Greetings from Nashville

The big buzz, to no one's surprise, at the ILTA opening reception Sunday night at Nashville is all the commotion over recent surprise buys: Google grabbing Motorola; the big puzzler, HP dumping computers (and its well-reviewed TouchPad) and buying Autonomy. 

In a smaller, but important move to the financial software crowd, Aderant has snared CompuLaw and Client Profiles, which will be officially announced today at noon. (Keep an eye on www.lawtechnews.com for details.)

Off to the morning breakfast; but before I dive into the joys of hiking the acres here at the Gaylord Opryland, a quick shout out to the Minnesota folks at Thomson Reuters, Kroll, Merrill, Avanstar, Socha/Gelbmann, Dorsey & Whitney -- for three days of terrific briefings -- and the best-ever group game at Target Field Thursday night! So good to spend time with all of you. Good luck to Linda Will as she heads to Texas; always great to see David Curle, George May, the Pritchards, Teri "Jersey Girl" McCarron and Jon Bream -- and the whole gang! Not quite the same without Curt Meltzer, who has moved to New York City to join Orrick.

Perfect weather, wonderful conversations, and sorry (not) the Yankees won, but the Twins took revenge Saturday! :)

More news later today on www.lawtechnews.com and on Twitter: @lawtechnews  #ILTA201

Apple Settles Class Action re: Power Adapters

The Recorder's Amy Miller reports that Apple has settled a class action re: allegedly defective power adapters for Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro computers. "The agreement provides cash refunds of $35 to $79 to class members whose adapters show signs of 'fraying, melting, straining, sparking, weakening, discoloration, bubbling, overheating and/or separation of the adaptor's strain reliefs.' It also provides for in-warranty and out-of-warranty replacements," she says. The proposed settlement agreement includes $3 million in attorneys fees, she notes. Full story here (subscription required).

Apple addicts need not fear that this will tarnish its cash flow. Jeffrey Brandt alert us to The New York Times' report that the Cupertino firm — briefly (for a few hours) — yesterday topped Exxon Mobil as the stock market's most valuable company.

Image (obviously not of Apple's power adapter :)  Clipart.com