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I'm still catching up with some of the decisions handed down while my blog was on hiatus in June. In Fiser v. Dell Computer Corp., ___ S.W.3d ___ (N.M. Jun. 27, 2008), the New Mexico Supreme Court refused to enforce a class action ban in an arbitration clause in a consumer contract: We hold that, in the context of small consumer claims that would be prohibitively costly to bring on ...

... never compromise these standards and we will never ask any member of the Dell team to do so either. We owe this to our customers, suppliers, shareholders ... leading consumer attorneys have just settled a nationwide class action requiring Dell computer and its financial affiliates to fix their sales practices and refund ... worked on the case. "This settlement will provide substantial benefits to past, current, and future Dell customers," said Steven A. Skalet of Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, in Washington, D ...

... of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion. That is what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally ... - more from the story: Over the next few days, as the department, the division and consultants from Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. labored to retrieve the data, it became obvious the worst-case scenario was at hand. Nine ...

Over on The Court we're having a tiff about aspects of Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34 that touch on the technology focus of this forum. It involves ... price of $89 rather than $379 for the Axim X5 300‑MHz handheld computer and a price of $118 rather than $549 for the Axim X5 400‑MHz ... were advertised listed the correct prices, however. On April 5, on being informed of the errors, Dell blocked access to the erroneous order pages through the usual address, although the pages ...

... declaratory relief nevertheless predominated. Id. at 1187-88. In Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 151 F.3d 402 (5th Cir. 1998), by contrast, the Fifth Circuit upheld ... need not engage in choice of law analysis at the class certification stage. In General Motors Corp. v. Bryant, 374 Ark. 38 (2008), the court affirmed the certification of a nationwide class ... disapprove class action waivers in contractual arbitration provisions. See Fiser v. Dell Computer Corp., 188 P.3d 1215 (N.M. 2008); Tillman v. ...

... the only approach I know of that has a hope of making a significant dent in Internet gambling." Well, just because it's the only plan that could work doesn't mean that it's a feasible plan. It may be as infeasible as placing liability on Dell Computer Corp. (or AOL or Google or the manufacturer of your couch) anytime a user of the computer (or AOL or Google or the couch) accesses an online gambling site.

... I notice perhaps the first troll case filed by Altitude Capital Partners. Note that in September, Computer Acceleration (Acacia) filed one lawsuit against 7 defendants. This month, Judge Clark ... Texas. 119) Saxon Innovations, LLC v. Nokia (2 entities), High Tech Computer Corp., LG (2 entities), Nintendo (2 entities), Palm, Research in Motion (2 ... . v. Acer (2 entities), Apple, Atheros, Best Buy, Broadcom, Circuit City, Dell, Gateway, HP, Intel, Lenovo (2 entities), Marvell, Sony (4 entities), and ...

... memory devices following complaint from BTG against Samsung, Apple, ASUStek, ASUS Computer, Dell, Levono and others (ITC 337 Law Blog) Finjan gets ... following finding of wilful patent infringement: Finjan Software Ltd v Secure Computing Corp (The IP Factor) Nintendo - Nintendo settles patent suit with Hillcrest (Washington ... damages to criminal sentences (Public Knowledge) US government employee training on safe computing practices suggests all music downloads illegal (Ars Technica) Superheroes have ...

... batteries found in various models of HP and Compaq laptop computers pose a risk of serious burn injuries and property damage. The company, in conjunction with the U.S. ... ,000 laptop battery packs manufactured by Sony Energy Devices Corp. and included with HP, Toshiba and Dell computers worldwide were recalled because of their potential ... ,000 defective laptop batteries found in Lenovo and IBM ThinkPad notebook computers worldwide were recalled because of their potential to overheat and cause burn ...

... and Microsoft were wildly divergent. Based on the evidence of record, Microsoft (and Dell) sold approximately 110 million units of the three software products capable of practicing the ... F.3d 1370, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Kearns v. Chrysler Corp., 32 F.3d 1541, 1551 (Fed. Cir 1994). Two alternative ... real-world licensing negotiations. As shown by the evidence in this case, companies in the high-tech computer industry often strike licensing deals in which the amount paid for a particular technology ...