You'll probably recall Jammie Thomas, the only target of the RIAA to take her case to trial. In October of last year the trial ended in an RIAA victory, with a $222,000 penalty assessed against her --- $9,250 for each of the 24 music tracks she allegedly made publicly available on the Kazaa P2P network.

NVIDIA has been hit with a class action securities fraud lawsuit over the defective GPUs which it admitted to in July. The complaint, filed by New York-based law firm Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco, alleges that NVIDIA knew about the flawed GPUs as early as November 8th, 2007 --- though no public announcement was made until July 2, 2008.

Tesla Motors, an automobile startup company focusing on the production of high performance, consumer-oriented electric vehicles, has filed Monday a lawsuit against its rival, Fisker Coachbuild, for stealing design ideas and trade secrets.

Toshiba Corporation announced today that the Company filed a lawsuit in Italy against an Italian disc replicator of DVD discs on December 27, 2007. The suit was brought to the District Court of Milan - Specialised IP Chamber against ACME S.p.A. (ACME), as a means to halt infringement a Toshiba's DVD patent.

Verizon and Internet REIT announced the amicable resolution of the lawsuit filed by several Verizon companies against Internet REIT claiming violations of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Former MDS Inc. IT Specialist and Spouse Made More Than $1 Million From Stolen Information About MDS's Impending Merger With Molecular Devices

Court Orders Centurion Defendants to Halt Illegal Cross-Border Telemarketing and Pay $10 Million in Consumer Redress

Defendants Defrauded U.S. Consumers with Pitch for Nonexistent Credit Cards; Court Also Holds Two Individuals in Contempt

SAP responds To Oracle complaint, affirms SAP did not have access to materials downloaded by TomorrowNow, announces new operational oversight at TomorrowNow; firmly commits to sustained TommorrowNow support of its customers

The British Parliament has been sent a petition calling for an inquiry into the mistreatment of the art bequest of JMW Turner to the nation. Turner's heirs in the UK and USA are meanwhile considering suing in the law courts for the recovery of the pictures (worth £7 billion?) on the grounds that the artist's conditions have not been obeyed.

Florida HMO Ordered to Pay $1.5 Million to Doctors