viral sensation. Marrero amassed over 2 million views on the Interwebs this week after a video of her falling into a mall fountain erupted to the resounding sound of chuckles all over YouTube. But nobody at the mall is laughing now. You see, the leading [...]
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The now-defunct Kardashian Kard is long gone, but the ghost of one of the few business deals to fall through for sisters Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe Kardashian has come back to haunt the publicity-happy trio. On Friday, the socialite/reality stars were hit with a $75 million lawsuit for allegedly breaking their contract with the company [...]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Surprise: You’ve been sued! What a way to begin your Twilight Years…. Future NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre — who announced his retirement from pro ball on Monday — has been sued by two female massage therapists who claim they were sexually-harassed [...]
Apple has been slapped with a lawsuit contending that applications for its iPhone and iPad unlawfully provide unique and personal information about users to advertising networks. The lawsuit against Apple and four other companies that provide apps for its popular devices was filed in San Jose, California Dec 23 but was first reported Wednesday by [...]
Parliament funk pioneer George Clinton is suing hip-pop group the Black Eyed Peas for copyright infringement after the band allegedly twice sampled his 1979 hit “(Not Just) Knee Deep” — first for a 2003 single and again on their Grammy-nominated 2009 comeback album, The E.N.D.. According to the complaint, filed on Friday in US District [...]
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allens suit against 11 companies, including Apple, Google and Yahoo, has been dismissed, with the judge finding the allegations unclear. – The patent infringement lawsuit that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed
against Apple, Google and a handful of other companies in August has been
dismissed by a district judge, ABC News
has reported.
The suit, filed by Allens Interval Licensing, was said to pertain to
patents relevant to e-…
A backup dancer who was assaulted by once clean-cut teen star Demi Lovato is considering filing suit against the young millionaire. Dancer Alex Welch has hired high-powered attorney lawyer Donald Karpel as she considers “her legal options” — including the pursuit of punitive damages — against the rehabbing Lovato, TMZ tipsters dish. In October, Demi, [...]
Jenni “JWoww” Farley is prepared to fist-pump all the way to the courthouse after being slapped with a lawsuit from her jilted ex. The Jersey Shore castmate is being sued by Thomas Lippolis, her one-time live-in boyfriend, who claims Farley failed to pay him a fair share of the profits she earned after he helped [...]
Guns N” Roses” Axl Rose has sued Activision Blizzard, the developer of video game Guitar Hero III, over a cartoon depiction of ex-bandmate Slash on the front cover. Rose alleges in his 20-million-dollar claim that Activision broke an agreement not to feature imagery of the guitarist. The singer claims they also agreed not to show [...]
Outrageous comedian Will Ferrell reportedly lost an 18-million-dollar lawsuit against Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase. According to Forbes.com, he now has to pay 600,000 dollars to bank in penalties and legal costs, reports the New York Daily News. Ferrell – along with ‘Seinfeld’ creator Larry David – reportedly filed an arbitration claim two years ago [...]
Several Samsung Galaxy phones, as well as the Galaxy Tab and LG Electronics Android-running Ally phone, have been named in a patent infringement suit by Vertical Computer Systems. – LG Electronics and Samsung are the latest smartphone makers to be pulled into a lawsuit prompted by the uber-successful Google Android operating system.
The handset makers were named as defendants in a Nov. 15 suit filed by Vertical Computer Systems in a U.S. District Court in Texas. The suit acc…
Celebrity deejay Samantha Ronson is being sued for almost $1 million by the owner of a dog her bulldog killed in a vicious attack earlier this year. Farnouche Kamran claims Samantha’s bulldog Cadillac killed her two-year-old Maltese pooch Tiger. Attorneys for the grieving pet owner say although Ronson had been warned by Los Angeles animal [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launched, and with it the companys hopes for the smartphone market. Microsoft’s legal battles with Motorola also escalated. – Microsofts week centered yet again on Windows Phone 7, which the company hopes will allow it to reclaim mobile market share from the likes of Google Android and the Apple iPhone. The smartphones officially launched in the U.S. market Nov. 8.
The first three Windows Phone 7 smartphones include the …
Google agrees to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Google Buzz users. – Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Gmail users
claiming Google
Buzz violated their privacy.
As part of the settlement, Google said it will create an $8.5 million
fund, with the majority of the money going to organizations focused on Internet
privacy education and pol…
News Analysis: Larry Ellison contends that the incoming HP CEO was SAP’s co-CEO when Oracle software was stolen and should testify under oath, which could lead to major complications for HP. – On the eve of the final skirmish in the legal war Oracle has been waging
since 2007 with Germany-based databaser SAP,
CEO Larry Ellison has been making some
enterprise-size waves and not just at his legal opponent.
Starting Monday at a courthouse in Oakland, Calif.,
Oracle and SAP will go bef…
Former hedge fund manager Shah Gilani notes:In creating MERS, these institutions actually changed the land-title system that this country – for much of its history – has relied upon to determine legal ownership status of land titleholders.Not only …
Hurd is one of a dozen defendants — along with HP itself — named in a lawsuit brought by a Midwest-based pension fund regarding kickbacks to government contractors. – New Oracle Co-President Mark Hurd is becoming a regular magnet for
litigation.
Hurd, who caused a ruckus when he left his CEO
job at Hewlett-Packard under questionable circumstances, is one of a dozen
defendants named in a lawsuit brought Oct. 19 by a Midwest-based pension fund
regarding kick…
Google denied Oracle’s claims of patent and copyright infringement related to its use of Java in Android. Google also alleged Oracle is singling out Android among open-source software. – Google denied Oracle’s claims of patent and copyright infringement related
to its use of Java in Android and countered that the company is singling out
its operating system after years of supporting open-source software.
Oracle, whose patents it controls through its Sun Microsystems acquisition e…
