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Europe Takes on Tech Giants and Their Tax Havens
Governments are accusing tech giants such as Google and Amazon of incorporating themselves in low-tax countries so they can avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars to countries such as Germany, Britain, and France.
Second Circuit Expresses Skepticism About Startup TV Company
The concept of building an entire business model around the language in a single court decision got a workout Friday, as judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit peppered a lawyer for Aereo with questions about why the Internet TV company shouldn't be shut down for copyright infringement.
Jury Convicts U.S. Man in iPad Data Breach Case
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey convicted a man of illegally gaining access to AT&T's servers and stealing more than 120,000 email addresses of iPad users including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and film mogul Harvey Weinstein.
FTC, Consumer Actions Shape Advertising and Marketing Landscape
Recent legal developments in the advertising and marketing industry signal heightened regulatory and consumer concerns in various areas, most particularly, the health, environmental, and privacy sectors, observe Marc S. Roth, partner at Manatt Phelps & Phillips, and Edward Kabak, general counsel of the Promotion Marketing Association.
Ninth Circuit Weighs Whether Hitting 'Send' Creates Agency
Ninth Circuit judges heard arguments whether a guarantor bound its corporate parent based on an email message promising the guarantee that was not acknowledged or objected to by the parent.
Megaupload Tries to Dismiss Criminal Copyright Indictment
Defunct file-sharing behemoth Megaupload has taken another stab at getting a criminal copyright indictment against it dismissed — the company's lawyers filed a motion claiming that the DOJ has deprived the company of due process and put it in "criminal limbo."
Twitter Security Email Gets Mixed Reaction
Twitter users on Thursday who did not click a link in an email message asking them to reset their account passwords may have done the right thing, but the message turned out to be real.
Vringo Scores in Google Patent Trial Over Ad Generating Process
A federal jury in Norfolk, Va., concluded Tuesday that Google and four co-defendants infringed Vringo's patents for a process of generating ads based on internet search terms, awarding a combined $30 million in damages.
Taking Page From Law Firm Clients, Vendors Sue for Unpaid Bills
Some law firm litigation support vendors are taking a page from their clients' handbook and suing firms over unpaid bills. This month, vendors sued White & Case and Kasowitz Benson and Dickstein Shapiro.
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