Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision Legal26 Jan 2023 | 3
British monarchy goes after Twitter, alleges rent not paid for UK base One appears to not have been remunerated, Crown Estate tells High Court Legal24 Jan 2023 | 83
India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary Is a critical account of PM's past actions a real emergency, a political emergency, or a free speech emergency? Legal24 Jan 2023 | 51
Ex-Twitter Brits launch legal challenge against dismissal How to conduct a UK redundancy process: Not the way the US social media company is doing it, say sacked employees Legal13 Jan 2023 | 38
2002 video streaming patent holder sues Amazon and Twitch Both companies knew about the patent, claims lawsuit Legal10 Jan 2023 | 22
Beijing official says crackdown on tech companies is over We might be looking at a new China for 2023 and the Year of the Rabbit Legal10 Jan 2023 | 3
Alibaba's Jack Ma out as boss of fintech Ant Group 'Corporate governance optimization' sees founder's role reduced, but not in pursuit of a listing Legal09 Jan 2023 | 3
FTC floats rule to ban imposed non-compete agreements in US Miscreants would face the wrath of Khan Legal06 Jan 2023 | 15
FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators What's the WiFly password again? Legal05 Jan 2023 | 5
Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT Legal04 Jan 2023 | 6
SEC: Startup had 'no functional streaming service', raised $1.3m anyway Asks Florida judge to sanction 'American-Latino centric version of Netflix’ for alleged fraud Legal22 Dec 2022 | 12
Toshiba breaks its silence on sales rumors, to quash them Asia In Brief PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time Legal18 Dec 2022 |
Vietnam celebrates 25 years of internet with advertising blacklist Facebook and YouTube among companies that will have to monitor user content Legal13 Dec 2022 |
Theranos' Sunny Balwani gets longer sentence than Elizabeth Holmes Ex-COO of failed blood testing startup will report to prison 6 weeks before fraudster CEO Legal08 Dec 2022 | 53
Victims of IT scandal in UK postal service will get fresh compensation Move follows award swallowed up by legal fees Legal07 Dec 2022 | 76
Meta threatens to stop sharing news in USA to protest publisher payment plan Good luck with that, Zuck – remember how it worked out in Australia? Legal06 Dec 2022 | 72
China regulates use of motion detection to trigger smartphone ads 'Shake to jump' technique nixed a year after top apps put it to work Legal06 Dec 2022 | 3
Tech contractor who uses an umbrella company? UK tax is coming after them Britain's wallet-checkers suspect VAT avoidance from some of them – to the tune of 10,000-case tribunal backlog Legal05 Dec 2022 | 69
US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed Legal05 Dec 2022 | 21
130,000 UK businesses sue Google over £13.6B in lost ad revenues Parent biz Alphabet also accused of unfair monopoly in online ads Legal01 Dec 2022 | 25
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits
Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware
World of Warcraft Classic lead dev resigns to protest 'stack ranking' Brian Birmingham claims he walked after refusing to give team member a 'low' rating
Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it Ongoing probe into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated
Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects
Apple emits emergency patch for older iPhones after snoops pounce on WebKit hole Also: Yay for Data Privacy Day!
Logfile management is no fun. Now it's a nightmare thanks to critical-rated VMware flaws You know the drill: patch before criminals use these bugs in vRealize to sniff your systems
If your Start menu or apps are freezing up on Windows, Microsoft has a suggestion No, it's not install Fedora Linux, sadly
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA' Legal30 Nov 2022 | 100
Judge tells Amazon: Stop retaliating against employees Pioneer Amazon union gets a boost, staffer still get the sack Legal28 Nov 2022 | 8
Meta scores $200k default win against alleged peddler of Instagram Likes Manipulating users' feelings on a social media platform? That's our job! Legal28 Nov 2022 | 3
Software company wins $154k for US Navy's licensing breach Court lands on less than the millions asked for after sailors made copies of 3D modeling suite 'hundreds of thousands' of times Legal22 Nov 2022 | 43
After years without data privacy rules, India floats two sets in a week And ponders subsidies to attract big datacenter and content delivery network builds Legal22 Nov 2022 |
Dell agrees to pay $1b to settle claims it shortchanged stockholders during EMC acquisition Drawing a line under the share swap drama of 2018, or trying to... Legal16 Nov 2022 |
After 47 years, Microsoft issues first sexual harassment and gender report Faint praise: Windows giant tries to follow best practices and wants to improve Legal16 Nov 2022 | 4
What's that, Lassie? Boston Dynamics is suing its robot dog tech rival? The way your computerized canine walks down the stairs looks familiar to us, claims MIT spinoff Legal15 Nov 2022 | 20
Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs Doesn't matter what the data is, they thought they pushed the off switch, argues complaint Legal14 Nov 2022 | 16
Apple and Amazon conspired to raise iPhone and iPad prices, claims class action lawsuit Alleges agreement choked resellers using Amazon Marketplace, eliminated 98% of competition Legal10 Nov 2022 | 11
Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24
Microsoft's $69B deal to buy Activision Blizzard under investigation by EU regulators Officials are concerned acquisition could reduce competition and lock gamers to Xbox and Microsoft PCs Legal09 Nov 2022 | 10
Europe wants Airbnb and pals to cough up rental property logs Holiday property landlords' vacation from regulation is coming to an end Legal08 Nov 2022 | 52
Terraform Labs and crypto bro Do Kwon face $57 million court case in Singapore But will Kwon show up in court? Probably not. Legal01 Nov 2022 | 10
IBM India tells employees they can moonlight – but only for good causes, with permission Local boss wants workers to indulge in their passions … so long as it doesn't conflict with Big Blue's activities Legal27 Oct 2022 | 6
India fines Google another $114 million, demands Play open to third party payments Ad and search giant protests even though it's already made the same changes in other countries Legal27 Oct 2022 | 1
Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11
EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10
Too bad, contractors: UK government reverses decision to axe IR35 tax reform Latest U-turn follows a series of clown-car maneuvers that spooked financial markets Legal17 Oct 2022 | 191
Meta mad as hell over allegations it let Indian politicians block content Local outlet claims to have insider docs that prove takedown powers. Meta says they're fake. And around and around they go Legal17 Oct 2022 | 8
American techies in China may be breaking the law by showing up to work Pundit tips next wave of bans will target foreign investment in Chinese tech Legal14 Oct 2022 | 5
Big win for Big Tech as Indian IT minister signals reversal of data sovereignty plan Opponents want data to flow across borders for business and democracy. Privacy? They've heard of it Legal12 Oct 2022 | 2
Infosys must face claims it told recruiter not to hire women with kids 'at home' Attempts to dismiss suit denied as former staffer alleges she was expressly told to swerve over-50s Legal04 Oct 2022 | 19
Xiaomi India names Qualcomm as destination for allegedly illegal payments Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba considers offers, clams up; India's HFCL claims Wi-Fi 7 first; Vietnam may censor SocMed; and more Legal04 Oct 2022 | 1
Apple exec sues over 'ageist' removal of $800k stock bonus IP director claims he was skipped over for merit-based retention bonus because of the retention part Legal29 Sep 2022 | 26
Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2
Good news for UK tech contractors as govt repeals IR35 tax rules Controversial reforms ditched but expert notes HMRC thinks 90% don't comply Legal23 Sep 2022 | 83
Meta told to pay $175m to walkie-talkie techies for infringing IP Facebook and Instagram Live use same programming described in Voxer patents, says jury Legal22 Sep 2022 | 22
Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon? South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8
Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter' Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32
Google fined $4b after Euro court snips 5% off earlier price Search giant’s appeal lands flat as fine imposed for anticompetitive practice in Android search Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
Google faces fines of up to $25.4b in UK and EU ad tech case Legal cases in Europe claim anticompetitive conduct, which Google denies Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
UK tech sector facing structural difficulties, says analyst firm Meanwhile, Federal Reserve sentiment sees US tech stock fall amid uncertainty Legal07 Sep 2022 | 28
California passes bill requiring salary ranges on job listings Legislation also aims to tackle wage gaps around gender, race, and ethnicity Legal06 Sep 2022 | 64
Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections Legal02 Sep 2022 | 34
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard have days to show merger won't harm competition Brit watchdog says what we're all thinking, motions for deeper investigation Legal02 Sep 2022 | 19
Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica class action for undisclosed amount Zuckerberg and Sandberg won't have to testify – worth much more than cash for Meta Legal29 Aug 2022 | 31
Twitter whistleblower summoned to Senate Judiciary Committee Updated Get the popcorn out for September 13 Legal25 Aug 2022 | 18
Apple autonomous car engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets Top secret tech theft admission sealed into top secret plea deal Legal23 Aug 2022 | 17
Lawsuit accuses Oracle of facilitating sales of 'billions' of folks' personal data Privacy case claiming Big Red contravened a string of US laws follows boasts made by Larry Ellison in 2016 Legal23 Aug 2022 | 29
China cybersecurity regulator wants to support tech growth New and friendlier CAC, after years of cracking down Legal23 Aug 2022 | 2
How important are tech and other contractors to UK? PM candidate promises tax review if elected Liz Truss to go over IR35 off payroll tax as ruling party voters gear up to pick their leader Legal22 Aug 2022 | 63
Vietnam demands Big Tech localize data storage and offices Mandate goes into effect October 1, but industry players will have a year to comply Legal19 Aug 2022 | 5
South Korea cracks down on unlicensed foreign crypto businesses Financial Services Commission also creates a digital assets task force Legal18 Aug 2022 | 2
Ninefold increase in startup layoffs in Q2 follows economic uncertainty Industry set to readjust to new realities of raising cash Legal16 Aug 2022 |
Intel hands over nearly 5,000 patents in deal with IP management outfit Newly formed Tahoe Research Limited will seek to license them to third parties Legal15 Aug 2022 | 12
Samsung heir pardoned after doing time for bribery Government said they need the Samsung boss back at work to deal with South Korea’s looming economic crisis Legal15 Aug 2022 | 15
Apple says 2017 MacBooks don't have FlexGate defect. Aussie tribunal orders a fix anyway Presiding officer was not impressed by Cupertino's arguments or behavior Legal15 Aug 2022 | 73
Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible' Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14
Court voids 34,000 unfair Fuji Xerox contracts Required customers to pay for software they did not receive, among other sins Legal12 Aug 2022 | 26
Four charged with tricking Qualcomm into buying $150m startup Updated Technically the chip giant already owned the tech due to real inventor’s contract, according to DoJ Legal11 Aug 2022 | 18
Ex-Twitter staffer convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia Ahmad Abouammo is facing 10-20 years in prison for leaking PII from 6,000 Twitter accounts Legal11 Aug 2022 | 5
South Korean regulator worried Apple, Google, may be working around app store payment choice law Feels some actions may amount to coercion to stick with giants' own payment schemes Legal10 Aug 2022 | 10
President Biden signs CHIPS and Science Act into law American semiconductor manufacturing is back, baby! Legal09 Aug 2022 | 17
Google hit with lawsuit for dropping free Workspace apps Free Forever, or Free Until We Decide It Isn't policy criticised in filing Legal08 Aug 2022 | 42
India proposes increased power to vet tech mergers Asia In brief Chinese phone makers' tax deals probed; PayPal back in Indonesia; Boeing seeks sustainability in Japan; and more Legal08 Aug 2022 |
HPE says $30m Solaris verdict against it didn't provide 'evidence' of copyright Alleges Oracle did not register the patches it claims were infringed Legal04 Aug 2022 | 18
Toyota's truck brand Hino admits faking and fudging emissions data for 20 years Oh what a failing! Legal03 Aug 2022 | 27
US authorities threaten Alibaba with NYSE delisting Strike one: Amazon rival's audits apparently haven't satisfied the SEC Legal01 Aug 2022 | 23
Indonesia sparks outrage by blocking PayPal, gaming sites, for compliance oversight Yahoo! was blocked too, but … meh Legal01 Aug 2022 | 18
China's IT minister under investigation for violating law Xiao Yaqing had been steering China's chip industry Legal29 Jul 2022 | 6
Court allows Huawei India CEO to appeal travel ban Allegations of financial impropriety continue to swirl Legal28 Jul 2022 |
Alibaba to upgrade its Hong Kong listing to parity with New York And ponders more listings in China – the day after Beijing announces super-regulator for tech Legal26 Jul 2022 | 2
Browsers could face two regimes in Europe as UK law set to diverge from EU British government wants to boost innovation but lawyers warn of risk to adequacy ruling Legal25 Jul 2022 | 128
South Korean regulator fears Meta's collecting too much data with revised T&Cs Probes to see if Facebook and Insta could operate with less info than required by revised legalese Legal25 Jul 2022 |
CityFibre loses appeal against Openreach discounts for ISPs Tribunal says broadband company failed to show it had been treated unfairly by regulator's decision Legal22 Jul 2022 | 29
DiDi in deep doo-doo over 64 billion illegal acts of data collection Billion-dollar fine for eight billion items lifted from clipboards, 107 million facial recognition files … and more Legal22 Jul 2022 | 16
National data privacy law for the US clears first hurdle ADPPA doesn't make everyone happy, particularly California Legal21 Jul 2022 | 14
Toshiba shrinks its shortlist of suitors but warns a deal won't happen soon Bain and Japan Industrial Partners among those in the running Legal21 Jul 2022 |
Apple Pay bags Cupertino another antitrust lawsuit If this sounds familiar, it's because the EU is investigating the same thing Legal19 Jul 2022 | 7
Russia fines Google $374 million for letting the truth about Ukraine be told Putin declares he'll make his own Googles now, thanks Legal19 Jul 2022 | 178
IQE files against Tower Semiconductor claiming theft of trade secrets Updated Wafer company says it has 'significant reason' to believe Israeli chipmaker misappropriated IP Legal18 Jul 2022 |
EU court says it can probe M&As even when one party has no European operations Bloc insists it has right to rule on planned merger between US biotech firms Illumina and Grail Legal14 Jul 2022 | 15
Former CIA engineer Joshua Schulte convicted of spying over WikiLeaks dump Trial revisited the same old issues for a new jury, including CIA’s atrocious infosec practices Legal14 Jul 2022 | 14
Russia fines Apple and Zoom for failure to prove domestic data storage Also: Ministry of Digitalization proposes new fine structure for data leaks Legal13 Jul 2022 | 25
Oracle agrees to settle class action over cloud sales tactics for $17.5m Big Red denies any malpractice in relation to alleged 'coercive' product boosts Legal13 Jul 2022 | 3
Global financial stability regulator signals crypto rules are coming soon The party's over, especially for stablecoins, due to intrinsic volatility and structural vulnerabilities Legal12 Jul 2022 | 16
Twitter claims Elon Musk bailed from sale with 'invalid and wrongful' reasons Tesla chief seemingly responds with ... a Chuck Norris meme that shows all the brilliance of the CEO mindset Legal12 Jul 2022 | 55
Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18
China's cyberspace regulator details data export requirements The countdown to compliance began in January – last year Legal08 Jul 2022 | 1