Tag: Legal

AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Is Necessary for U.S. Economy & Obama’s Broadband Plan, Says Former Congressman
As the hearing date for the AT&T/T-Mobile merger draws closer, it seems the controve...
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eBay Craigslist Dispute Turns Into Criminal DoJ Investigation
Prosecutors with the U.S. Justice Department are reportedly investigating claims that eBay employees took confidential info from Craigslist to use in a service that would compete w...
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Righthaven Strategy Called a “Dumb Idea” By Denver Post Publisher
Righthaven's blogger-suing (often referred to as "copyright troll") business model might be winding down. Though still appealing past rulings, the company has...
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Should You Be Fired For Bitching About Your Job On Facebook?
It won't take much time on a "funniest of Facebook" site like Lamebook or Failbook to find someone railing about their boss or coworkers, forgetting that they had friended them dur...
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Righthaven May File for Bankruptcy: Report
Things don't appear to be looking too great for Righthaven these days. After losing some key fair use cases, the company stopped filing suits altogether, and got rid of a lawyer th...
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Groupon Reportedly Sued By Its Own Sales Staff
Things were going along so well for Groupon, but at some point things took a dramatic turn, and now it just seems to be negative story after negative story. Even CEO Andrew Mason's...
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Righthaven Stops Filing Suits (At Least for Now)
Righthaven, which has made a business out of suing people for alleged copyright infringement (see background stories here...
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Sprint Files Its Own Suit to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
Sprint announced today that it has filed a suit to block the proposed AT&T, T-Mobile USA merger. The suit was filed in federal court in the District of Columbia. “Sprint oppos...
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AT&T Hopes to Settle with DoJ Before Going to Court
On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it had filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. “The combination of AT&T and T-Mobi...
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T-Mobile USA CEO Talks DOJ Suit in Email to Employees
As previously reported, the U.S. Department of Justice has moved to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobil...
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DoJ Files To Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The United States Department of Justice announced today that it has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. “The combination of AT&T and T-...
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Did Google CEO Larry Page Just Avoid Criminal Prosecution?
Last week, it was revealed that Google had to forfeit $500 million for allowing Canadian pha...
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Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition Draws Suit From Share Holder
Earlier this week, Google announced its intent to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, whi...
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Ceglia: Facebook Planted Photoshopped Contract
Paul Ceglia is a guy that is claiming partial ownership of Facebook, and has been doing his damnedest to prove this in court. The battle has been going on for over a year. More bac...
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Righthaven Loses Another Fair Use Case, Ordered to Pay $34K in Legal Fees
Righthaven was dealt another blow in a Nevada federal court, as it was ordered to pay over $34,000 to cover the legal fees of the defendant it had just sued (and lost). For som...
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