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Dismissal Hearing Scheduled In Microsoft-Google Case
News The next round in the legal battle between Google and Microsoft over former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee could take place on 14 October - unless the companies settle their dispute first. A federal court in San Jose, California, has scheduled a...
[September 15, 2005, 10:20]
US Report: Microsoft Seeks Dismissal Of Government's Suit
News As expected, similar reasons were also given in a separate filing of an 88-page summary judgement asking U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to throw out the case. The key point emphasised in both the 33-page preliminary injunction...
[August 11, 1998, 9:57]
Microsoft Wins Dismissal Of Smart Tags Suit
News A federal judge has dismissed a patent-infringement case against Microsoft. Judge Barbara Crabb of the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the ruling on Wednesday in response to Microsoft's request for summary judgment in...
[September 26, 2003, 10:40]
Microsoft On Trial: Microsoft Wants Case Dropped...
News Microsoft Corp.said it will ask for dismissal of the ongoing government antitrust suit against it in the wake of Tuesday's announcement that America Online Inc.will go through with its purchase of Netscape Communications Corp.
[November 25, 1998, 11:59]
Home Office Admits To Database Breaches
Talkback As such, no excuse should be accepted and, as a result of failure, the individual(s) concerned should have mandatory dismissal and barred from public service jobs. Where the breach was by deliberate action of an individual then, in addition to...
[August 31, 2006, 19:35]
Pfeiffer Lashes Out At Compaq Board
News However, Pfeiffer's decision to speak out echoes the verbal rehabilitation campaign launched by Gil Amelio almost immediately after his dismissal as Apple's chief executive in June 1997. In the days following his dismissal, reports have circulated...
[April 22, 1999, 6:15]
IBM Probed For Tax Evasion
News His allegations on British taxes were also outlined in a lawsuit he subsequently filed against the company in New York's Supreme Court, alleging, among other things, that his dismissal was in retaliation for his unearthing of corruption.
[August 6, 1999, 12:32]
IT Consultant Fired Over BBC Interview
News Since much of our business is based around the protection of our copyright and intellectual property, we consider our dismissal of Mr Hanff entirely justified and appropriate. But Hanff claims the company gave him permission to leave work early to...
[July 4, 2005, 16:35]
Smutty Banker Awarded Compensation
News A UK banker who was sacked by Lehman Brothers for sending pornographic emails has won a case for unfair dismissal after accusing his former employers of double standards given they had previously entertained staff at a party with female strippers.
[December 12, 2002, 15:28]
US Navy Ordered To Reinstate Sailor Following AOL Flap
News A federal judge yesterday ordered the US Navy to comply with his earlier ruling reinstating a sailor who successfully fought dismissal after an investigator suggested he was homosexual based on information from the sailor's America Online profile.
[March 27, 1998, 10:19]
IBM Acts To Throw Out SCO's Linux Claims
News IBM has taken another swing at the SCO Group's faltering attack on Linux, filing a motion seeking dismissal of SCO's contract claims. The motion for partial summary judgment, filed on Friday in US District Court in Salt Lake City, centres on SCO's...
[August 17, 2004, 9:00]
Online Privacy Case Thrown Out
News The dismissal of lawsuits brought against Northwest Airlines has online privacy advocates renewing calls for federal privacy legislation. In a decision dated 6 June, US District Court Judge Paul Magnuson ruled that seven consolidated class action...
[June 16, 2004, 15:45]
Employers Get Tough On Internet Misuse
News Sending inappropriate emails and using the Internet during working hours is likely to result in dismissal or suspension of offending staff in almost of half the cases, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Chartered Institute of...
[June 27, 2003, 7:33]
PlusNet's Sacked Chief Exec Could Sue
News Lee Strafford, the former chief executive of internet service provider PlusNet, who was dismissed earlier this week by PlusNet's new owner BT, is reported to be consulting lawyers over his dismissal. An article in Wednesday's Independent suggested...
[March 7, 2007, 15:28]
UK Readers Say Bye Bye To Print - Research
News Traditional dismissal of such claims by the newspaper industry has, it seems, been replaced by resigned stoicism. The research, carried out by organisers of the national year of reading indicates that most people believe reading will become more...
[August 6, 1999, 12:13]
One.Tel Sacks One Thousand Workers
News They will be marching them out at 11 o'clock," Communications Union organiser Sean Rahui told ZDNet as he made his way to inform workers of their dismissal. One thousand One.Tel staff were sacked on Friday following the collapse of the junior telco.
[June 11, 2001, 11:26]
CEO: Naughton Said 'I Did It'
News But, according to defence attorney Donald Marks, that dismissal was a premature, money-saving move on the part of Walt Disney, which now owns Infoseek, that could cost Naughton more than $15m (£9m) in vested stock options.
[December 9, 1999, 10:27]
Via Claims Victory In Intel Suit
News Via will not pay a royalty for the dismissal, the company said. Via Technologies has settled one of its lawsuits with Intel, although several other suits remain pending. The Taipei, Taiwan-based chipset maker and Intel have settled the final claim...
[December 14, 2001, 16:30]
Mobile Data: The Good, The Bad And The Insult
Leader Now, bloody-minded arrogance and patronising dismissal can circulate around the world faster than even the most well-written press release. The customer is always right. To that time-honoured retail maxim should now be added: "Because they have a...
[May 4, 2007, 9:46]
Michael Dell Defends His Chief Executive
News Feel free to speculate [about Rollins' dismissal]. Dell chairman Michael Dell has claimed that if critics of the company want to blame someone for the company's recent run of troubles, they should blame him.
[September 14, 2006, 13:40]
