The following blog entry is written from a defendant's position after a jury trial verdict for plaintiff. Reviewing this kind of briefing should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in a personal injury case present such issues

Fair Isaac Corp., also known as FICO, has lost its lawsuit against some of its competitors over the use of credit scores. (FICO)

A majority of respondents to the latest Business Pulse survey say that they will be spending less for the holidays in 2009 versus what was spent in 2008.

Gasoline prices continued the slow, but steady, march downward during the week, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch.

Students continue to protest a hike in student fees at the University of Calfornia system, a day after students took over Campbell Hall and and blocked streets on the campus of UCLA.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has broken the domestic record for biggest gross for midnight showings, according to a Reuters report.

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded two contracts -- one from the U.S. Air Force and one from the U.S. National Guard -- worth a combined $352.9 million. (NOC)

San Diego-based Rippol, a new startup looking to help people discovery and find online videos, is launching today at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp in San Francisco. The new site uses social networking features, including links to Facebook and Twitter, to

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, the developer of online project management software headed by Isaac Garcia, has gone live with the firm's new integration with Zoho Spreadsheets tool. The firm said the spreadsheet support went live this week. The new use of

San Diego-based Flux Power, a developer of lithium batteries and charging systems, said late last night that it has introduced a new family of products aimed at the industrial, solar, EV, wind, and peak-shaving power markets. The firm--which spun out

Irvine-based Autobytel and Kelley Blue Book Co. said Thursday afternoon that the two have expanded an existing agreement, where Autobytel will get access to Kelley Blue Book's vehicle pricing information, specifications data, and editorial content for its web sites, and

Chatsworth-based Pentadyne Power, a developer of flywheel-based storage systems, said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired TGT Energy Ltd., a UK-based developer of flywheel technology for rail and energy recycling applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TGT

San Diego-based personalized radio service Slacker has inked a deal with T-Mobile, where T-Mobile will include the application directly on a smart phone. According to Slacker, T-Mobile USA customers using BlackBerry Curve 8520 smart phones will now see an icon

Let the Home Tour BeginThis is inspired by a colleague and friend of ours, , who owns the in Washington state. His work for the source of this series is superb, and with his graces we are retooling it for

Vivendi SA and General Electric have agreed that Vivendi will be paid close to one-third of the value of its NBC Universal stake, although a value for the stake itself is still being negotiated, a person familiar with the matter

Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman expressed some concerns about a possible Comcast acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal.

TV Guide Network has reached a multi-year extension of a carriage agreement with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, the companies said Friday.

General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, the Financial Times said, dampening hopes of a swift sale.

Starz Animation Toronto has come up with a novel way to allow studio and indie producers to reduce their film financing needs as they pocket Ontario tax credit savings up-front.

An Oakland man who was sentenced to death in 1993 for the point-blank shootings of a man and a woman over a drug deal has died in a hospital, prison officials said Friday. Cedric Harrison was convicted of murdering Betty