Legal

BP asks Halliburton to pay for oil spill damages

Oil giant BP has asked Halliburton to pay for the damages that occurred from oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lexington man busted for using $1000000 bill at Walmart

Does a million dollar bill really exist in the United States? It does not!

Exxon Mobil awarded $900mn in oil dispute

An international arbitration panel has ordered Venezuela to pay Exxon Mobil $908 million in compensation for nationalization of its assets in Orinoco Belt.

Italy slaps hefty $1.2mn fine on Apple

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is now facing some heat from Italy's anti-trust authorities for deceptive practices regarding post-purchase assistance and product warranties.

Company sues ex-employee over ownership of Twitter account

Can the company control your social media profile when you change job?

British Telecom sues Google over violation of patents

British Telecommunications (BT) has filed a case against Google in a Delaware court, United States.

Rudy Ruettiger pays $383K to settle SEC fraud suit

Daniel 'Rudy' Ruettiger, best remembered as the underdog football player at University of Notre Dame, was charged Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a stock fraud scheme.

US court rejects Apple's request to ban Samsung products

A U.S. district court judge on Friday rejected Apple Inc.'s request to ban sales of Samsung Electronic Co.’s smartphones and tablets.

Samsung wins right to sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

Samsung wins a battle in the patent wars against Apple!

IPCom seeking ban on HTC sales in Germany

Shoppers hoping to bag HTC smartphones this Christmas in Germany may have to face disappointment if a German patent firm has its way.

AT&T to offer to sell up to 40 percent of T-Mobile -- Bloomberg

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is planning to offer to divest a large chunk of T-Mobile USA to gain clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its takeover, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan.

Barnes & Noble requests DOJ to probe Microsoft's patent claims

Barnes & Noble has requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the patents that Microsoft claims on devices running Google’s Android.