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Article | 8/02/2013 Macmillan will end e-book discounting ban in price-fixing settlement
The company that publishes books under the Macmillan imprint has agreed to allow discounting of its electronic books as part of a settlement with the ...
Article | 6/02/2013 Four charged with selling bleach online as miracle cure
Four people who allegedly used a website to market industrial bleach as a cure for arthritis, cancer and other illnesses are facing numerous criminal ...
Article | 29/01/2013 DOJ asks FCC to delay action on Sprint-Softbank deal
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have asked for more time to consider Softbank's proposed takeover of Sprint Nex...
Article | 23/01/2013 Three charged with distributing Gozi virus
Three people allegedly involved for years in cybercriminal activities in Eastern Europe have been charged in a U.S. court for creating and distributin...
Article | 22/01/2013 Lawmakers look to reduce waste in US government IT contracts
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged government officials to clamp down on bad IT contracts and limit duplication across projects, with an estimated one qu...
Article | 22/01/2013 AT&T to buy Alltel for $780 million
The parent company of Alltel, a mobile telephone network serving rural customers in six states, has agreed to sell the business to AT&T for about US$7...
Article | 14/01/2013 US DOJ did not entrap Megaupload, the agency says
The U.S. Department of Justice did not mislead a court and attempt to entrap file storage site Megaupload on copyright infringement charges, the agenc...
Article | 8/01/2013 USPTO, DOJ: Injunctions on FRAND patents can be anticompetitive
Companies that license their patents under fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms, but then seek import or sales injunctions against com...
Article | 8/01/2013 Man pleads guilty to selling $100 million worth of pirated software
A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to selling pirated software used in defense, space and other industries with a retail value of more t...
Article | 26/12/2012 Former research analyst charged in IBM insider trading case
U.S. authorities have charged a former research analyst at a financial services firm with insider trading offenses related to the 2009 acquisition of ...
Article | 24/12/2012 US Congress may not have stomach for another SOPA
As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or...
Article | 21/12/2012 E-waste firm convicted of falsely promising to recycle in the US
Electronic waste recycling firm Executive Recycling has been convicted of multiple crimes, including environmental violations related to illegal dispo...
Article | 19/12/2012 Penguin settles DOJ e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Penguin Group has become the latest book publisher to reach a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit that alleges that Apple and ...
Article | 18/12/2012 Former executive convicted for LCD price fixing
A former executive at Taiwanese LCD marker AU Optronics has been convicted of participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of LCD panels,...
Article | 5/12/2012 Law enforcement agencies arrest six in online auto sales fraud
Police in Romania, the Czech Republic, the U.K. and Canada have arrested six Romanian citizens accused of advertising and selling nonexistent automobi...