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Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Court of Appeal Decides That the Electronic Supply of Software Does Not Amount to a “Sale of Goods”
By Squire Patton Boggs, Carlton Daniel
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from the judgment of a High Court case, which concerned the question of whether a licence to use electronically supplied software amounts…
Technology Law Dispatch
A supply of software can be a sale of goods
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Curtis McCluskey
The High Court held, in The Software Incubator v Computer Associates [2016] EWHC 1587 (QB), that a supply of commoditised software is a sale of goods for the purposes of…
Class Action Countermeasures
Adequacy of Counsel, Attorneys’ Fees, and Malpractice – Wyly v Weiss
By The Editors
In 1998, the class action plaintiffs' firm Milberg Weiss filed sued Computer Associates for violating the federal securities laws by lying about its revenues in order to increase its stock…
The Contingency
High Court Rejects Wyly Plea for Milberg Weiss Work Product
The New York Court of Appeals today upheld denial of a demand by an "absent class member" for access to class counsel's work product. Wyly v. Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP,…
Legal Profession Blog
Is A 35 Day Month Like A Billing Day That Exceeds 24 Hours?
The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department concluded that summary disbarment was appropriate for a federal felony conviction based on the following admitted facts:The plea minutes reveal that…
Business and Commercial
Valorem Grows! Nicole Nehama Auerbach Joins Valorem.
By Patrick Lamb
I am thrilled to announce that Nicole Nehama Auerbach will be joining Valorem as a member as of April 14. Nicole is currently a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman…
Litigation & Trial
Billionaire Didn’t Understand Terms of Settlement
Sam Wyly, Texas billionaire, apparently didn't understand he was settling a big case:Sam Wyly, the colorful Texas billionaire, has sued Milberg Weiss and three other plaintiffs’ firms over their handling…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Legal Malpractice Case against Kaye Scholer Dismissed
This case is all about Long Island law firms and a case against Computer Associates and Kaye Scholer. Plaintiff is reprsented by Tom Liotti, who is the defendant in a…
Securities Law Prof Blog
The Costs of Defending Securities Crime
Judge Kaplan, in his opinion dismissing the federal charges against 13 defendants in the KPMG tax shelter case, gives us some staggering numbers about what a high-powered defense in a…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Computer Associates SLC Report Blames Wang for Fraud
A report by a special litigation committee at Computer Associates, Inc., described a "culture of fear" under founder and chair Charles Wang, who the report says oversaw the decades-long accounting…