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The Recorder

Red Hat Files Complaint to Counter Patent Cases Against IBM, HP, Google, Amazon

Red Hat contends Canada-based VirtaMove has "commenced an aggressive litigation campaign" against open-source technology used by the Big Tech companies.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Serious Issues': Georgia Superior Court of Cobb County Authorizes Judicial Emergency After Software Conversion

As part of the CMS conversion, the Clerk's Office has also "ceased allowing defendants and their attorneys the same level of access to case files as it does the District Attorney's office," according to the notice. The office has also begun charging indigent criminal defendants fees for filing, maintained a high number of vacancies, and turned away litigants, attorneys, and court reporters from its front counter, refusing to accept documents presented for filing.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Reversing a $2B Trade Secret Verdict, the Largest in Va. History

Josh Rosenkranz, Eric Shumsky and Chris Cariello of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe secured a ruling from a Virginia appellate court that wiped out a $2 billion trade secret damages verdict facing Massachusetts software company Pegasystems Inc.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Investors Sue CrowdStrike in Class Action Suit

The lawsuit was filed by the Plymouth County Retirement Association, which is represented by New York-based Labaton Keller Sucharow.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Federal Ruling 'Sets Precedent' for 'Trap and Trace' Software Class Actions in Calif.

"It's the first case effectively saying that software on a website can violate the Trap and Trace Law," said Robert Tauler, an attorney at Los Angeles firm Tauler Smith, who is representing the plaintiff.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CrowdStrike Glitch Highlights Risk of Single Point of Failure in Cybersecurity

Competition regulators took notice when a faulty software update from CrowdStrike, a major player in the cybersecurity industry, took down Windows systems all over the world. FTC Chair Lina Khan called it another example of "how concentration can create fragile systems."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Settlement Dilemma in Data Breach Actions: Risk, Strategy, and Legal Insights

Companies are constantly under attack from hackers, as data breaches have become not a matter of if, but when a company will face them.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Goodwin Procter Secures Defense Win in Chip Designers' M&A Dispute

Silvaco's dispute with Nangate arose from a stock purchase agreement signed by the two parties at the time of acquisition.
4 minute read

Law.com

'We Are Becoming Scapegoats': One Year Post-SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Updates and Impacting Rulings

"We need more accountability for the organization instead of focusing on the security leaders of these companies who, in many instances, have their hands tied by execs and the board," said George Gerchow, faculty of cybersecurity consulting firm IANS Research. "We are becoming scapegoats. If this trend continues, you will see an even larger gap in security talent willing to put their credibility on the line, as well as facing charges by the SEC and DOJ."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'This Is Not Going Away': Smackdown in Novel Cybersecurity Case Unlikely to Send SEC Into Retreat

In tossing most of the case against software maker SolarWinds, Judge Paul Engelmayer "creates the notion that the SEC isn't just going to be able to do whatever it wants going forward and serve as an 'overzealous' regulator," said Scott Kannry, CEO of the cyber risk firm Axio.
7 minute read

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