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

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

Comcast Corp.'s net income grew 16.6 percent before nonrecurring items in the third quarter, even though its revenue only rose 3 percent. (CMCSA)

Harley-Davidson Motor Co. has tapped Davie Brown Entertainment to get the iconic motorcycle brand placed into more movies and television shows. (HOG)

Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., formally entered the race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Barbara Boxer. (HPQ)

The Walt Disney Co. has received the approval of the central Chinese government to proceed with the construction of a Disney theme park in the Pudong district of Shanghai.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will pay $2.725 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle a lawsuit that alleged racial discrimination in apartment rentals.

Health Net Inc. posted a loss on Tuesday, as charges led to red ink, but, on an adjusted basis, the company bested analyst expectations. (HNT)

Marvel Entertainment Inc. saw a 60 percent drop in third-quarter profits versus a year ago, when the company was bringing in big numbers from theatrical releases of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk."

Six Flags Inc. says theme park attendance is down and those that are coming to the parks are spending less.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was awarded a contract for work on a project in Alberta, Canada.

Lake Forest-based MicroMedia Filtration, a developer of wastewater treatment systems for municipalities, said today that it has raised a Series A funding. The funding came from Costa Mesa-based SAIL Venture Partners. Amount of the equity funding was not disclosed, however,

Los Angeles-based Break Media, an online site which caters to males, announced today that it has signed a deal with liquor maker Southern Comfort to develop a branded content project, "Social Sportz Net". Break said the series of webisodes was

Orange-based M86 Security, a developer of web security tools, said today that it has acquired Finjan, a developer of secure Web gateways. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Finjan is based in San Jose, with operations in Netanya,

Irvine-based Accenx Technologies, a provider of health information exchange software, has been acquired by Initiate Systems, a data management firm based in Chicago. Financial terms of the deal were not released. According to Initiate, the buy expands the breadth and

A new endowed fellowship fund, which will be awarded to a graduate MBA student at the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine, has been established to honor the Tech Coast Angels' Luis Villalobos. According to the

Santa Barbara-based Sonos, a developer of wireless, whole-house music systems, said today that its new iPhone-powered music system, the Sonos ZonePlayer S5, is now available for purchase in the U.S. and Canada. The new system--which was announced the system in

Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation and NASA have named the winners of the $2M, Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge, after the finals were held over the weekend in the Mojave Desert. According to the groups, they will award

La Jolla-based ProQuo, a venture-backed startup helping consumers manage and reduce junk mail, has quietly shut down, according to reports. ProQuo was venture backed by Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and had raised around $15M in funding. The shutdown