Modus raises $10M to save lawyers ‘getting crushed’ by data

Legal tech startup Modus announced raising $10 million in funding to continue expansion of its successful eDiscovery service, which helps lawyers manage ballooning amounts of data while building a case.

Guilty until proven innocent: Judge already siding against Apple in pretrial hearing

Presumption of innocence is a fundamental component of law in many nations, including Canada, France, Russia, and yes, even, yes, the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is not however, enshrined in the constitution of the United States of America.

Apple and Samsung win some, lose some in final rulings of the billion-dollar patent infringement case

Apple won't get a permanent and full ban on the import of 26 different Samsung smartphones and tablets. And Samsung won't get a new trial.

Apple-Samsung: It’s much more complex than ‘copied’

Remember Apple CEO Tim Cook saying that Samsung's copying went far deeper than his company had imagined? Or the slide deck in which a Samsung product manager reviewed all the ways in which the Galaxy S1 needed to improve based on how iPhone worked?

Turns out that's not the full story.

Juror: We felt Samsung wronged Apple after first day of deliberations [updated]

We've heard from Microsoft execs, Tim Cook, and even industry watcher Robert Scoble about yesterday's overwhelming win for Apple in court versus Samsung -- now, one of the trial's jurors is speaking out.

Chinese teenager: Mom, I sold my kidney for an iPhone, iPad

If there could be a worse part to this tragic story, it's that the teenager received only about 10 percent of the total amount realized from the sale of his kidney. He used his share of the proceeds, about $3,500 U.S., to buy an iPad and an iPhone.

80 ways Samsung tried to copy Apple (according to Samsung) [updated]

Apple should get down on its knees and thank God for whatever corporate traitor gave it Samsung's internal iPhone vs Galaxy S1 comparison document.

Apple v. Samsung trial reveals a slew of early iPhone and iPad prototypes

While the Apple v. Samsung trial in San Jose has been high on drama, it’s also given us the best look yet at Apple’s early designs for the iPhone and iPad.

Apple designer Christopher Stringer, the company’s first witness in …

Apple and Samsung take 90 minutes to tell each other off in opening statements

Apple and Samsung’s highly publicized trial began today, with opening statements from either company that lasted 90 minutes each.

“Samsung had two choices: Accept the challenge of the iPhone, come up with its own designs, and beat Apple fairly in …

Google wins: Jury finds it not guilty of infringing Oracle’s patents

Google scored a legal victory today, as a federal jury has decided that the search giant wasn’t guilty of patent infringement claims made by Oracle.

The two companies have been wrapped up in a legal battle since August 2010, when …

How tweets about courthouse coffee that “sucks” overturned a death row verdict

An Arkansas man has had his death penalty conviction overturned because one juror during his case was tweeting and another juror fell asleep.

Twenty-six year old Erickson Dimas-Martinez was found guilty in 2010 of robbing and murdering a 17-year-old boy …

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange may face trial in Sweden after losing extradition appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may be extradited to Sweden to face rape charges after losing an appeal in the UK.

Today, a UK high court ruled that the European Arrest Warrant for Assange’s arrest and extradition to Sweden was valid.…

World of Warcraft goes free-to-play for first 20 levels

World of Warcraft, one of the top-selling online games in the world, will be free to download and play for a good chunk of the game’s introductory content, game developer Blizzard Entertainment announced today.

The new program is another way …