Suit says IBM dumped chemicals in New York state
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Neighbors of a former IBM plant in New York state sued the company on Thursday, saying it released chemicals into the air, ground and water for nearly 80 years that caused birth defects and cancer.
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Sacked for chat room indiscretion A former IBM employee sacked for visiting an internet chat room "for a sexual experience during work" has sued the company for $5m, AP reports.â¦
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TechWeb - IBM claims the Taiwan-based computer and components manufacturer infringes on three of its patents.
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p2pnet.net News:- IBM mainframe software vendor Compuware is suing IBM for antitrust violations claiming IBM used its source code without permission.
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Class action suit accuses the software giant of violating state's business code.
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IBM on Wednesday said it will take a third-quarter charge of $320 million to settle all but two claims of an ongoing lawsuit claiming its pension plan discriminated
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Suits filed against three individuals alleged to have used Hotmail to pump and dump various penny stocks.
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By Jonathan D. Epstein  HSBC Bank USA agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $1 million in fines and reimbursement to settle a state lawsuit over a toxic chemical cleanup in Orange County in a case brought under the federal Superfund Act.
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IBM Corp. said Wednesday it will take a US$320 million charge this quarter to settle some claims and cap its liability on others in a long-running class-action dispute about changes made in the 1990s to its pension plan.
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A lawsuit filed this week claims that Google, Yahoo, AOL, Amazon.com, Borders and IAC/InteractiveCorp violated a patent for an automatic message routing system held by Polaris IP.
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(InfoWorld) - IBM Corp. says a Sunnyvale, California, company has infringed its patents by creating computers that allow customers to run IBM's System z operating systems and software on mainframes from other vendors. That action amounts to breach of contract and patent infringement, IBM claimed Nov. 29 in a lawsuit filed against Platform Solutions Inc. (PSI) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Founded in 1999, PSI is now testing its product with beta customers, and preparing to launch it in 2007. PSI's emulator system enables a server using Intel Corp.'s Itanium 2 processors to simultaneously run operating systems including IBM's z/OS, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, Linux and Unix. IBM's current generation of System z products include zSeries servers and System z9 servers, both running on IBM's 64-bit z/Architecture and z/OS operating system, and both using software such as IBM's Database 2 (DB2) and Customer Information Control System (CICS). From PSI's point of view, its "patented microcode technology" enables standard, open-system Itanium processors to run the IBM z/OS operating system. But IBM describes those same machines as servers that mimic IBM computer architectures so they can run IBM software. IBM claims that practice violates its software licenses, and has asked a judge to assign damages and terminate PSI's licenses. "PSI's marketing program is a blatant attempt to infringe on IBM's intellectual property and to convert to PSI the fruits of IBM's substantial investments in developing computer systems, architectures, operating systems and other software," the lawsuit said. In turn, PSI has threatened to sue IBM for violating antitrust laws by refusing to extend the software license, the lawsuit said. So IBM also asked the judge to deny that claim. The two companies were once on better terms. In August, PSI demonstrated its emulator system at a meeting of SHARE, the IBM user group. A spokesman for SHARE said the group had a practice of declining comment on IBM management and legal issues. One possible defense by PSI will be to argue that Ronald Hilton, the company's founder and chief technology officer, actually holds a patent for the emulator system. PSI did not respond to a request for comment. A statement on PSI's Web site says, "PSI is very disappointed that IBM has resorted to litigation. While we recognize that we are a competitor of IBM, PSI has always sought and continues to seek a normal commercial relationship. ... PSI is confident in its legal position." A spokesman for IBM declined to comment on the lawsuit.
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Lawsuit alleges IBM efforts to clean up contamination near its birthplace in New York state are inadequate and problems persist.
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Not admitting liability IBM is paying up to $65m in backdated overtime pay to 32,000 US-based techies,to settle a federal class action suit.â¦
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IBM Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $320 million in retirement benefits to settle part of a class-action lawsuit and another $1.
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A lawsuit is filed on behalf of bummed-out New York customers.
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New York City can file a revised racketeering lawsuit accusing Internet cigarette sellers of evading the city's steep taxes through computer sales to Big Apple smokers, a judge ruled on Thursday.
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Big Blue settles part of pension transfer, age discrimination suit; estimates for claims neared $6B. NEW YORK  - International Business Machines Corp.