I can't wait for the first air guitar iPad apps (and the corresponding lawsuits when people start dropping them en masse).
While the outcomes of the lawsuits and the corresponding regulation are still uncertain, some marketplace start-ups, including Alfred, Enjoy Technology, Luxe, and Managed by Q, have preempted the issue by voluntarily turning their workers into employees.
According to today's statement, Acacia subsidiary Creative Internet Advertising Corporation received a $12.4 million final judgment stemming from its May 2009 trial verdict (PDF) and corresponding $6.6 million damages award in its patent lawsuit.
During fiscal year 2011 the Securities and Exchange Commission collected $414m in fines from big financial institutions, and settlements in class-action lawsuits reached $1.5 billion during the corresponding calendar year.
Via Vadis also filed a lawsuit in Germany against Skype on January 21 , 2011for the corresponding European patent and even got a court order to obtain Skype's source code, which Skype has appealed and refuses to turn over.
Romallus O. Murphy, the associate general counsel for the North Carolina N.A.A.C.P., said he and Ms. Coleman looked at the black population and corresponding number of black elected officials when selecting targets for this year's lawsuits.
The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major record companies in the lawsuit against Napster, admitted that it was possible that it had turned over names of some files corresponding to music that the major labels do not own.
"During the sale, it became evident that the sale price did not have a corresponding valuation by an independent qualified professional, and that it was patently discounted sharply below fair market value," the lawsuit alleged.
And we started corresponding".
