Verizon’s commercials ridiculing AT&T’s 3G coverage may have sparked a lawsuit, but the company stands by the campaign saying the, “ads are true and the truth hurts.”

Here we go again. Another week, another country threatening to take legal action against Google for its Street View service. Although it’s pretty clear by now that Street View is legal and doesn’t inhibit the right to privacy, Google continues to get it in the neck from each new country it adds to the line-up of countries on show. The latest to throw its toy out the pram is Switzerland.

Two computer programmers that worked for Bernie Madoff’s firm have been charged with helping the convicted white collar criminal to defraud investors out of billions of dollars.

The noose continues to tighten around Google Book Search as legal actions from all quarters restrict the source material that can be digitized and the uses that Google can make of them.

Facebook has often played a part in getting people into trouble. But this is the first time that it’s been used to get someone out of trouble. It seems Facebook status updates are admissible as alibis.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is going to receive $1.25 billion from Intel within the next thirty days, bringing to a close all litigation between the two companies.

An Internet war of words has produced a case which could further clarify how the legal system tracks online discussion. The ruling involves both the limits of freedom of speech and the procedures for dealing with anonymous posters.

News Corporation supremo Rupert Murdoch says he may block Google from indexing any content from his Web sites, accusing the search engine of “stealing” content. Google appears unconcerned by the threat and noted that Murdoch could simply request that it no longer link to his sites.

Verizon Wireless is one of the biggest mobile phone carriers in the U.S. Like most carriers, the company enforces the early-termination policy in order to lock customers into two year contracts. The company has recently announced that starting this month the termination fee will nearly double in cost.

A judge has ordered BlueBeat to immediately halt sales of The Beatles MP3s on its site, but the company is coming back with a rather unique defense.

The Beatles are finally releasing official digital files of all of their studio albums, while also suing a company for selling illegal ones.

Intel is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from New York’s Attorney General over claims it used “bribery and coercion” to maintain its market share. It follows a record fine of $1.45 billion imposed by the European Union over similar activity.

Black box recorders, or Event Data Recorders (EDR) to give them their official title, have been fitted on aircraft for decades. They help investigators piece together what happened after an accident occurs, with the last actions of the pilot recorded for posterity. But could a similar sort of scheme work in cars? And if so, should it be compulsory to fit EDRs in every vehicle on the road?

Barnes & Noble is being sued over claims that its “Nook” electronic reading device illegally used trade secrets from another firm. Spring Design says the Nook uses features from its own “Alex” reader.

Two of the founders of the Pirate Bay filesharing site have been ordered by a Swedish court to stop operating the site. But the men say it’s no longer anything to do with them and question whether the threat can be enforced.

Music piracy is evil and those who illegally download and share music with each other are the devil’s spawn. Right? Wrong. In fact, a new survey shows that those who partake of a little filesharing every now and then actually spend more on music than anyone else. So rather than chasing them down with what sometimes borders on a vengeful vendetta, the music industry should perhaps be nurturing these people and appreciating them as music lovers.

A promising executive at IBM was recently placed on leave following insider trading charges brought on earlier this month. The charges involved five other individuals. The scandal involved companies like Google, Intel, AMD and two major hedge funds. This news has shocked many in the tech industry as it involved well known individuals.