SCO Group caps legal fees; IBM recalls power adaptors and more ...
Publish date: 08 September 2004
Issue Number: 1046
Diary: Legalbrief eLaw
Category: Corruption
* The SCO Group, committed to an expensive legal attack against Linux, has removed some financial uncertainty from its future by working out an agreement to cap payments to its law firm, Boies, Schiller & Flexner. The restructuring of the fee agreement limits SCO\'s payments to the law firm to $31m for the entire case but the firm stands to gain a larger fraction of any settlement that the group achieves, CNET News reports. Full CNET News report
* IBM is recalling around 500 000 notebook power adaptors sold worldwide as they could overheat and pose fire and shock hazards, reports AustralianIT. IBM has received at least six reports of overheating which could damage the circuit board. Full AustralianIT report * China has introduced tough new penalties against Internet and mobile phone p ornography purveyors, reports BBC News. The Supreme Court has set out penalties of up to life imprisonment for what it describes as very severe cases, while lesser offences could find p ornographers subject to detention or surveillance. Full BBC News report * The Tshwane metropolitan municipality is seeking private sector assistance to enable it to deliver affordable broadband Internet access to the residents of greater Pretoria using the city\'s electricity grid. The metro began testing powerline communications about 18 months ago and has conducted several successful pilot studies, reports the Financial Mail. Full Financial Mail report * IBM has said that it was willing to pay $10 000 each to owners of nearly 500 homes plagued by industrial pollution in Endicott if the owners give up their right to sue for property damages. Owners would give up the right to sue for property damages but are still eligible to sue for personal injury, the New York Times reports. Full New York Times report
