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Legal

Tesla Troubles Continue: Eberhard Sues Musk

June 11, 2009

The seemingly endless drama surrounding Tesla Motors ccontinues today with some fresh breaking news.  Co-founder, Martin Eberhard, who was kicked out of the company back in November 2007, by now CEO Elon Musk, is sueing Musk and Tesla Motors for slander, libel, and breach of contract.
Tesla spokesperson. Rachel Konrad had the following to say “This [...]

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Criagslist CEO Stands Up Against SC Attorney General

May 18, 2009

For the past month, Craigslist has been in quite the heated debate with South Carolina over removing the ‘erotic services’ section of the site. Today, SC Attorney General issued a notice saying “As of 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, the craigslist South Carolina site continues to display advertisements for prostitution and graphic pornographic material. This content [...]

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Let Steve Tear His House Down?

April 29, 2009

Last night further hearings took place to decide the fate of Steve Jobs’ home. The Apple CEO has been trying to tear down his Woodside home for many years, a dilapidated mansion that many activists believe to be a historic landmark. Preservationists came from as far away as Florida and Virginia to make their case [...]

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Yahoo Getting Sued In Belgium For Withholding Data

March 2, 2009

A court in Belgium, today found Internet company Yahoo guilty of withholding personal account information linked to Yahoo e-mail addresses in a cyber-criminal investigation. Belgian authorities subpoenaed detailed account data for a number of e-mail addresses used by a gang of alleged internet cons The court told the company to cough up a €55,000 fine [...]

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Microsoft Sues TomTom Over In-Car Navigation IP

February 25, 2009

Microsoft today filed a lawsuit against in-car navigation company, TomTom,  alleging that the in-car navigation company’s devices violate eight of its patent. Three of the patent claims accuse TomTom’s implementation of the Linux kernel steps on Microsoft IP, and five others violate proprietary software. More specifically, five of the patents in dispute relate to in-car [...]

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