Category: Lawsuits

California Supreme Court invalidates most non-competes »

According to this release over at Morgan Miller Blair, the California Supreme Court has completed the task of invalidating virtually all non-compete agreements within the state of California:
In Edwards v. Arthur Andersen, the Court examined an employment agreement between Arthur Andersen and one of its former tax manager employees, Raymond Edwards.  The agreement contained a [...]

Expanded lawsuit claims “millions of devices” (PDAs, cellphones) infringe »

According to this story over at PocketLink, Typhoon Touch Technologies has “’significantly expanded’ its patent infringement suit begun in December 2007 against Dell by adding Apple, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Lenovo, Panasonic, HTC, Palm, Samsung, Nokia and LG” — in other words, just about every firm that manufactures a “portable computer with touch screen and computer system [...]

A different kind of IT system failure lawsuit »

The ACLU is trying to bring a class action lawsuit against the state of Indiana because of problems with its recently rolled-out welfare benefits management system:
INDIANAPOLIS – Problems with Indiana’s landmark automation of welfare eligibility have cost some disabled residents food stamps and other benefits they need to survive, the American Civil Liberties Union alleges [...]