Lawsuit

When it comes to personal data, we're on a highway to hell

Kettle Register journos tackle cars harvesting info, Meta and YouTube being taken to task over privacy, and more

Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 16

Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all

Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination

Public Sector11 Nov 2023 | 57

Downfall fallout: Intel knew AVX chips were insecure and did nothing, lawsuit claims

Billions of data-leaking processors sold despite warnings and patch just made them slower, punters complain

Research09 Nov 2023 | 27

Oracle off the hook for fraud but judge allows breach of contract claim to continue

Building material supplier left without functional ERP can amend claim

Databases08 Nov 2023 | 13

Epic Games, Google head to court over epic Play Store cut

Fortnite-maker largely lost against Apple, but can it beat the Chocolate Factory?

Software06 Nov 2023 | 4

Amazon's $1.4B price-raising 'Project Nessie' algorithm exposed in FTC antitrust fight

More details emerge from Loch Jassy, including how this may have been anything but a 'scrapped' project

Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 16

33 AGs sue Meta for 'exploitative and harmful acts' against American children

Cracks down on the so-called four-pronged process of luring the youth

Legal24 Oct 2023 | 15

Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics

You Can't Always scrape What You Want, even if the lyrics are Blowin' in the (digital) Wind

Legal20 Oct 2023 | 19

Cybercrim claims fresh 23andMe batch takes leaked records to 5 million

Class action lawsuits abound after mega breach

Cyber-crime19 Oct 2023 | 4

Three dozen plaintiffs join Apple AirTag tracking lawsuit in amended complaint

38 people now accusing Apple of negligence over stalking, assaults and murders enabled by Bluetooth trackers

Legal13 Oct 2023 | 20

A $353M question: Did Meta muzzle a VR venture?

Quest for control as AEI alleges Meta's monopolistic missteps

Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 7

Musk in hot water with SEC for failure to comply with subpoena

What do you mean they aren't optional for billionaires?

Legal06 Oct 2023 | 47

X Corp is now suing a sublessee for unpaid rent

Irony alert: Complaint cites defendant as claiming X 'did not even pay rent for such period'

Legal02 Oct 2023 | 25

Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant

Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits

Legal29 Sep 2023 | 29

Chip firm accused of IP theft bites back, claims Apple's contracts are rotten

iGiant says Rivos poached talent and SoC designs in '22

Systems26 Sep 2023 | 16

Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death

Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints

Legal21 Sep 2023 | 195

Former CIO accuses Penn State of faking cybersecurity compliance

Now-NASA boffin not impressed

Security18 Sep 2023 | 5

Sonos secures a victory in audio patent fight against Google

ITC judge rules you can't sue over invalid patents, but the fight goes on

Software18 Sep 2023 | 6

Google throws California $93M to make location tracking lawsuit disappear

Half a percent of last quarter's net income? That'll teach 'em

Security15 Sep 2023 | 20

Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance

Will Elon actually pay this bill?

Legal14 Sep 2023 | 26

Dutch consumer groups sue Google over its entire business model

If the Chocolate Factory can't track you to sell ads, what does it have left?

Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 40

X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency

AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue

Legal11 Sep 2023 | 26

The Anti Defamation League is Musk's latest excuse for Twitter's tanking ad revenue

There's something very familiar about all this

Personal Tech05 Sep 2023 | 116

Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment

Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong

Science25 Aug 2023 | 69

US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed

Argument that Mountain View is politically biased against RNC 'pure speculation,' says judge

PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2023 | 58

Charging your iPhone literally costs Apple millions as Batterygate saga slams shut

Estimated payments of $65 can now be distributed to those who filed a claim in 2018 lawsuit

Personal Tech15 Aug 2023 | 23

Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit

AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

Personal Tech11 Aug 2023 | 102

Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison

This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal

Edge + IoT10 Aug 2023 | 7

SEC lawsuit against Terraform Labs and cofounder Do Kwon lives to fight another day

Crypto bad boy’s appeal denied, despite recent Ripple Labs ruling

Legal01 Aug 2023 | 2

Cigna sued for using software to deny healthcare insurance claims

It's just some if-then statements, no AI here, insurer sniffs

Applications26 Jul 2023 | 31

Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims

Lawyers look to scale the walled garden

Applications25 Jul 2023 | 21

Tesla board members to return $735M in compensation settlement

Look who is learning to share: Deal includes no admission of fault, naturally

Personal Tech18 Jul 2023 | 40

We will find you and we will sue you, Twitter tells 4 mystery alleged data-scrapers

Lawyers say unknown John Does are profiting at Musk's expense

Legal14 Jul 2023 | 90

Celsius feels the heat: Ex-CEO arrested, watchdogs line up to sue bankrupt crypto biz

Exec faces fraud charges, one regulator wants $5 billion fine

Cyber-crime13 Jul 2023 | 10

Obscure internet boutique Amazon sues EU for calling it a Very Large Online Platform

If it walks like a duck...

PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2023 | 62

SpaceX says, sure, Starship blew up but you can forget about the rest of that lawsuit

Won't someone think of the (checks notes) Kemp's Ridley sea turtle?

Science06 Jul 2023 | 54

Apple stomped all over NYC store workers' union rights, judge rules

Staff show up with the receipts – video footage of law-breaking bosses

Personal Tech21 Jun 2023 | 30

Suit alleges Oracle oversold and under-delivered on NetSuite software

Binding service terms hidden in contractual documents, plaintiff claims

SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 4

Amazon Prime too easy to join, too hard to quit, says FTC lawsuit

Updated Dark patterns at Amazon worthy of a Homeric epic? Surely not!

Applications21 Jun 2023 | 70

Where's my money?! Now USA Today publisher sues Google over online advertising

That ads to hurt

Personal Tech20 Jun 2023 | 54

FTC pulls emergency brake on Microsoft's marriage to Activision Blizzard

Updated Agency concerned the pair are planning to combine before it's able to make a decision whether to allow it

Software13 Jun 2023 | 27

Microsoft stole our stolen dark web data, says security outfit

Suit claims Redmond took far more than allowed from Hold's 360M-credential database

Security12 Jun 2023 | 8

New York City latest to sue Hyundai and Kia claiming their cars are too easy to steal

What started as a TikTok craze has become a 'public nuisance'

Security08 Jun 2023 | 30

Coinbase, don't feel left out. SEC has a lawsuit for you, too

Rules are rules, say watchdogs. Well, there aren't any clear ones, biz shoots back

Personal Tech06 Jun 2023 | 11

Cry-pto: Feds bury Bitcoin exchange giant Binance in 13-count fraud lawsuit

'We are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA bro'

Personal Tech05 Jun 2023 | 25

Ex-Twitter sextet sues Elon Musk for 'stiffing' them on severance

Seems someone really is living in la-la-la land, but who...

Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 42

Tesla batteries went from fully charged to fully disabled after botched patch, lawsuit claims

Electric automaker has twice settled similar suits before they made it to trial

Software16 May 2023 | 104

Larry Ellison cleared of forcing Oracle to overpay for NetSuite

Billionaire and his financial stake in the deal aren't to blame, says a Delaware judge

Software15 May 2023 | 3

Court gives FTC 30 days to swing again in privacy bout with location data slinger

Second time's a charm?

Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 11

Eco warriors sue FAA over Starship fallout, claim watchdog is lost in space

NEPA was violated by letting SpaceX do its own impact study, suit alleges

Science02 May 2023 | 29

Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves

Ransoms, investigations, and breach-related lawsuits are hitting companies in the wallet, law firm says

Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 6

Musk tried to wriggle out of Autopilot grilling by claiming past boasts may be deepfakes

Tycoon hopes to swerve deposition in Tesla death crash lawsuit

AI + ML27 Apr 2023 | 75

The Weather Channel settles another case claiming mobile app privacy violations

That's two in three years, in case anyone's counting

Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 6

Tesla wins key court battle over Autopilot crash blame

Anyone else who wants to take on Musk, please take note

AI + ML24 Apr 2023 | 45

Appeals court spares Google from $20m patent payout over Chrome

Chocolate Factory can afford some staples now, or?

Security19 Apr 2023 | 8

Ex-Twitter execs sue over $1M+ in unpaid legal expenses

Lawsuits keep piling up for Musk-owned 'trending to breakeven' platform

Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 39