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Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent-Fraud Claim

Kara Swisher in News on May 16 at 3:13 pm PT

Yahoo’s dog ate its homework, says Facebook.

Nest Fires Back in Honeywell Suit, Brings Apple Chief Legal Counsel on Board

Lauren Goode in News on April 12 at 5:59 am PT

Start-up Nest, maker of a thermostat that Honeywell has alleged infringes on its patents, is fighting back against the industrials giant.

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

Kara Swisher in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.

Here Are the 10 New Back-at-You Patent Exhibits in Facebook Versus Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on April 3 at 11:52 am PT

For your patently enjoyable reading pleasure!

Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

Kara Swisher in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.

From the Life-Is-Unfair Files: You’re Welcome, Winklevii. Love, Zuck.

Kara Swisher in Social on February 3 at 8:40 am PT

That’s right, folks, the rich do get richer, especially if they pursue their case well past the point of shame.

Airbnb Hires Former Yahoo Legal Eagle Belinda Johnson as General Counsel

Kara Swisher in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 7:44 am PT

Here’s the lawyer who’s going to write that ironclad lease — that promised espresso maker better be there! — for the lovely apartment in Italy we rented.

Exclusive: Microsoft Mulls Legally Poking Facebook Over Ad Talent Raid

Kara Swisher in News on March 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm PT

Microsoft–furious over a recent talent grab of its top advertising exec by Facebook–has been considering a wide range of options, including legal action to block the move, according to sources close to the situation. While it might not come to that, tensions between the two companies, who have partnered closely in the past, are running high over the hiring of Carolyn Everson. She had been head of global ad sales at Microsoft and has been hired to be VP of global sales at Facebook.

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.

Google's Groupon Offer: $5.3 Billion, With $700 Million Earnout

Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2010 at 10:58 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, Google has offered $5.3 billion for Groupon, in what would be its largest acquisition yet, if completed. Sources said the deal for the Chicago-based social buying site seems likely to be struck, even as early as tomorrow, although it certainly could fall apart right up to the end. But, if done, it will move the search giant instantly to the top spot in local commerce online and give it huge troves of data about consumer buying habits and merchant information across the globe.