NEXT
Sign in to follow

Legaltech News

Xact Data Discovery Acquired by Private Equity Firm JLL Partners

The acquisition is the latest move by private equity to support the e-discovery industry.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Microprocessors Represent a Dangerous 'Spectre' of a Security Threat

While it is possible to protect against the recently discovered “Meltdown” microprocessor vulnerability, the “Spectre” threat may prove far more trouble for companies to address.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Apple Faces Spreading Legal Woes Over Slowed iPhones

In France, the technology giant faces a preliminary criminal probe alleging “programmed obsolescence” of older iPhones, while plaintiffs are pushing for MDL treatment of at least 30 civil suits in the U.S.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Perkins Coie Turns to Project Management Tech to Tame Patent Prosecution

The law firm commissioned Elevate Services to create and deploy its Patent Prosecution Platform in a bid to better meet client expectations and adapt to a fixed-fee market.
5 minute read

Law.com

Heather Meeker: Big Trends in Open Source Software and the Law

In the latest episode of Unprecedented, O'Melveny & Myers partner Heather Meeker talks about license enforcement by major tech companies, security and open source, and the challenges open source projects face in dealing with sexual harassment amid the #MeToo movement.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Rimini Liable for Copyright Infringement Against Oracle but Not Computer Crimes, 9th Circuit Rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday lopped a sizable chunk out of Oracle Corp.'s $124 million copyright and computer crime judgment against software support provider Rimini Street Inc.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Google Engineer Fired Over Memo Launches Class Action Suit

Conservative Bay Area lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is representing James Damore in a class action suit alleging political, gender and race discrimination by Google.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision Preventing Reverse Engineering of Source Code Upheld

Technology Law columnists Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write: In October 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held, to the disappointment of several amici that submitted briefs on defendant's behalf, that at least with respect to the governing software license “reverse engineering” as defined in the relevant license was not limited to accessing and copying software, as such a narrow interpretation would render other provisions of the license superfluous.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Meet the GC at Aptean, Katherine Dunn

The Daily Report speaks with Katherine Dunn, the top lawyer at Alpharetta-based application software provider Aptean about everything from whom she turns to for outside counsel to what she does when she's not in the office.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DPAs and NPAs Down, but Don't Get Your Corporate Hopes Up

Prosecutors still aren't "pulling a punch in any way," according to Joseph Warin of Gibson Dunn.
4 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • The Role of Evolving Support Structures in Optimizing Legal Talent

    Brought to you by BigHand

    Download Now

  • Corporate Monitorship Advisory Services

    Brought to you by HaystackID

    Download Now

  • AI-Powered Deposition and Medical Record Summaries: Low Risk, High Reward

    Brought to you by Parrot

    Download Now

  • Aligning Client Needs with Lawyer Growth and Profitability

    Brought to you by BigHand

    Download Now