Law & Society

Two top stock exchanges laid out their vision on Tuesday for how they believe U.S. regulators could craft rules to foster the creation of "venture exchanges" that list small-cap companies.

A federal judge in California on Tuesday invalidated four Hewlett-Packard Co patents for being too abstract, marking a setback in the company's patent infringement lawsuit against competitor ServiceNow Inc.

Apple Inc asked a U.S. court on Tuesday to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by battery maker A123 systems over engineers hired by Apple, saying A123's claims were too speculative to proceed, according to a court filing.