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Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple conducted its own investigation into the matter and cleared Jobs, even though it also said he was aware of the backdating and actually recommended some of the dates. In April, the SEC filed suit against Heinen and Fred Anderson, Apple's... [21 Sep 2007]
Verizon wins $58m damages from Vonage
News Vonage was cleared of infringing two patents related to billing systems designed to prevent fraud. Verizon filed a lawsuit against Vonage in June 2006, in the US District Court for the Virginia Eastern District, accusing the IP telephony service... [09 Mar 2007]
HP leak probe: Criminal charges filed
News Asked whether the attorney general had effectively cleared HP CEO Mark Hurd, who has acknowledged being informed of many of the methods used in HP's investigation, Anderson said: "It would be premature to say anyone is cleared.the investigation... [05 Oct 2006]
Microsoft wins reprieve in browser patent case
News UC spokesman Trey Davis said: "We cleared most of the serious issues, so I would consider this a victory for the university. At the district court proceedings, the company had claimed that Doyle, when he filed the patent application originally, had... [03 Mar 2005]
IBM-Lenovo deal under scrutiny
News The Lenovo deal cleared one of its first regulatory hurdles earlier this month when the Federal Trade Commission indicated it would not raise any antitrust objections. IBM spokesman Ed Barbini said the company had filed required notices with the... [27 Jan 2005]
Ofcom slams BT on anti-competitive broadband
News This is a long-running case that has lasted over two years, during which time we've been cleared twice. The decision, which BT is contesting, dates back to a complaint filed over two years ago - since when many of the main players have changed... [02 Sep 2004]
5 years ago: Gates testifies in Bristol case
News Heading south to Brazil, the software giant has been cleared of any anticompetitive behaviour after a six-year investigation by the Brazilian government, which itself is the biggest public sector user of Linux in South America. [08 Jun 2004]
More Linux lawsuits on the cards from SCO
News ISVs [independent software vendors], end users, customers - they all want this cleared up. IBM, one of the biggest corporate proponents of Linux, came under attack from SCO early this year when the software maker filed a $3bn lawsuit accusing Big... [19 Nov 2003]
Student who foiled CD protection with Shift to face court
News In a criminal case, Russian company ElcomSoft was cleared of charges that it had distributed software that willfully broke through Adobe Systems' e-book copy protection. Several civil and criminal cases based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act... [10 Oct 2003]
Ex-Sun worker sues for age and race discrimination
News Carlini also said Sun has been cleared of similar charges that its H-1B practices violated labour laws. It seems similar to what we've seen in the past where we have been cleared," she said. Kruz's suit, filed in Superior Court in Santa Clara... [19 Mar 2003]
eBay justice probe comes out clean
News eBay has been cleared of any anti-competitive practices by the US Department of Justice.eBay was being investigated for blocking auction aggregator sites from including details of eBay auctions on their sites. [26 Mar 2002]
Dodgy dealing all round
Comment He was personally cleared of any involvement early this week, although a holding company he owned admitted it had acted illegally. The judge said that a patent filed long before the inception of the web might no longer be relevant, pointing out... [14 Feb 2002]
