Any potential broadening of an advertising pact with Google likely posed a threat of pervasive antitrust investigations by the Department of Justice.

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Multiple listings services and their handling by realtors led the Department of Justice to challenge the National Association of Realtors, leading to a settlement after nearly 4 years of legal back-and-forth.

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Shades of Office Space! Someone’s used the Internet to stick it to a couple of financial companies, a few cents at a time.

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Disputes between buyers and sellers over e-commerce transactions need not end up as a court battle, if the parties opt to give the Fair Reputations System a try.

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A law professor discovered a constitutional flaw in the way 46 judges have been appointed to positions of hearing patent cases, as their appointee had no right to do so.

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Microsoft and Steve Ballmer already know these, but Marc Andreessen summarized the choices available to the company in their quest to absorb Yahoo.

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Microsoft will hold firm on its position and its offer to acquire Yahoo: take the money or we’ll simply move on without you.

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Blue Jeans Cable received a communication from big brand name cable maker Monster, asking that Blue Jeans cease and desist its production of Tartan cables. Blue Jeans is run by a former lawyer, who responded at length to the request. Hilarity did indeed ensue.

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Rumors of a $399 PC that can run Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard began circulating, but we’ll be surprised to see the Apple clone business being reprised.

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Richard Brodsky wants regulations to protect consumers from online companies’ usage of people’s personal information without consent. Ad industry groups and several big names on the Internet lashed out at him in a letter.

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