Samsung Again Sues Rambus in Latest Volley

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest maker of computer-memory chips, has sued chip designer Rambus Inc., contending that the company “secretly engaged” a Samsung lawyer to provide inside information for lawsuits.

The lawsuit filed in a Delaware Chancery Court said Neil Steinberg left his job as an in-house attorney at Samsung in August 1998, six months after he began working for Rambus.

This is the fourth lawsuit filed between the companies this month after talks on a new licensing agreement broke down.

A spokeswoman for Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus said Steinberg no longer worked at Rambus. He is not a defendant in the suit.

A Samsung spokeswoman declined to comment.