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When Facebook Bought ConnectU From the Winklevii (Or, Parsing Legal Filings for Fun)

Liz Gannes in Social on December 10, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

Earlier this week there was some confusion about outlets reporting that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss had filed another lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their social networking idea. The brief was actually filed back in June, but it’s still interesting reading.

Jennifer Granick, Lawyer to Hackers, Joins Zwillinger Genetski

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 2, 2010 at 10:58 am PT

San Francisco lawyer Jennifer Granick, until recently civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is joining the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Zwillinger Genetski. Granick gained a reputation as a lawyer willing to defend accused computer hackers.

HP CEO to Oracle: Here’s Looking at You, Kid–Suntory Time!

John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2010 at 12:37 pm PT

The process servers Oracle’s hired to track down former SAP Chief Leo Apotheker can take a few days off. Apotheker, who’s just begun his new gig as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is far beyond their 100-mile reach.

Ellison to Self: Damn, Damn. I Knew I Should Have Said $4.5 Billion

John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2010 at 11:25 am PT

Whatever damages Oracle is awarded in its suit against SAP, they’ll be $500 million lighter, thanks to an order by the judge presiding over the case.

SAP Attorney: Board Knew TomorrowNow Was Infringing at Time of Acquisition

John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:15 pm PT

Proceedings in the Oracle-SAP trial kicked off today with a comment, startling in both its source and content. While discussing instructions to be given to the jury before it begins deliberations, SAP attorney Greg Lanier remarked that “at time of acquisition, the board was aware of [infringing] software on TomorrowNow’s computers.”

Oracle Co-President on SAP’s Damages Offer: “It’s Crazy”

John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2010 at 8:02 am PT

Whatever points SAP managed to score in its high-stakes legal battle with Oracle Monday–by introducing an email from Oracle President Safra Catz suggesting the company had not lost any large customers to its German competitor after it bought TomorrowNow–dropped off the board when Catz finally took the stand herself.

Oracle Enlists Process Servers, Not PIs, to Find HP CEO

John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2010 at 3:06 am PT

Oracle is still on the hunt for former SAP chief and current HP CEO Léo Apotheker, but it hasn’t enlisted private investigators to track him down. Sources in a position to know tell me that the PIs rumored to be searching for Apotheker are actually PSs–process servers, agents charged with delivering subpoenas to their intended recipient.

Oracle-SAP Trial: Ellison Swaps Katana for Poison Darts

John Paczkowski in News on November 8, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT

If Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s testimony today in the SAP trial lacked his usual flair for enthusiastic bloodletting, it was only because he put aside his standard samurai tactics in favor of a more subtle ninja approach.

Series Seed Documents Legal Guru Ted Wang Speaks! (Plus Get Your Free Term Sheet Here)

Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

BoomTown finally got to meet Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang today, which was kind of a thrill since most tight-lipped attorneys run in the other direction when they see me coming. But Wang–who works for Fenwick & West and is a popular legal adviser to a spate of digital start-ups, such as Facebook, Aardvark, Twitter and many others–has a lot to talk about with the launch of a new Web site called Series Seed Documents earlier this week. It’s a laudable effort at simplifying the complex–especially since most lawyers mostly like to complexify the simple.