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vLex Justis Oakley invests in global legal information platform, vLex Oakley invests in global legal information platform, vLex London, United Kingdom , Sept. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — vLex, an award-winning online subscription platform offering easy access to the largest collection of legal information on a single service, receives investment from pan-European private equity investor, Oakley Capital (“Oakley”). This new partnership is fueled by a joint commitment to deliver world-class… Source link

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Joe Faber joins Dialpad as general counsel Dialpad raised funds at a $2.2 billion valuation last year (Reuters) – Dialpad Inc has hired veteran Google attorney Joe Faber as its new top lawyer, the cloud communications platform said in a statement on Thursday. Faber, who has spent the past 15 years as senior counsel at Alphabet Inc’s Google, will lead San Francisco-based Dialpad’s legal and compliance teams as… Source link

In legal business news this week, Yahoo Finance is watching for rulings by two federal judges. One involves a case over publishing industry market share, and another will decide how much of a search warrant affidavit authorizing the raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home will be made public. We’re also following a mystery surrounding the reported departure of Tesla’s top legal executive, David Searle. The U.S. versus Big Books A federal judge’s decision in Washington, DC could derail or green… Source link

The usually quiet month of August this week kicks off with a trial Monday over the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit challenging Penguin Random House’s pending acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster. We’re also watching Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s countersuit against Twitter (TWTR), which he filed Friday as part of his ongoing efforts to walk away from his $44 billion agreement to acquire the social media site. And after more than a year of delays, Boeing (BA) reportedly has the Federal… Source link

Like countless other contract disputes, Twitter’s (TWTR) clash with Elon Musk over the Tesla CEO’s (TSLA) attempted exit from his $44 billion agreement to acquire the social media company turns on language that can be open to multiple interpretations. Don’t expect Twitter or Musk to admit that the legalese laying out the terms of their merger agreement leaves the slightest ambiguity about their respective rights, though. After publicly taunting Twitter with the threat of a hostile… Source link

A California federal judge has ordered Alphabet Inc.‘s Google to pay nearly $1 million for discovery misconduct after the company concealed employees and other relevant data in a lawsuit alleging web browser privacy violations. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan represents Google in the case, while Boies Schiller Flexner represents the class-action plaintiffs. Quinn Emanuel lawyers had urged Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen not to levy sanctions against Google, saying the company had… Source link

By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement. Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor https://twitter.com/btaylor/status/1545526087089696768?s=20&t=7sx_IvK_zZkztdHdh8pwQQ, said on the micro-blogging platform that the board planned to pursue legal action to enforce the merger… Source link

Bill Gates just won legal approval to buy 2,100 acres of North Dakota farmland worth $13.5M — and people are ‘livid’ about it all across the state Bill Gates made his fortune in tech, but he’s now betting big on something completely different: farmland. Last week, Gates secured the legal approval for purchasing 2,100 acres of farmland from northeastern North Dakota potato growers Campbell Farms. Of course, this isn’t first time Gates has invested in the asset class. Having amassed… Source link

The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app purchases, according to a… Source link

A teen charged with setting a fire that killed five members of a Senegalese immigrant family in Denver, Colorado, has become the first person to challenge police use of Google search histories to find someone who might have committed a crime, according to his lawyers.   The pushback against this surveillance tool, known as a reverse keyword search, is being closely watched by privacy and abortion rights advocates, who are concerned that it could soon be used to investigate women who search… Source link