Electronics

Regulation and litigation surrounding devices, privacy and intellectual property rights.

Corporate Counsel |News

Rebuilding After FCPA Purge, Panasonic Avionics Hires New Compliance Chief

Sue Reisinger | August 13, 2018

Catherine Razzano was formerly assistant general counsel and director at General Dynamics.
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Trump Watch: Coming to You From Manafort Central: Prosecutors Sweat the Speed as Judge Cracks Jokes

Ellis Kim | August 03, 2018

Judge T.S. Ellis III has repeatedly drawn laughter from the audience and jury while pushing prosecutors to keep their case moving.
Daily Business Review |

Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto and Could a South Florida Case Unmask the Enigmatic Bitcoin Creator?

Zach Schlein | July 24, 2018

Although Craig Wright once claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the elusive inventor of bitcoin, South Florida attorneys seem reluctant to buy into the narrative.
Corporate Counsel |News

US Commerce Lifts Export Ban on China Telecom ZTE

Sue Reisinger | July 13, 2018

The Chinese telecom has now met the terms of its June agreement with the Commerce Department, which included paying a penalty of $1 billion.
The Recorder |News

Lenovo Agrees to Pay $7.3M to Settle Adware Suits

Ross Todd | July 12, 2018

The proposed deal would settle claims in multidistrict litigation that preinstalled software the computer maker included on laptops left them vulnerable to hackers and decreased performance.
Texas Lawyer |News

Maxell Wins $43M in Smartphone Patent Dispute With ZTE

Scott Graham | July 02, 2018

A Texarkana jury gave Maxell all the damages it asked for, plus a finding of willfulness.
Texas Lawyer |Commentary

What Legal Risks Are Posed by the Internet of Things?

Sheryl Falk and Serge Jorgenson | June 29, 2018

We live surrounded by the Internet of Things, or more simply put, connected devices. They know what temperature to heat our rooms, what time we get out…
Texas Lawyer |News

$500M Award Against Facebook-Owned Oculus Halved

John Council | June 28, 2018

U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade has cut in half last year's $500 million award against Facebook-owned Oculus in a case in which a jury found that the company directly infringed on virtual reality technology owned by ZeniMax Media.
The Recorder |News

Chhabria Hits NPE and Its Law Firm With $222K Sanction for 'Impossible' Patent Claims

Scott Graham | June 28, 2018

Quarterhill subsidiary Smart Wearable Technologies and Friedman, Suder & Cooke were 'plainly irresponsible and frivolous' in patent case against Fitbit, judge rules.
The Recorder |News

Apple and Samsung Call a Truce in Long-Running Smartphone War

Scott Graham | June 27, 2018

A confidential settlement ends the seven years of litigation that included multiple nine-figure verdicts and a seminal Supreme Court design patents decision.
Texas Lawyer |News

Dallas Law Firm Registers the Nation's 10 Millionth Patent at the USPTO

John Council | June 21, 2018

For some perspective, Raytheon's patent comes 228 years after the country's first patent was issued on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for a process for making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer.
National Law Journal |News

Judge Appoints Leadership in Intel Security Flaw Cases

Amanda Bronstad | June 19, 2018

A federal judge in Oregon has appointed 11 lawyers to lead more than 40 class actions brought over alleged security flaws in Intel Corp.'s microprocessor chips.
Texas Lawyer |News

Winston & Strawn Lawyers Represent Rent-A-Center in $1.3 Billion Privatization Merger

John Council | June 19, 2018

A team of lawyers from the Dallas office of Winston & Strawn helped guide Texas-based Rent-A-Center in a $1.3 billion merger with the Florida-based…
National Law Journal |News

Greenberg IP Team Decamps for Goodwin Procter

Scott Graham | June 18, 2018

The moves boost Goodwin's ITC practice, and come a few weeks after Greenberg hired a new leader to head its ITC group.
Texas Lawyer |News

Korean University Backed by Irell Wins $400 Million From Samsung

Scott Graham | June 18, 2018

A team led by partner Jason Sheasby accused the electronics giant of scoffing at a superstar inventor, then profiting from his semiconductor breakthrough.
The Recorder |News

For Third Time, Fitbit Employees Caught Up in Legal Action Over Jawbone Trade Secrets

Scott Graham | June 15, 2018

The six people indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday have been involved in proceedings at the International Trade Commission and California state court, but neither ended in a finding of trade secret theft.
Corporate Counsel |News

Scooter Company Bird Names Deputy GC at Time of Major Growth, Government Tensions

Caroline Spiezio | June 12, 2018

And the new deputy GC, Wendy Mantell, likes the product. “The moment I saw a Bird sitting outside of my office, I had to try it. I was hooked after just one ride,” she said in a statement.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

Another Boring Digital Forensics Opinion: One That's Simple (Part 2)

Leonard Deutchman | June 07, 2018

In last week's article, I discussed the Pennsylvania Superior Court's opinion in Commonwealth v. Ayyakkannu Manivannan, 2018 PA Super. 112 (May 4, 2018), and how it illustrates that the legal issue underlying it is basic and simple.
Daily Business Review |News

Breach of Contract Lawsuit Survives Google's Motion to Dismiss

Samantha Joseph | June 01, 2018

The suit stems from a 2008 agreement with Googles, a children's programming company.
Connecticut Law Tribune |Expert Opinion

Technological Advancements Can Be Stranger Than Fiction

Mark Dubois | May 31, 2018

One technology, individualized advertising, is starting to attract serious attention from both the bar and bar regulators.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

Another Boring Digital Forensics Opinion: This One Is Simple and Complex (Part I)

Leonard Deutchman | May 31, 2018

Because e-discovery opinions involved technical matters that were outside of the understanding of the typical judge or attorney, I observed, such opinions tended to be exciting regardless of the legal issue that underlay them.
Corporate Counsel |News

US Wants to Implant Compliance Officers at China's ZTE Corp.

Sue Reisinger | May 30, 2018

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC last week that the U.S. is considering a plan that would lift the export ban against China's second-largest telecom company. It would require ZTE to implant U.S.-chosen compliance officers, who would report back to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
National Law Journal |News

Pop Stars Pushing the Edge of Attorney Fee Law

Scott Graham | May 30, 2018

An appeal by Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears could determine whether legal fees from PTO proceedings are recoverable in "exceptional" patent cases.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

Could Your Social Media Posts Be Used Against You in Court?

Ryan Boland | May 25, 2018

The Pennsylvania Superior Court decided an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania—what is the standard for the authentication of social media postings at trial.
Daily Business Review |Commentary

Taxes and the Rise of the Robots: Short-Term Impact Likely

Marvin A. Kirsner | May 24, 2018

The robotics industry received two favorable tax breaks in the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that will likely help spur the development of this burgeoning technology.
The Recorder |News

Arista's Antitrust Suit Against Cisco OK'd for Trial

Scott Graham | May 23, 2018

U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California ruled that Cisco's copyright suit combined with GC Mark Chandler's blog posts were enough to get by summary judgment.
The Recorder |News

Orrick Snags Weil Gotshal's Patent Litigation Co-Chair

Scott Graham | May 21, 2018

Twenty-five year Weil Gotshal veteran (and former Orrick associate) Jared Bobrow joins Tuesday as co-lead of Orrick's global IP practice.
Corporate Counsel |Analysis

NetApp Had a Long Road to the Top of In-house Innovation

Caroline Spiezio | May 18, 2018

NetApp's lawyers are not just committed to improving technology within the legal department--they've spread their tech savvy to other parts of the company (and even outside NetApp) as well.
Corporate Counsel |News

5 of the Biggest Compliance Questions About Renewed Iran Trade Sanctions, Answered

MP McQueen | May 11, 2018

Greta Lichtenbaum, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers whose practice includes international trade and regulatory compliance, answered Corporate Counsel's questions about the impact on multinational companies of the Trump administration's renewed sanctions against Iran.
The Recorder |News

In Apple MDL Leadership Fight, a Contrast in Styles

Amanda Bronstad | May 04, 2018

The pitches for lead plaintiffs counsel pit Steve Berman and a few lawyers at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro against a 40-lawyer coalition led by Joseph Cotchett, of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, and Laurence King of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer.
National Law Journal |

Wilmer's Ron Machen Negotiated Panasonic's $280M Foreign-Bribery Penalties

C. Ryan Barber | April 30, 2018

The penalties come a year after Panasonic Avionics disclosed the California-based subsidiary was being investigated by two federal agencies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Corporate Counsel |News

When Best Buy's 'Geek Squad' Meets the FBI: A Data Privacy Tale

Sue Reisinger | April 26, 2018

Can the FBI pay tech support to look for evidence of misconduct on people's computers?
Corporate Counsel |News

US Slaps China's ZTE Corp. With Export Ban Over False Statements

Sue Reisinger | April 17, 2018

The move was spurred by the government's assertion that, contrary to terms of a 2017 settlement, ZTE paid full bonuses to employees that had engaged in illegal conduct and failed to issue letters of reprimand.
Corporate Counsel |News

Microsoft CLO Announces 'Shared Innovation Initiative' to Boost Collaboration, Protect IP

Caroline Spiezio | April 05, 2018

"There is growing concern that without an approach that ensures that customers own key patents to their new solutions, tech companies will use the knowledge to enter their customer's market and compete against them—perhaps even using the IP that customers helped create," CLO Brad Smith wrote in a blog post.
New York Law Journal |News

NY High Court Dismisses Lindsay Lohan's Suit Over Video Game Avatar

Andrew Denney | March 29, 2018

New York's high court has dismissed suits filed by Lindsay Lohan and the daughter of ex-mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano against the makers of “Grand Theft Auto V,” disagreeing with their claims that characters in the game were intended to be their look-alikes.
The Legal Intelligencer |News

Uber Defeats Taxi Companies' Antitrust Case at Federal Appeals Court

Max Mitchell | March 28, 2018

In a loss for the struggling taxi industry, a federal appeals court has ruled that Uber's entry into the Philadelphia transportation market did not run afoul of antitrust laws.
Daily Business Review |News

Drones Delivering Contraband to Prisons a Budding Problem

The Associated Press | March 26, 2018

A package of contraband covered in grass clippings that was dropped by a drone at a Panhandle prison is one of the most recent examples of inmates using advanced technology to smuggle illegal items behind prison walls.
Corporate Counsel |News

Former Lyft Government Relations Lawyer Scoots Over to CLO Seat at Transportation Startup

Caroline Spiezio | March 23, 2018

Former Lyft vice president of government relations David Estrada is heading over to Bird, a "last mile electric scooter rental service."
National Law Journal |News

Post-'TC Heartland' Patent Cases Go Before MDL Panel

Amanda Bronstad | March 22, 2018

Uniloc USA Inc. brought the motion last month to coordinate 25 patent infringement lawsuits against companies such as Apple and Motorola over seven patents it acquired from Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2017.
Delaware Business Court Insider |News

Del. Judge Trims BlackBerry's Infringement Suit Against Nokia

Tom McParland | March 21, 2018

A Delaware federal judge has knocked out patent infringement claims against telecommunications giant Nokia Corp. over its alleged use of 11 patents underlying BlackBerry Ltd.'s 3G and 4G communications technology, finding no evidence that the parent company effectively controlled its subsidiaries.
Daily Business Review |News

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Fund Opening in Downtown Miami

Lidia Dinkova | March 21, 2018

500 Startups is opening after the Downtown Development Authority pledged $300,000 in incentive money for the Miami operation.
Connecticut Law Tribune |News

Paralyzed Worker Claims Heroin-Addicted Forklift Driver at Fault for Injury

Andrew Denney | March 19, 2018

A warehouse worker crushed by an 800-pound palette that he says was knocked over by a forklift operator high on heroin has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the driver and the staffing agency that put him to work.
Corporate Counsel |News

Former Shazam Legal Boss Antonious Porch Will Join SoundCloud as GC

Rebekah Mintzer | March 19, 2018

Porch will lead the legal affairs and public policy strategy team at SoundCloud and supervise team members around the globe.
Corporate Counsel |News

CFIUS Opinion on Qualcomm Deal May Worry Tech Companies, but There Could be an Upside

Caroline Spiezio | March 14, 2018

CFIUS helped initiate the blocking of a massive deal between Asian tech company Broadcom and American tech company Qualcomm this week.
The Legal Intelligencer |News

Live Nation Loses Bid to Arbitrate Dispute Over Online Tickets

Max Mitchell | March 13, 2018

Agreeing to arbitration was supposed to be as easy as clicking a button, but Live Nation was unable to show that a man seeking to sue the company actually clicked any of the buttons indicating his consent to arbitrate.
Corporate Counsel |Analysis News

Life in the (Regulated) Fast Lane: Companies Must Navigate Global Privacy Rules on Self-Driving Cars

Caroline Spiezio | March 12, 2018

The race is on to develop the best technology for autonomous vehicles, but there are also drives to increase regulation around the data these cars and trucks collect, a situation that poses challenges for in-house counsel.
The Legal Intelligencer |News

Pa. Superior Court Adds to Debate Over Jury Instructions in Wake of 'Tincher'

Max Mitchell | March 01, 2018

Like its predecessor, the state Supreme Court's 2014 pronouncement that recalibrated products liability law in Pennsylvania, the latest ruling in Tincher v. Omega Flex has led to a variety of interpretations, but one thing appears certain—the defense bar is encouraged by the opinion's discussion of jury instructions.
Delaware Law Weekly |News

Google Infringement Suit Expands Fight Over 'Siri' Digital Assistant Patents

Tom McParland | February 27, 2018

A Canadian intellectual property licensing company on Monday accused Google in Delaware federal court of infringing the technology that underpins Siri.
Daily Business Review |News

South Florida Office Market Evolves With Smaller Offices, Urban Push, Preference for Quality

Lidia Dinkova | February 26, 2018

The evolution of the South Florida office market is multifaceted. As some companies seeking smaller offices for the same number of employees, others are growing their space. And as some companies seek top-quality offices to keep their staff happy, others are letting more staffers work from home.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

E-Discovery Ethics: It's Still—And Always Will Be—About Doing Tech Right

Leonard Deutchman | February 22, 2018

In Klipsch Group v. ePRO E-Commerce, No. 16-3637-cvNo. 16-3726-cv (2d Cir. Jan. 25), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's order that “the likely valuation of actual damages” in the matter was “$25,000,” the defendant had to pay the plaintiff $2.68 million as “compensation” for “additional discovery efforts” the plaintiff had to take because of the defendant's misconduct.
The Legal Intelligencer |News

Alleged Use of Phila.-Based Facebook Group Means Civil Fraud Suit Stays in Pa.

Max Mitchell | February 22, 2018

A South Carolina woman accused of selling MetroPCS phones through Facebook should face civil charges in Pennsylvania, a federal court has ruled.
Delaware Business Court Insider |News

Judge Invalidates D&M Patent in Wireless Speaker Infringement Row

Tom McParland | February 20, 2018

A Delaware federal judge on Feb. 16 invalidated a patent held by D&M Holdings Inc. as the company continues to face off against rival wireless speaker-maker Sonos Inc. in a protracted infringement fight.
The Recorder |News

'Sexy' IP Issue Dominates Cisco-Arista Appeal

Scott Graham | February 12, 2018

Lawyers for Arista, led by Tensegrity's Matthew Powers, are the latest to attack assignor estoppel, the equitable doctrine that forbids an inventor who sells his or her patent from then turning around and attacking the patent's validity.
New York Law Journal |News

In Policy Shift, Lawyers Allowed to Use Electronic Devices During Arguments in 1st Dept. Courthouse

Susan DeSantis | February 08, 2018

A written policy in the First Department that will allow lawyers and litigants arguing pro se to use laptops, tablets and smartphones during oral arguments is a first in the state.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

E-Discovery

The Legal Intelligencer | February 06, 2018

In the Legal's E-Discovery supplement, read about possession, custody or control; preserving wearable data and how when it come to ethics and e-discovery, attorneys must stay current.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

'Things Just Couldn't Be the Same' After the 'Lynyrd Skynyrd' Spoliation Decision

David R. Cohen and Todd R. Fairman | February 05, 2018

Most lawyers know to advise their clients to preserve evidence in their “care, custody or control” relevant to pending or threatened litigation. But exactly how far does “control” go? Can a party be sanctioned for spoliation for failing to issue a legal hold notice to a third party who has no obligation to follow your legal hold instructions?
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

Beware: Texts and Wearable Data Must Be Preserved, Too

Joseph Francoeur, Michelle Vizzi and Sade A. Forte | February 05, 2018

Attorneys need to be aware of technological advances in terms of preservation of evidence and new avenues for seeking relevant evidence. Spoliation sanctions, including adverse jury instructions, have been issued for the failure to preserve text messages. In addition, data from wearable technology, such as the Apple Watch and the Fitbit, can become relevant and material, while also raising concerns about consumer privacy rights.
The Legal Intelligencer |Commentary

Possession, Custody or Control: A Perennial Question Gets More Complicated

Tess Blair and Tara Lawler | February 05, 2018

The perennial question of “possession, custody or control” may become more complicated in light of the U.S. Supreme Court recently granting certiorari in the landmark case of In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Certain Email Account Controlled and Maintained by Microsoft. Companies will need to watch for this decision and its potential impact on discovery and information governance when data crosses borders.
Corporate Counsel |News

Icahn In-House Lawyers, King & Spalding in Proxy Battle With Xerox

Sue Reisinger | January 22, 2018

The legendary investor has joined up with Darwin Deason to rumble with Xerox.

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