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Inside the Lawsuit That Could Ground Deadly CIA Predator Drones

A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails obtained by Fast Company suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.READ»

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Ticketmaster Ripped You Off? Get Your Refund

A class-action lawsuit brought against the online ticket seller may finally get you money back for all those "processing fees."READ»

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Apple Smacked With $625.5M Judgment in Mirror Worlds Patent Case, Appeals

CoverFlow is how Mac users view documents, music, videos--most every type of file on its laptops and mobile devices. Now a judge says the company swiped it from Mirror Worlds LLC. READ»

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Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company's line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Could this be the first of many Android-based suits?READ»

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The $131M Ford Rollover Death Verdict That Twitter Broke

Fast Company's Adam L. Penenberg tweets the breaking news about a verdict against Ford in the death of rising Mets star Brian Cole. As reporters lagged behind on the story, Penenberg discovered a new media use for the 140-character format.READ»

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Rainn Wilson and "I'm With Coco's" Aviv Hadar Sue Each Other Over Soul Ownership

Rainn Wilson (best known as Dwight Schrute on "The Office") is now countersuing Aviv Hadar, creator of both "I'm With Coco" and the Think Brilliant design house. It's a mess, involving broken contracts and one odd hacking escapade.READ»

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Record Biz Nails Online Porn Companies With Stiff Fine for Copyright Violation

A nice pair--of porn companies, that is--is being sued by the music industry for featuring songs in their XXX-rated clips without permission. The copyright infringement suit was filed at the U.S. District Court in L.A. last week, ...READ»

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Dell Lawsuit Highlights Broken PCs, Dirty Business Dealings

Lawsuits are looming over Dell that finally, publicly confirm something that many users have known for a long time--its machines are technically flawed. Did Dell's business rest on screwing over the user, in return for quick and dirty ...READ»

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Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com, Alleging a Whopping Nine Patent Violations

Microsoft filed a suit against business software distributor Salesforce.com, alleging violation of nine separate patents, mostly for back-end technologies. It's a rare show of force for the Redmond giant.READ»

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Plagued by Lawsuits, McAfee Founder Hunts for Cures in Belize

John McAfee, the antivirus-software pioneer, says he's lost most of his fortune -- but doesn't care. To the contrary, he now hopes to give something back by deriving antibiotics from jungle plants in Belize. Really?READ»

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Settlement reached in Bush civil case

A source has told Yahoo! Sports that former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush has reached a cheap Nike shoes settlement in a civil case brought by Lloyd Lake, one of the financiers of failed marketing ...READ»

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No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

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More Plaintiffs Allege Extortion in Yelp Lawsuit

The legal pressure on Yelp is mounting: New plaintiffs have joined the case which alleges the social media review site offered to remove bad customer reviews of a business if that business bought advertising space on Yelp ...READ»

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HTC Responds to Apple's Patent Lawsuit, Rejects Accusations

HTC finally stepped up and responded to Apple's lawsuits claiming patent violation of several of HTC's Android handsets--and, unsurprisingly, the Taiwanese manufacturer plans to fight.READ»

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News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, IBM, and Samsung.READ»

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Former Sun Microsystems CEO: HTC Isn't the First Company to Face Legal Threats From Steve Jobs

Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has stepped up to defend Google (in a roundabout way, via HTC) from the patent attacks recently leveled by Apple. If you want to be truly disturbed at how virulent the patent ...READ»

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Yelp CEO Responds to Class-Action Lawsuits Alleging Extortion

Yelp has been the subject of continued grumblings that its ethics are less than stellar--and last week, the user-generated reviews site got hit with an official class-action lawsuit making those grumblings legal accusations. Even worse, yet another (very similar) lawsuit just emerged.READ»

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Apple Sues HTC for Infringing on 20 iPhone Patents

Whoa, Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware." The guns are out. Steve Jobs' biting take on the lawsuit: "We can sit by and watch ...READ»

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Xerox Sues Google and Yahoo Over Alleged Patent Violation

Last Friday, Xerox filed a lawsuit seeking compensation over patent-infringement claims. The copy giant claims that Google and Yahoo have been using its own technology for search queries and data integration. A spokesman for Xerox ...READ»

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