Technology and Social Media
Representative Cases
- A case involved a Limited Liability Company, partially owned and managed by another entity that acquired technology and intellectual property that was assigned to another company dealing with personalized targeted online advertising and web pages. Patented technology for data processing systems using unique algorithms were owned by other entities. Security agreements, UCC filings, equity investments, and promissory notes were utilized. Patent and bankruptcy litigation ensued in jurisdictions throughout the United States. Fraud and alter ego were asserted in California to pierce the corporate veil while the laws of a sister state were claimed to govern a foreign Limited Liability Company.
- A dental patient posted allegations of sexual assault against a dentist on social media. The allegations were denied.
- A plastic surgeon performed a brachioplasty on the defendant who was a patient. Thereafter, the patient posted on the doctor’s Yelp web page a claim that the doctor fondled her breasts and nipple area. The doctor denied the allegations and sued for libel and malice.
- A business claimed a former executive misappropriated its online technology to start-up a new and competing business. The allegations and damages were denied.