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Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches
As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits. Last year, Facebook was named as a ...

Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits. Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsuits accusing it of patent infringement, double the number from 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of court documents on legal database Westlaw, a ...

Courthouse notebook | Employee lawsuits hit Surfside Beach insurance tab
Employment-related lawsuits are having an impact on insurance costs for the town of Surfside Beach, which has seen its premiums for liability coverage jump by 37.5 percent since 2010 and could be in for another price spike in the coming year.

IPO-ready Facebook prime for patent suits
Defendant in 22 lawsuits last year alone.

Facebook IPO Will Create A Money Machine - A Tech Boom - More Lawsuits
Facebook is expected to file their IPO paperwork tomorrow with authorities for a $5 billion initial public offering. The social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, has chosen Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter with four others playing a role. Others include Goldman Sacks, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, and JP Morgan. Facebook ...

New York sues 3 big banks over use of mortgage registry database
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are accused of undermining New York's foreclosure process by filing false and misleading court actions using the Mortgage Electronic Registry System. Opening a new front against the American banking industry, New York sued three of the nation's biggest mortgage servicers over their use of an electronic database that, according to the Empire State ...

Facebook IPO a bonanza for patent trolls
Public offerings seen as opportunities for plaintiffs; Patent cases filed against social network doubled in 2011

BofA, JPMorgan, Ex-UBS Trader, Foreclosure Deal, Goldman in Court News
“The banks created the MERS system as an end-run around the property recording system, to facilitate the rapid securitization and sale of mortgages,� Schneiderman said in a statement.

New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices. Schneiderman filed the lawsuit against Bank of America Corp , Wells Fargo & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co in New York state court in Brooklyn. The lawsuit is over the banks ...