IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs' emails
Just days after being ordered to provide messages, Big Blue opts out of public trial
Legal27 Jun 2022 | 35
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Xi Jinping himself weighs in on how Big Tech should deploy FinTech
Beijing also outlines its GovTech vision and gets very excited about data
Legal24 Jun 2022 | 11
DMCA can't be used to sidestep First Amendment, court rules
Anonymous speech protections apply online too, and copyright can't diminish that
Legal23 Jun 2022 | 18
Tesla lawsuit alleges unlawful layoffs at Nevada gigafactory
It's the second time a Musk-owned company has been accused of WARN Act violations
Legal21 Jun 2022 | 15
US lawsuit alleges tool used by hospitals shares patient data with Meta
Booking appointments and other interactions with hospital portals can lead to some medical details being shared for advertising, class action claims
Legal20 Jun 2022 | 17
TikTok US traffic defaults to Oracle Cloud, Beijing can (allegedly) still have a look
Alibaba hinted the gig was worth millions each year
Legal20 Jun 2022 | 9
Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat
'Editing and review' teams will be required to read everything and report dissent
Legal20 Jun 2022 | 61
Former chip research professor jailed for not disclosing Chinese patents
This is how Beijing illegally accesses US tech, say Feds
Legal17 Jun 2022 | 16
Japan makes online insults a crime that can earn a year in jail
Law will be reviewed after three years amid debate on free speech vs civility
Legal16 Jun 2022 | 93
HPE ordered to pay Oracle $30m for Solaris IP infringement
Years long case closes after three-week jury trial, HPE considering next step
Legal15 Jun 2022 | 5
Qualcomm wins EU court battle against $1b antitrust fine
Another setback for competition watchdog as ruling over exclusive chip deal with iPhone nullified
Legal15 Jun 2022 | 2
Atos, UK government reach settlement on $1 billion Met Office supercomputer dispute
Exclusive It is sure a lot of money to be able to say confidently: 'It's going to rain'
Legal14 Jun 2022 | 41
Indian government signals changes to infosec rules after industry consultation
Reports suggest SMBs will get more time, but core elements including six-hour reporting requirement remain
Legal14 Jun 2022 | 7
Google offers $118m to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Don't even think about putting LaMDA on the compensation committee
Legal13 Jun 2022 | 8
UK competition watchdog seeks to make mobile browsers, cloud gaming and payments more competitive
Investigation could help end WebKit monoculture on iOS devices
Legal12 Jun 2022 | 24
Microsoft trumpets updated HR-friendly policies (that comply with recently changed laws)
Bins non-competes and promises salary transparency
Legal09 Jun 2022 | 10
Another VPN quits India, as government proposes social media censorship powers
New Delhi now fighting criticism of eroding free speech and privacy with two proposed regulations
Legal08 Jun 2022 | 13
US tweaks requirement for investors to dump Chinese tech stocks
Stockholders can keep shares in Huawei, SMIC, and Inpsur - they're just not allowed to sell
Legal07 Jun 2022 | 10
Japan lets its banks and other entities issue stablecoins
Wants private coins to have face value in Yen by 2023
Legal06 Jun 2022 | 16
46 years after the UN proclaimed the right to join a union, Microsoft sort of agrees
Redmond is open to its staff organizing, but feels they don't need to
Legal03 Jun 2022 | 40
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Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools
Analysis It's good to highlight some alternatives, but security issues are overblown
Behold this drone-dropping rifle with two-mile range
Confuses rather than destroys unmanned aerials to better bring back intel, says Ukrainian designer
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too
Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures!
IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs' emails
Just days after being ordered to provide messages, Big Blue opts out of public trial
Intel is running rings around AMD and Arm at the edge
Analysis What will it take to loosen the x86 giant's edge stranglehold?
Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players
But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies
Cloudflare's outage was human error. There's a way to make tech divinely forgive
Opinion Don't push me 'cos I'm close to the edge. And the edge is safer if you can take a step back
Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail
In brief Also, Chrome add-ons are great for fingerprinting, and hacked hot tubs splurge details
OpenSSL 3.0.5 awaits release to fix potential worse-than-Heartbleed flaw
Though severity up for debate, and limited chips affected, broken tests hold back previous patch from distribution
Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public
Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
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BSA kicks multiple holes in India's infosec reporting rules
Strongly suggests extensive re-writes and consultation - backed up by Microsoft, Intel, AWS, and friends
Legal03 Jun 2022 | 16
US, Europe move to secure access to Taiwanese tech
The chips must flow. But don't mention the Great Wall
Legal02 Jun 2022 | 3
India probes ZTE and Vivo over finances, sparking Chinese protests
Clever asymmetrical economic warfare makes Beijing very uncomfortable
Legal01 Jun 2022 | 5
Retail investors should not invest in crypto, says Singapore deputy PM
Blockchain still has a role to play - if properly regulated - says Heng Swee Keat
Legal31 May 2022 | 3
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business
Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate
Legal27 May 2022 | 11
UK opens national security probe into 2021 sale of local wafer fab to Chinese company
Government has power to unwind transactions such as sale of Newport facility to China-controlled Nexperia
Legal26 May 2022 | 40
Mitsubishi Electric again admits to widespread quality control cheating
Nifty slogan and more software suggested as the rectification
Legal26 May 2022 | 12
Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore
Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure
Legal24 May 2022 | 2
Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China
Chinese joint venture's ousted CEO tries to hang on - who will get control?
Legal20 May 2022 | 14
Lawmakers launch bill to break up tech giants' ad dominance
Running ad auctions while also buying and selling ads may be outlawed for large firms
Legal19 May 2022 | 5
Landmark case recognizes Bored Ape NFT as an asset
Singapore issues injunction against the sale of image procured through questionable foreclosure
Legal19 May 2022 | 38
IT staffing, recruitment biz settles claims it discriminated against Americans
Foreign workers favored over US residents because that's what clients wanted, allegedly
Legal19 May 2022 | 22
Judge details Lynch's $700k signoff via iPhone text in full Autonomy judgement
Still no damages number, likely to be way less than $5 billion
Legal18 May 2022 | 6
Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way
Show us that benefits outweigh the cost, BCS challenges government
Legal17 May 2022 | 84
Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses
Concerns raised over government drive to implement distinct post-Brexit policy
Legal16 May 2022 | 69
Toshiba says it's talking to 10 suitors about possible sale
Hires external advisors to bolster decision making capacity and hints it could consider multiple buyout plans
Legal16 May 2022 | 7
Judge agrees damages model in Oracle cloud class-action
Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red
Legal11 May 2022 | 7
Appian awarded over $2b after claiming Pegasystems stole its data
Low-code platform providers' legal tussle ends with 'largest damages award in Virginia state court history'
Legal10 May 2022 | 19
Tesla sues former engineer, claims he stole Dojo supercomputer trade secrets
AI is meant to solve tech challenges innate in designing, running complex system
Legal09 May 2022 | 13
Nvidia pays $5.5m to settle SEC charges of shoddy cryptomining disclosures
GPU giant accused of obscuring its impact on gaming segment in 2017
Legal06 May 2022 | 1
Facebook deliberately took down Australian government pages during pay-for-news negotiations: report
Whistleblowers say takedowns were used as leverage, Facebook disagrees
Legal06 May 2022 | 18
Shareholders turn the screws on IBM and its gag orders
In wake of dinobaby-gate, investors not happy with NDAs hushing up claims of harassment, discrimination
Legal05 May 2022 | 31
SEC adds Tencent, JD.com, China Mobile to group facing potential delisting
US requires a bit more transparency than some Chinese tech companies are giving
Legal05 May 2022 | 3
World needs multilateral chip tech export bans to hurt China – think tank
Current arrangements may promote offshore workarounds and don't make life hard enough
Legal05 May 2022 | 20
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global reveals SEC probing its IPO
US regulator looking into alleged 'misstatements' and 'omissions' related to June 2021 USA float
Legal04 May 2022 | 3
LinkedIn settles Dept of Labor charges it underpaid women
Microsoft's social network for thinkfluencers disagrees with Uncle Sam, coughs up $1.8m
Legal03 May 2022 | 2
India seizes $725 million of Xiaomi's cash
Chinese giant really got something in return for those cross-border payments, say money laundering cops
Legal03 May 2022 | 14
Arm China website posts letter from staff opposing change of management
SoftBank may control the company, but it seems not to have all the important passwords
Legal03 May 2022 | 8
EU Apple suit alleges anticompetitive Apple Pay practices
The new investigation marks the fourth set of allegations leveled against Apple by the EU since 2020
Legal02 May 2022 | 14
Arm wrests back control of its rogue China limb
Updated Ouster of rebel CEO should clear path for planned Arm IPO
Legal29 Apr 2022 | 5
US appeals court ruling could 'eliminate internet privacy'
Tech terms of service dissolve Fourth Amendment rights, EFF warns
Legal28 Apr 2022 | 57
Indian government hauls Infosys in to explain non-compete clause
Not hard to see why Infosys wants to keep staff – rival HCL blames price hikes on pay rises and recruitment costs
Legal28 Apr 2022 | 8
US Navy told to do a 'supplemental' integrity investigation of $2.5b Dell deal
Email about pricing from rival seller of Microsoft licensing and software under spotlight
Legal27 Apr 2022 | 9
EU eyes tech giant revenues as Digital Services Act clears hurdles
Fines worth 6 percent of annual turnover survived draft in provisional agreement
Legal25 Apr 2022 | 4
Judge dismisses Microsoft's challenges: ValueLicensing case to proceed in Britain
UK High Court beckons for Windows vendor and reseller amid claims of on-prem software license skulduggery
Legal20 Apr 2022 | 18
IBM ordered to pay $105 million to insurer over tech project's collapse
Appeals court takes previous payout ruling and multiplies by six
Legal19 Apr 2022 | 36
Infosys quits Russia, ending UK political and tax scandal … maybe
Founder's daughter is married to top UK politician, holds billion dollar stake that was maxed for tax efficiency
Legal14 Apr 2022 | 55
IBM not cooperating with discovery, say attorneys in age-discrimination case
Big Blue contends it should not be forced to reveal more than law requires
Legal14 Apr 2022 | 26
Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong in trouble again – this time over financial filings
Fair Trade Commission concerned false paperwork took years to decipher
Legal12 Apr 2022 | 2
EU appeals overturned $1.2b Intel antitrust fine
12 years on, rebates-for-not-using-AMD-chips case isn't over yet...
Legal08 Apr 2022 | 11
Toshiba puts going private on the table
Appoints independent committee and gives angry investors most of what they want
Legal08 Apr 2022 | 4
Congressional pressure mounts to pass $52b CHIPS Act
Pressure on Congress to submit the America COMPETES Act ASAP
Legal07 Apr 2022 | 11
Another big Toshiba shareholder calls for major change
3D Investment Partners wants to sell, labels company a 'governance embarrassment for Japan'
Legal07 Apr 2022 | 1
Epic Games' court dates with Apple and Google pushed into 2024
Judge ponders battle royale between all three to avoid unhelpful overlaps
Legal05 Apr 2022 | 9
Beijing bails out bankrupt Chinese chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup
This matters for China – and for HPE, Intel … and possibly Apple
Legal05 Apr 2022 | 11
China moves to protect offshore tech company listings
Unusual move sees regulator open consultation on access to audit documents
Legal04 Apr 2022 | 3
Remember when Huawei's CFO was detained in Canada? She's been promoted to chair the board
Meng Wanzhou will get her regular six-month stints in the role, starting who knows when
Legal04 Apr 2022 | 21
Amazon warehouse workers in New York unionize in historic win against web giant
White House chimes in: Folks 'in every state must have a free and fair choice' to unionize
Legal01 Apr 2022 | 99
UK suit over reselling surplus Microsoft licenses rolls on
In the meantime, Windows giant eliminates 'challenged restriction'
Legal01 Apr 2022 | 45
China tells big tech to reveal some customers' income
Livestreamed infomercials are huge, but some creators aren't paying tax
Legal31 Mar 2022 | 13
SPAC sponsors could soon be held liable for over-hyping to investors
US watchdog may do something about so-called blank-check IPO capers
Legal30 Mar 2022 | 9
DoJ to Congress: Thumbs up for big tech antitrust bill
Stopping Amazon, Google, others from prioritizing own products and services
Legal29 Mar 2022 | 5
Three Twilio developers charged with insider trading
Crew alleged to have banked over $1m thanks to pandemic-induced usage bumps
Legal29 Mar 2022 | 11
Axed data scientist sues IBM claiming he was discriminated against as a man
Says he wasn't given leave options available to women colleagues
Legal28 Mar 2022 | 23
EU, US agree on Privacy Shield enhancements
Transatlantic data sharing deal confirmed but court challenges ahead, warn lawyers
Legal25 Mar 2022 | 41
Big Tech revenues under threat from EU law proposals
Digital Markets Act rules agreed, set to include fines of up to 10% of turnover and power to break up businesses
Legal25 Mar 2022 | 28
Weibo faces US stock exchange delisting
China's Twitter analog is latest in SEC crosshairs over audits
Legal24 Mar 2022 | 3
EU law threatening 'commercially painful changes' for tech out tonight
Reports suggest Digital Markets Act could hit a broader sweep of players than the FAANG gang
Legal24 Mar 2022 | 61
Toshiba shareholders reject split plan and private sale
Back to the drawing board for company plagued by years of scandals
Legal24 Mar 2022 | 2
US court allows ZTE to exit probation despite visa fraud
But judge encourages government to pursue criminal or civil charges against the company
Legal23 Mar 2022 | 5
IBM files IP lawsuit against mainframe migration firm
Claims shell company formed to license mainframe products for reverse engineering
Legal22 Mar 2022 | 12
DoJ accuses Google of training staff to make 'false requests for legal advice'
'Communicate with Care' baked into orientation for newbies, according to fresh filing in ad search monopoly case
Legal22 Mar 2022 | 27
Russian court deems Instagram and Facebook as 'extremist', WhatsApp spared
Ruling says it doesn't disseminate info as widely but some suspect it's because of the app's popularity
Legal22 Mar 2022 | 16
HCL stands by legality of its bonus clawback scheme
Indian services giant says taking back cash did not violate employment laws – union begs to differ
Legal21 Mar 2022 | 2
$5bn+ Big Tech mergers in cross-hairs of draft US laws
Democrat-backed bills would also grant watchdogs powers to undo takeovers
Legal17 Mar 2022 | 6
SAP to repay $23.1m in water contracts settlement
Tribunal finds evidence of 'irregularly concluded software, support agreements'
Legal17 Mar 2022 | 2
Activist investors attempt to push through racial diversity probe at Salesforce
The move follows lack of progress in equality and two resignations, campaign group says
Legal17 Mar 2022 | 10
Ireland: Meta fined $18.6m for breaking EU's GDPR
Data protection watchdog imposes fine on half-trillion dollar valued Facebook firm
Legal16 Mar 2022 | 9
UK, EU regulators probe Google and Meta's 'Jedi Blue' ad deal
Watchdog: We're 'concerned' they 'teamed up ... to put obstacles in the way of competitors'
Legal11 Mar 2022 | 12
ZTE summoned to US court for allegedly breaking trade sanctions probation
Case relates to alleged conspiracy to illegally bring over Chinese nationals
Legal07 Mar 2022 | 1
EU proposes law forcing manufacturers to share data
Users set to get right to access products' data stream, public sector might dip in too
Legal24 Feb 2022 | 23
European Union takes China to WTO over smartphone patents
Alleges Middle Kingdom's courts make it impossible to chase manufacturers who won't respect IP rights
Legal21 Feb 2022 | 54
WeChat, AliExpress added to US Notorious Markets list
Trade watchdog admits China is #1 ... at cranking out counterfeit products, sometimes with forced labor
Legal18 Feb 2022 | 33
Tax inspectors raid Huawei offices
Financial allegations could make nice change from accusations of being Beijing's eavesdropping machine
Legal18 Feb 2022 | 11
Dido Harding's appointment to English public health body ruled unlawful
Hiring of ex-Sainsbury's CEO at NHS Test and Trace also against equality law – court
Legal15 Feb 2022 | 74
Hong Kong Watch says its website suddenly can't be seen in Hong Kong
Who could possibly want readers in HK not to access independent opinions about the rule of law?
Legal15 Feb 2022 | 26
IT technician jailed for wiping school's and pupils' devices
Court told he'd acted from 'spite and revenge' due to grudge over sacking
Legal14 Feb 2022 | 100
IBM looked to reinvigorate its 'dated maternal workforce'
Updated Court docs reveal older IBMers were labeled 'dinobabies', plus plan to make them 'extinct'
Legal14 Feb 2022 | 94
No help for IT contractors on IR35 tax errors
NAO says £263m in IR35 tax mistakes is just the start...
Legal11 Feb 2022 | 24
World's top chipmaking equipment maker claims Chinese rival may infringe IP
Lithography titan ASML names DongFang JingYuan Electron as a worry
Legal11 Feb 2022 | 36
