Patent Law

SEC Settles Earnings Management Charges Against Former Nortel VPs
The SEC announced that Craig A. Johnson, James B. Kinney and Kenneth R.W. Taylor ? who were the vice presidents of finance for the Wireline, Wireless, and Enterprise business units of Nortel Networks Corporation (?Nortel?), respectively ? agreed to settle...

Breaking News on QPSX v. Nortel - Remittitur Granted From $28 million to $11.82 million.
In April of last year, a Marshall jury in Judge Ward's court found for the plaintiff in QPSX Development 5 PTY LTD v. Nortel, et al., 2:05cv268. Nortel was the only defendant remaining at trial, and the jury found infringement,...

QPSX v. Nortel settles
QPSX Developments 5 Pty Ltd. v. Nortel Networks, Inc., NO. CIV.A. 2:05-CV-268, the case which resulted in a $28 million verdict last spring, reduced to $11 million by Judge Ward in a post-verdict ruling last week (excluding enhancement) settled earlier...

QPSX v. Nortel JMOL/Remittitur opinion reported
QPSX Developments 5 Pty Ltd. v. Nortel Networks, Inc., 2008 WL 728201(E.D.Tex. Mar 18, 2008) (NO. CIV.A. 2:05-CV-268) Judge: T. John Ward Holding: Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law DENIED; Remittitur GRANTED I posted on this last...

Former Nortel Executives Hit With Criminal Charges
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 20, 2008. Former Nortel Executives Hit With Criminal Charges"A former Nortel Networks chief executive and two of his lieutenants were charged on Thursday with fraudulently misstating financial results as the telephone equipment maker struggled to right itself after the tech bubble burst in 2001...

DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES SLOW YOU DOWN
Authored by: Randall Appleton As a personal injury lawyer with a long commute from Nags Head, NC to Virginia Beach, VA each day, I was amazed at some news about cars and cell phones in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper...

Nortel
faces class action over changes to employee pension plan

Samsung
Recalls Jitterbug Cell Phones

Treo Smartphones
Palm Inc. agrees to class action cash rebates for defective phones.

T-mobile data plans, T-mobile, t-mobile phones
T-Mobile Faces Class Action over Limited Unlimited Data Plans