• Legitimate business or patent trolls?

    Burst.com is a California company co-founded 18 years ago by Richard Lang. Exactly what is the core business of the company? It holds 10 U.S. patents and asks big companies to license its technology. If they don’t, Burst sues them. […]

  • Illegal immigrant studying at Princeton University

    Dan-el Padilla Peralta is an [tag]illegal immigrant[/tag] and a student at Princeton University. He turned himself in two weeks ago. He has won a scholarship to Oxford University in the United Kingdom, but if he leaves the United States he […]

  • Frank Jude Jr’s reaction to not guilty verdict

    According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Frank Jude Jr. is “devastated and disgusted” at the news that three former Milwaukee police officers were acquitted of charges of beating him in October 2004. Jude is currently at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution […]

  • Former Milwaukee Police Officers Not Guilty

    I just listened to the reading of the verdicts in the trial of the three former Milwaukee police officers charged with beating Frank Jude Jr in October 2004. On 4 of the 5 counts the defendants were charged with, the […]

  • Jeffrey Skilling declares his innocence

    The former president of [tag]Enron Corp[/tag], [tag]Jeffrey Skilling[/tag], has taken the witness stand in his own defense Monday. He said, “I am absolutely innocent.” His testimony included a narrative on the company’s growth and quality of employees, and he declared […]

  • Former Milwaukee police officer breaks code of silence in Frank Jude beating trial

    Nicole Belmore was the first to break the “police [tag]code of silence[/tag]” with her testimony in the trial of 3 former police officers accused of beating Frank Jude Jr. She testified that she saw all three defendants, Jon Barlett, Daniel […]

  • 2 Former NY Police Detectives Convicted of Mob Murders

    Louis Eppolito, 57, and Steven Caracappa, 64, former New York Police Department detectives were convicted today of participating in eight murders between 1986 and 1990. Some of the victims were murdered by Eppolito and Caracappa, while others were delivered by […]

  • Coke Changes Director Pay to Plan Based Entirely on Hitting Targets

    Coca-Cola changed the director compensation plan to one that will pay members of the board of directors if the company hits financial targets. Under this plan, “equity share units” valued at $175,000 will be granted to each director if the […]

  • Netflix sues Blockbuster for patent infringement

    Netflix Inc. is suing Blockbuster Inc. for illegally copying its ideas, namely having a DVD wish list and offering rentals with no time limits and no late fees. Both companies offer subscribers up to three DVDs at a time for […]

  • Chart on White Collar Defendants

    From the Wall Street Journal: Executive/company Testified? Trial Outcome Franklin Brown former general counsel Rite Aid No. Convicted. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. More. Bernard Ebbers former chairman, CEO WorldCom Yes. Convicted. Sentenced to 25 years to life. More. […]