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- Cybersettle Makes a Strong Case for a New Kind of Collaboration in the Dispute Resolution Space
- Insurance settlement disputes hurt both defendants and claimants. Still, the need to preserve bargaining leverage has kept the resolution cycle long - and very costly for insurers. Streamlining and simplifying the claims resolution process enables insurance companies to transform their claims processes and optimize their legal and administrative resources. Cybersettle...
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- Lawyer files a full-throated attack on Google Books deal
- Lawyers and the New York Times are sitting up to take notice of a new "sweeping" objection to the Google Books deal. The objector is Scott E. Gant, an author and partner at the Washington law firm of Boies Schiller & Flexner. In an interview, he told the Times: ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Class Action, Attack, Gant, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- With Microsoft search deal Yahoo risks becoming AOL
- With Microsoft search deal Yahoo risks becoming AOLAOL's decline not due to outsourcing search...I understand the comparison, but AOL's decline was not due to outsourcing search to Google. It declined because it was too slow in migrating to broadband and because it kept charging for too long what other properties...
- Tags: INTERNET, Free trade, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Search Deal
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Microsoft hit with patent suit over update tech
- Microsoft hit with patent suit over update techMicrosoft hit with patent suit over update techIf this goes to court Microsoft will need to win this case otherwise it could spell disaster for every other company that has updates. Again, that is "IF" since they never were served their papers...
- Tags: BitTorrent DNA, update tech, Microsoft Hit, Microsoft Corp., patent suit, BackWeb
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations
- On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (HR 7084). Once the House voted in favor of the bill...
- Tags: Settlement, Negotiation, Webcaster, Pandora, Free Trade, Team Management, Finance, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
- When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...
- Tags: Internet Radio, Radio, U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Is Last.FM the copyright compromise we seek?
- Having covered Internet business models for well over 10 years now I have been anxious to see a settlement to the Copyright Wars. While its trade groups continue to go after file hoarders as thieves, the music industry has been quietly backing-away from the implications of the DMCA,...
- Tags: Artist, Internet, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Operational Accounting, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Security, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Google's YouTube copyright tool: Potential annoyance, Viacom settlement fodder
- Google launched the beta of its "highly complicated" YouTube copyright tool dubbed YouTube Video Identification. In its corporate blog Google notes that "Video Identification is the next step in a long list of content policies and tools that we have provided copyright owners so that they can...
- Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, YouTube Inc., Tool, Viacom Inc., Productivity, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun
- Now that the "first ever" suit for patent infringement has been lodged against two major Linux distributors, many Microsoft watchers are looking for the smoking gun that will somehow connect Microsoft to the case. I have to say that it's hard to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Microsoft Corp., Brunell, Intellectual Property, Linux, Open Source, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- China stepping back from proposed blog rules
- China stepping back from proposed blog rulesBush Solution Was a Good OneThe current US President Bush solved the slander via blog problem by applying existing laws involving voice communication. If you think of a divorce, the solution is easy to understand. Say a person wants to for legal strategy discredit...
- Tags: Blogging, Litigation, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SAY IT, real name, harassment, husband
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Microsoft Research goes to school
- Microsoft Research goes to schoolMIT should be embarassed about taking this money, It is like churchestaking money from drug dealers.European Model?Why is it that education is one of the few areas that cultural snobs don't want to compare the U.S. model to the European model?If you want to improve education...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Corporate law, education, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Research
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Belkin, Microsoft settle patent suit
- Belkin, Microsoft settle patent suitgood dealAt least it is settled.This is crazy!Crazy I say!U2? The Rock Band?Does Microslop actually own the rights to U2 or did they steal the technology from someone else, like everything else they claim as their own? Gates and Ballmer would probably sue their...
- Tags: Belkin Corp., Microsoft Corp., gangster, patent
- Discussion threads 2006-12-01
- DirectRevenue settles class action lawsuit
- Announced today -- adware company DirectRevenue has settled the lawsuit brought last April as a class action in the state of Illinois. DirectRevenue has been under fire for its installation through exploits, making its software next to impossible to remove by usual methods, bundling adware/spyware, using deceptive business practices....
- Tags: DirectRevenue
- Blog posts 2006-03-13
- Microsoft: No personal data went to DOJ
- Microsoft: No personal data went to DOJMicrosoft: No personal data went to DOJThis is Personal Data; Name, rank, serial number.But the data where you travel isn't personal. Just leave out the idenity/type of the traveler. Just say some people travel here, and others travel somewhere else. Shouldn't...
- Tags: government, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice, personal data
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- EU court names intervenors in Microsoft case
- EU court names intervenors in Microsoft caseIf we cannot convince you we CAN confuse you.``Notably absent were those who withdrew last year after settling with Microsoft.They include the Computer and Communications Industry Association, which received about $20 million as a settlement, and Novell, which withdrew after it received a payment...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Litigation, Microsoft Corp., media player
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- Friendster fires developer for blog
- Friendster fires developer for blognothing incriminating... I'll never use Friendster...I read the blog, and couldn't find anything bad that was said about Friendster. Only that they switch to PHP and it was running faster, which is like an advertisement for the site.As such, I hate when people are terminated...
- Tags: Social networking, Blogging, Friendster Inc., blog
- Discussion threads 2004-08-31
- Microsoft reveals a softer side
- Microsoft reveals a softer sideReal NetworkCome on! Realplayer is the biggest piece of s*** on the planet. It doesn't get "play" on our network and I would NEVER recommend it to anyone. This is one fight that I'm actually cheering on Microsoft. Real should be classified...
- Tags: Litigation, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-04-02
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