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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.
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HP appoints Holston as general counsel
February 7, 2007
New appointee had key role in company's pretexting scandal as an external counsel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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An HP time line
September 7, 2006
A look at the pivotal moments in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom shake-up.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lawyer ratings site not without objections
June 5, 2007
Venture capitalists give $14 million to a how-to-find-an-attorney Web site that lists Abraham Lincoln, Clarence Darrow and felons as available for hire.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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