An International Trade Commission administrative law judge has sanctioned Apple for its counsel’s misrepresentation of facts during an opening statement and in a pre-hearing brief, calling Apple’s explanation for the misrepresentation “the legal equivalent to ‘the dog ate my homework excuse.’”

U.K. Magic Circle firm Linklaters and Australia’s Allens Arthur Robinson are entering into an exclusive alliance and will form a series of joint ventures across Asia. Allens Arthur chief executive partner Michael Rose stressed that the deal was not a merger and that both firms wanted to remain independent.Visit International News

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Viacom International and other content providers this morning won reinstatement of their claims that YouTube is liable for $1 billion in damages for massive copyright infringement. The 2nd Circuit said that YouTube should not have been shielded from infringement claims under the safe harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.