general counsel

Show Results by: News (26)

Narrow Your Results: Microsoft Corp. (9); antitrust (5); lawyer (5); Rep. (4); Brad Smith (4); Democrat (4); decision (4); CEO (4); e-mail (4); open source (4); agreement (3); GPL (3); HP (3); chairman (3); European Union (3)

1 | 2 Next

News Stories

Showing 1-20 of 26 results found

Apple's head lawyer steps down

May 8, 2006 The Mac maker confirms that Nancy Heinen, its general counsel and highest-ranking female executive, has left the company. TAGS: departure, general counsel, Mac maker, Apple Computer, lawyer

HP appoints Holston as general counsel

February 7, 2007 New appointee had key role in company's pretexting scandal as an external counsel. TAGS: counsel, general counsel, pretexting, HP

FCC commissioner can break tie in AT&T-BellSouth merger

December 9, 2006 General counsel says commissioner can vote, even though he recused himself with conflicts of interest. TAGS: general counsel, merger, BellSouth Corp., FCC Commissioner, AT&T Corp., congressman, vote, chairman, letter, decision, commission

AT&T-BellSouth vote raises new concerns

December 6, 2006 Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote. TAGS: general counsel, merger, BellSouth Corp., chairman, vote, telecommunications, Democrat, Rep., Republican, letter, AT&T Corp., decision, agency

Google defends Net neutrality regulations

August 22, 2006 During in-person debate, telecom executives claim Google is hypocritical on Net neutrality and worried about search competition. TAGS: Net Neutrality, broadband provider, regulation, debate, Google Inc., general counsel, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., search engine, telecommunications company, broadband, vice president, eBay Inc., video

Microsoft to pay Novell $536 million settlement

November 8, 2004 The software giant settles one legal claim with Novell over NetWare, but can't reach a deal over a second issue involving WordPerfect. TAGS: Novell Inc., settlement, antitrust, Corel WordPerfect, European Union, general counsel, Novell NetWare, Sun Microsystems Inc., agreement, Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft to Google: Take an antitrust lesson from us

June 28, 2007 The software maker's deputy general counsel says it's learned its lesson in dealing with regulators. Is Google listening? TAGS: antitrust, regulator, federal judge, general counsel, Google Inc., practice, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact

November 7, 2006 Novell disclosed details of its five-year partnership with competitor Microsoft in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. TAGS: Novell Inc., pact, general counsel, Brad Smith, patent, virtualization, agreement, GPL, SuSE, enterprise server, payment, Linux, Microsoft Corp., open source, server

EU upholds penalties against Microsoft

December 22, 2004 Judge orders company to unbundle Windows Media Player and to share server technology. Appeals aren't over yet, though. TAGS: Brad Smith, commission, penalty, general counsel, litigation, European Union, court, media player, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Corp., president, server, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Yahoo on NSA surveillance: No comment

February 15, 2006 California politician tries to get Yahoo's lawyer to say whether company is cooperating with a domestic spying program. TAGS: Brad Sherman, NSA, Yahoo! Inc., lawyer, Rep., general counsel, sheriff, law, Los Angeles, Democrat, California, e-mail

Bush picks tech lawyer for security post

July 14, 2005 Stewart Baker, an influential and polarizing Washington figure, is chosen to oversee Homeland Security's new policy-planning efforts. TAGS: Stewart Baker, general counsel, policy, NSA, homeland security, lawyer, Washington, U.S., security

GPL 3 not expected to split free-software world

March 25, 2005 Despite open-source developers' concerns, Free Software Foundation's general counsel predicts no difficulty in moving to third version. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, general counsel, Debian, Linux, project, developer

Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model

October 25, 2007 After EU antitrust ruling, company questions whether Microsoft's patent arrangement is compatible with open-source licensing. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., commission, open source, settlement, general counsel, patent, antitrust, decision, Microsoft Corp., developer, effect

Lawyer: Open-source risks overblown

November 2, 2005 Prominent open-source software attorney says the GPL already minimizes many risks of using free and open-source software. TAGS: GPL, open-source software, risk, Free Software Foundation, general counsel, patent, lawyer, open source

FBI Net-wiretapping rules face challenges

October 24, 2005 Rules demanding that Internet providers and universities rewire their networks for FBI surveillance are being challenged in federal court. TAGS: CALEA, Pulver.com, telecommunications, Internet phone, general counsel, regulation, court, service provider, rule, Internet service, VoIP, P2P, law, broadband, Internet Service Provider

Microsoft seeks settlement in Google lawsuit

September 13, 2005 After a judge limits Kai-Fu Lee's duties, Microsoft offers to end the case involving its former executive. TAGS: recruiting, Kai-Fu Lee, Brad Smith, China, Google Inc., lawsuit, general counsel, Human Resources, duty, agreement, trial, order, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: The EU appeal still matters

December 22, 2004 Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith speaks with News.com about why he thinks a settlement might still be possible. TAGS: Brad Smith, settlement, European Union, antitrust, framework, penalty, general counsel, court, Europe, order, decision, Microsoft Corp., media player, server, Microsoft Windows

FBI chief blames computers for privacy flap

March 27, 2007 Senators are told FBI's misleading reports on surveillance are due in part to transferring information between databases--by retyping it manually. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, general counsel, database, Sen., letter, e-mail