Personal Injury Law

Acer Recalls Desktop Computers Due To Burn Hazard
Acer America Corp, in conjunction with CPSC, announced a voluntary recall of Acer Predator Desktop Computers because the insulation on the internal wiring can become bent or stripped causing the wires to overheat, which poses a burn hazard to users...

Sue Where The Assets Are: Reflex Packaging is suing former client Lenovo for patent infringement in US
Reflex Packaging (Reflex) was supplying patented thermoformed cushions for packaging for Lenovo's computers. In 2008 Lenovo asked Reflex to remove their name and patent number from the packages...

HP Expands Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries
Washington, DC: Hewlett-Packard is recalling about 54,000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. This action follows an earlier recall issued in May 2009, in which 70,000 units were recalled.

Peanut Corporation of America Expands Recall and Issues Statement
The Peanut Corporation of America published two press releases yesterday. First an extended recall notice: Peanut Corporation of America Expands Nationwide Recall of Peanut Products PCA Announces the Voluntary Recall of All Peanuts and Peanut Products Shipped from Georgia Plant...

Seeking Advice on Buying Cheap Used Desktop Computers for a 7-Year-Old
(Eugene Volokh) I?d like to buy a cheap used desktop computer for my 7-year-old. It doesn?t have to be fancy; he?s mostly using it for word processing, drawing, and some light Internet research, plus occasional computer games (which we tell ourselves are educational)...

Lenovo in China with the Legacy of IBM Set to Replace HP and Dell as Number One in Global PC Market Share in 2013: Innovative and Nimble, with a Touch of Mao
Chuck Salter at FastCompany.com reports on the phenomenal rise of China's No. 1 PC seller Lenovo in Protect And Attack: Lenovo's New Strategy. A rave like the following is worth checking out: "Stateside, Lenovo is best known as the outfit that came out of nowhere to buy IBM's PC division and ThinkPad brand in 2005...