Topic: Lawsuits

Facebook and Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of social networking company's IPO, were sued by shareholders who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its offering.    Read More

The makers of a deer antler velvet product are suing Major League Baseball for libel after the league told players to stop taking the performance enhancer so as not to risk testing positive for a steroid that wasn't listed as an ingredient.   Read More

Google and its board were sued on Monday by a shareholder who wants to block the company's stock split plan because it entrenches the Web search company's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, according to court documents.   Read More

Google's former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, is slated to testify on Tuesday as Oracle's final witness in the first part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology, attorneys said in court.   Read More

New York sued Sprint Nextel for more than $300 million, accusing the company of tax fraud for deliberately not collecting or paying millions of dollars of taxes for its cell phone service.    Read More

Apple, Google, Intel and four other technology companies were ordered by a judge to face an antitrust lawsuit claiming they illegally agreed not to poach each other's employees.   Read More

The Android smartphone operating system is a very important asset for Google, but it is not critical, Google's chief executive said in courtroom testimony.    Read More

A small cadre of lawyers, some from out of state, are using New York City’s age and architectural quirkiness as the foundation for a flood of lawsuits citing violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.   Read More

The chief executives of Oracle and Google took center stage in court on Tuesday as Google's lawyers argued Oracle is trying to hitch a ride on Google's success after abandoning the idea of building its own smartphone.    Read More

Jury selection in a high-stakes dispute over smartphone technology between Oracle and Google is set to begin here on Monday morning, kicking off a trial in which both companies' chief executives are set to take the stand.    Read More