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August 18, 2017
FTC’s Deal With Uber Shows It Won’t Let Up On Data Security
A settlement imposed Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission against Uber for failing to deliver on its data-security promises signals the agency is intent on enforcing consumer information safeguards in spite of statements the acting chairman made after her appointment by the Trump administration, attorneys say.
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August 18, 2017
Uber's Kalanick Invokes Arbitration In Board Seat Lawsuit
Uber Technologies Inc. founder Travis Kalanick on Friday moved to trump a Benchmark Capital Partners LP Delaware lawsuit seeking to oust him from the company’s board, declaring in a bitterly worded motion and brief that disputes over board voting must go to arbitration.
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August 18, 2017
Fed. Circ. Asked To Revive IBM Web Patent Infringement Suit
The owner of a pair of patents involving web page loading asked the Federal Circuit on Thursday to reverse a ruling granting a win to IBM on claims it infringed the patents, saying the district court ran afoul of Federal Circuit precedent and that the ruling should be reversed.
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August 18, 2017
US Trustee Slams Payments To Ybrant's Bankruptcy Counsel
The U.S. trustee’s office told a New York bankruptcy court Thursday that counsel for Ybrant Digital, which filed for Chapter 11 after getting hit with a $37 million arbitration award in a dispute with a South Korean technology company, should return fees that were purportedly received from unauthorized Ybrant subsidiaries.
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August 18, 2017
Uber Can’t Use Ex-Exec’s Doc Theft Admission At Waymo Trial
After receiving a flurry of letters from all sides, U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Friday upheld a finding that attorney-client privilege blocked testimony alleging former Uber self-driving car head Anthony Levandowski admitted to an Uber attorney he’d stolen documents from his previous employer, Waymo.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Intellectual property disputes, including patent, piracy, and trade secrets suits
- Section 301 cases
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions over technology issues
- Privacy disputes
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Employment-related suits, including immigration disputes and stock-option backdating
- Shareholder litigation
- Corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Net neutrality issues
- Technology lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Piracy investigations and enforcement
- Merger reviews
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Project finance involving technology
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of technology practices
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the tech industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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