As Zynga, the maker of popular browser-based games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, makes its march toward an IPO valued at $1 billion, there is also a steady stream of litigation involved in keeping everything on track.

A state judge has ruled that the maker and distributor of surgical equipment cannot copy the hard drive of a Long Island man’s personal computer to determine if the man and his now-deceased wife reviewed the company’s website prior to the use of their product in her fatal back surgery.

When the maker of Camel cigarettes ran an ad in Rolling Stone, the campaign came under fire from anti-smoking advocates who said the ads targeted children. The ads also caught the eye of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, which filed a motion to enforce a consent decree against R.J

An Oklahoma jury has found the maker of Botox negligent and awarded $15 million to a doctor who says she suffered botulism after using the anti-wrinkle drug.

A federal judge has thrown out a trade dress suit that the manufacturer of Dixie Cups filed against Huhtamaki Americas, the maker of Chinet, over the design of an insulated paper cup. U.S. District Judge Timothy C.