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JD Edwards sues Ellison and Oracle for $1.7bn
News Earlier this week, merger partner PeopleSoft had left Oracle lawyers waiting at the court after telling them it was planning to sue. In a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court, J.D. J.D.... [13 Jun 2003]
Leader: How can we stop ageism in IT?
Leader Ageism exists outside the UK, yes, but companies have to be more careful because there's always a threat that an employee or potential employee will sue. Readers have been quite vocal on the topic, so... [01 Jun 2004]
Ginger, ginger, ginger and Orange, Orange, Orange
Comment The report says: "Shareholders in high-licence-cost countries will sue governments for destroying the profitability of the mobile industry by imposing huge licence costs. Forrester Research believes angry shareholders... [18 Jan 2001]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up Next, Microsoft will be saying it won't sue open-source developers who create non-commercial software based on its protocols. Who'd have thought it? The Round-Up should point out that it is not a... [29 Feb 2008]
Ask the Lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment Of course, if you are an individual with no assets, no-one will actually sue you - but you may find the whole enterprise fraught with difficulty. Q: I'd like to know if I am legally entitled to monitor... [19 Apr 2000]
Encryption guru takes a stand
News Zimmermann said he intends to sue the US government and use the Freedom of Information Act, to force the full details of the investigation to be revealed. I'd like to know what they did. Internet legend,... [01 Jun 1999]
Memo to domain name industry - SORT IT OUT
Comment All that's about is lawyers who want to sue each other. Just when you thought you'd had your fill of domain name controversies another one comes along to join in the fun. juliaroberts.com, madonna.com,... [09 Jan 2002]
Ecommerce to overtake conventional trading, says PSINet chief
News All these things happen all over the world, we are keenly aware of them, but we can't watch everything and when people sue us, we watch a little more carefully. I'd say the UK is very well situated going... [20 Oct 1999]
Qualcomm: 'We'd consider Nokia venture and WiMax buy'
News The patent spat, which has seen Qualcomm sue Nokia in the US and the UK and Nokia also get litigious, relates to GSM patents set to expire in April. Jacobs added he'd like to see "more of a win-win",... [05 Dec 2006]
More Linux lawsuits on the cards from SCO
News Linux antagonist SCO Group vowed Tuesday to widen its legal battle against the open source operating system, saying it intends to sue large-scale Linux users for copyright infringement. I think it'd be... [19 Nov 2003]
E-minister asks for industry advice on online trade laws
News The Brussels Convention, originally adopted in 1968, gives customers the right to sue in their own country. If you'd like to have you say email your views to editorial@silicon.com. UK e-minister Patricia... [11 Apr 2000]
Best of Reader Comments: No place for sexism in Linux
News I hope the German feminists will sue them. There are indeed a great many women working with Linux and we'd never knock the work they are doing, which is why we took the approach we did with this story... [17 Feb 2004]
Baltimore keeps its head above water - just
News The company's battle to survive was dealt another blow last month when former CEO Fran Rooney said he would sue Baltimore for alleged disparaging comments made about him. Khezri dismissed claims he'd had... [24 Jan 2002]
Hackers hit high-profile web sites
News is not likely to sue the owners of the servers used to launch these attacks but it does raise issues of legal liability. He said: "Once hackers take control of a system - in itself a criminal offence -... [09 Feb 2000]
Leader: Unjust extradition laws must be amended
Leader To rub salt in the latter's wound CA may also now sue Kumar for his legal expenses. D is for DDoS In this post-Enron era the prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of white collar crime and corporate... [22 Nov 2006]