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How search engines rate on privacy

August 13, 2007 News.com asks Google, Yahoo and others to fess up on what they do to protect their users' personal information.In their own words: Search engines on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, search engine, privacy, survey, lawyer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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, Rep., Yahoo! Inc., lawyer, sheriff, general counsel, law, Democrat, Los Angeles, California, e-mail

Bush to tap telecoms lawyer for FCC vacancy

February 3, 2006 Robert McDowell has been a vice president for Comptel, an organization that lobbies for smaller telecommunications companies. TAGS: telecommunications, Republican, lawyer, commission

Lawyers: Vista branding confused even Microsoft

November 28, 2007 Company marketing manager among those unclear about what "Vista capable" means, say lawyers pursuing class action suit. TAGS: plaintiff, lawyer, director of marketing, class action, Microsoft Windows Vista, branding, Seattle, Microsoft Corp., OEM, retailer, Microsoft Windows, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Barney's legal threats end up extinct

November 29, 2006 Lawyers for plump purple Tyrannosaur yield on legal threats against parody Web site and agree to pay a $5,000 fine. TAGS: lawyer, lawsuit, settlement, threat, attorney, Adobe PDF

Apple beats Beatles, but loses lawyer

May 8, 2006 Tech company wins fight over its use of the Apple logo with iTunes, but loses it's top legal counsel. TAGS: lawyer, Apple Computer, technology company, Apple iTunes, blog, Apple MacBook

Police blotter: Heirs sue over will-making software

January 24, 2007 Quicken software is used to create a will for a 91-year-old woman. Two grandnieces claim it's the unauthorized practice of law. TAGS: Police Blotter, Quicken, South Carolina, law, practice, representative, woman, lawyer, insurance, work

Novell boosts legal team with litigation expert

August 6, 2007 Company taps high-powered patent lawyer Eric Acker, who has a formidable history, including 45 jury trials as a federal prosecutor. TAGS: Novell Inc., litigation, federal prosecutor, lawyer, patent, law firm, Microsoft Corp.

Apple names new head lawyer

November 13, 2006 Following Nancy Heinen's departure, Mac maker taps IBM veteran Donald Rosenberg to take reins of its legal department. TAGS: Mac maker, stock option, CFO, lawyer, Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, IBM Corp.

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, lawyer, Apple Computer

How Washington reinvented invention

April 5, 2006 Former White House adviser Brian Kahin raises questions about a controversial patent decision. TAGS: patent, lawyer, Washington, decision, attorney, U.S.

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. TAGS: lawyer, Sen., attorney, attorney general, U.S., general counsel, profile, Microsoft Corp.

Police Blotter: Ex-employee's Yahoo Mail subpoenaed

April 8, 2006 In this week's installment, Vermont bioscience company sues ex-employee over a personal Web site and demands his Yahoo Mail correspondence. TAGS: Vermont, Police Blotter, subpoena, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Inc., motion, lawyer, California, password

Lawsuit seeks to block Google settlement

May 12, 2006 Suit argues that affected advertisers would not be compensated enough by $90 million click fraud settlement. TAGS: click fraud, settlement, proposed settlement, advertiser, lawsuit, Arkansas, plaintiff, lawyer, class action, Google Inc., California, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Courtroom showdown for Microsoft and Google

September 6, 2005 Microsoft lawyers claim Kai-Fu Lee can't be trusted with corporate secrets, while Google says Redmond is off-base. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, Google Inc., China, lawyer, Eric Schmidt, attorney, Dr., trial, Redmond, Seattle, Microsoft Corp., vice president, agreement

TVUPlayer: Another Napster?

October 24, 2006 The video service is building an audience but legal experts wonder about copyright issues. Image: Peer-to-peer television TAGS: TVU Networks, copyright violation, Napster Inc., Disney Corp., P2P, broadcaster, spokesman, channel, streaming video, lawyer, YouTube, U.S., TV, video

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: file-swapping, Shareaza, file-trading, open source, open-source project, Grokster Ltd., court, piracy, project, lawyer, P2P, LimeWire, software company, programming

TorrentSpy lawyer battling 'copyright extremism'

July 31, 2007 Ira Rothken, a veteran of nasty copyright fights between Hollywood and Silicon Valley, has a large stake in the copyright system. TAGS: ReplayTV, lawyer, RIAA, founder, suit, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, entertainment, start-up, search engine

Viacom lawyer: YouTube knows it violates copyrights

March 16, 2007 Attorney for media conglomerate says Google doesn't adequately police pirated clips, leaving his company with an unfair burden. TAGS: Viacom Inc., DMCA, YouTube, attorney, lawyer, Google Inc., Washington, service provider, work, video

Lawyer for former HP chairman vows revenge on Perkins

February 28, 2007 Former board member Tom Perkins accused of "cowardly attacks" and "rewriting history" in his recent comments about Patricia Dunn. TAGS: Patricia Dunn, Carly Fiorina, board member, attorney general, scandal, lawyer, chairman, investigation, HP, California, attack, Dell
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