India backs away from digital services tax after US pressure
Will keep taxing, but consider payments as credits for future global tax regime
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Autonomy accounts whistleblowers may testify at founder Mike Lynch's US criminal trial
Recent legal wranglings sliced, diced, and dished up for your reading pleasure
Legal25 Nov 2021 | 8
Beijing issues fines for 43 Big Tech M&A deals all the way back to 2012
Alibaba and Tencent racked up more than ten cases – each
Legal22 Nov 2021 | 4
Regulators on three continents probing Nvidia's $40bn purchase of Arm, CFO confirms
US Federal Trade Commission latest to 'express concerns'
Legal18 Nov 2021 | 8
A 'national security' issue: UK.gov blocks Nvidia's Arm deal for now, inserts deeper probe
Digi Secretary Nadine Dorries: CMA to 'report to me' on the next steps
Legal16 Nov 2021 | 64
SAP patent not inventive enough to get legal protection, judge rules
Teradata also sees wings clipped in ongoing battle with German ERP giant
Legal16 Nov 2021 | 17
Ofcom slams slammers: Telcos fined for switching punters' phone lines without their knowledge or consent
Guaranteed Telecom, Met Technologies nurse £35k penalty, and to them that's meaningful
Legal15 Nov 2021 | 15
Brit analysts formed pact to crash Autonomy's market valuation, ex-CFO tells US court
Eye-catching claim in an eye-catching case
Legal12 Nov 2021 | 22
Google loses appeal against $2.7bn EU antitrust fine for distorting competition in price comparison websites
Was going to buy a spider from a pet shop, then realised I could pick one up on the web. Here all week
Legal10 Nov 2021 | 37
Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory
Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success'
Legal10 Nov 2021 | 32
Belgium watchdog reckons online advertisers should be data controllers under GDPR
Real-time bidding advertising tested by European authorities
Legal08 Nov 2021 | 14
Slapped wrists at Broadcom as FTC approves order against 'anticompetitive' conduct
No more loyalty deals or spanking customers for going elsewhere
Legal05 Nov 2021 | 3
22-year-old Brit accused of Twitter SIM-swap heists charged with $784k cryptocurrency theft
He's in Spain, faces extradition to the US to stand trial
Legal04 Nov 2021 | 26
Assange psychiatrist misled judge over parentage of his kids, US tells High Court
Didn't make clear he was their dad... Why? In case CIA harmed them, suggests his barrister
Legal28 Oct 2021 | 159
Teen bought Google ad for his scam website and made 48 Bitcoins duping UK online shoppers
'If he was an adult he would be going inside' – judge
Legal27 Oct 2021 | 69
Google deliberately throttled ad load times to promote AMP, claims new court document
'Nice comparative boost' for AMP claimed to be achieved by actively slowing other formats
Legal26 Oct 2021 | 45
Amazon warehouse workers in New York to labor watchdog: We want our union vote
Updated Unions face test on Staten Island after defeat in Bessemer, Alabama
Legal25 Oct 2021 | 15
Electronic Frontier Foundation ousts co-founder John Gilmore from its board
Updated He's free of governance duties now, but still an emeritus member
Legal25 Oct 2021 | 21
Microsoft investor urges shareholders to vote for a deep dive into pay gap and harassment policies
Updated More transparency and reporting needed, says Arunja Capital
Legal22 Oct 2021 | 1
Informatica UKI veep was rightfully sacked over Highways England $5k golf jolly, says tribunal
Underling took customer on bucket list trip - and VP signed it off without checking
Legal21 Oct 2021 | 30
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
Legal20 Oct 2021 | 40
Facebook fined £50m in UK for 'conscious' refusal to report info and 'deliberate failure to comply' during Giphy acquisition probe
Updated That rebrand can't come soon enough
Legal20 Oct 2021 | 41
Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS
He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses
Legal15 Oct 2021 | 149
FTC carpet bombs industry with letters warning that fake reviews will be punished
The Register is an amazing website, simply one of the very best out there. Extremely cool people. 10/10
Legal14 Oct 2021 | 43
Amazon India accused of copying merchant products and juicing search results to sell its own knockoffs
Report claims documents show employees abusing access
Legal13 Oct 2021 | 14
Judge in UK rules Amazon Ring doorbell audio recordings breach data protection laws
Relax, this isn't a binding precedent - but it puts down a marker
Legal13 Oct 2021 | 37
EU Commission may extend antitrust probe into Nvidia's $54bn merger with Arm
Investigation to continue into early 2022
Legal13 Oct 2021 | 31
Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data
Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded
Legal12 Oct 2021 | 30
Australian PM and Deputy threaten Facebook and Twitter with defamation liability for users' posts
Big Tech's Australian lobby responds with more governance for its disinformation suppression code
Legal12 Oct 2021 | 53
Nearly 140 nations – from US and UK to EU, China and India – back 15% minimum corporate tax rate
Let's see how the world's largest companies wriggle out of this one
Legal08 Oct 2021 | 84
Ireland signs up for plan to make Big Tech pay 15 per cent tax everywhere
OECD close to finalising implementation plan hoped to secure a share of revenue from digital multinationals
Legal08 Oct 2021 | 26
Outgoing UK Information Commissioner issues warning about the independence of her office
Blasts proposals for Secretary of State to approve ICO guidance
Legal07 Oct 2021 | 9
Google won't fight South Korea's new app store payment laws requiring third-party payments
But will 'examine options that allow us to maintain the service fees that keep Android free'
Legal06 Oct 2021 | 11
Infosys and Wipro employees charged with insider trading
Undisclosed information allegedly shared earns one $350k, but he doesn't get to keep it
Legal05 Oct 2021 | 15
Former SAP leader's lawsuit claims she was canned for pushing corporate diversity
Company says 34.7% women in their workforce is pretty dang good
Legal04 Oct 2021 | 41
Campaigners call on minister to secure funding to protect UK workers' rights
Including shielding techies against bad behaviour from dodgy umbrella firms
Legal01 Oct 2021 | 12
Beijing explains what China's new data protection law really means – a month after it took effect
Orders annual data reviews to ensure compliance with rules on how to handle data that's terrifying to lose, or merely scary
Legal01 Oct 2021 | 5
Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients' data
Royal Free Hospital saga continues as representative action brought
Legal30 Sep 2021 | 15
Autonomy founder Lynch scores extradition decision delay as Home Sec ponders sending him to US
Autonomy Trial All eyes on Priti Patel as High Court case recedes into insignificance
Legal30 Sep 2021 | 24
Oracle loses appeal against $3bn payment to HPE over withdrawal of Itanium support
Could one of the longest and dirtiest cases in tech history finally be over?
Legal30 Sep 2021 | 22
BT sued by representatives of the dead over unbundled landline market abuse claims
2.4m living and non-living Britons could score a payout, reckons lawsuit starter
Legal29 Sep 2021 | 5
Infosec outfit Group-IB's website was defaced in weeks before CEO's arrest over high treason claims
Co-founder takes over after Ilya Sachkov reportedly nabbed
Legal29 Sep 2021 | 8
Azure Purview is a preview no more: Microsoft is ready to sniff your sensitive data
Governance and compliance are the watchwords here
Legal28 Sep 2021 | 4
Texas cops sue Tesla claiming 'systematic fraud' in Autopilot after Model X ploughed into two parked police cars
Five officers seek $20m in damages from car maker and local restaurant
Legal28 Sep 2021 | 129
Indian state cuts off internet for millions to stop cheating in exams
1.6 million people sat teaching eligibility test, chasing 40,000 jobs
Legal27 Sep 2021 | 35
California Governor signs bill protecting warehouse workers from unsafe quotas
AB 701 takes aim at Amazon and other warehouse operators that prioritize productivity over health
Legal23 Sep 2021 | 14
Facebook overpaid FTC fine by up to $4.9bn to protect Zuckerberg, lawsuits allege
A whole lot of ███ in documents which finger Peter Thiel and execs
Legal23 Sep 2021 | 21
Two Northern Irish cops face Computer Misuse Act charges over Twitter trolling campaign
Prosecutors considering evidence for a number of offences
Legal23 Sep 2021 | 6
Senior IBMer hit with £290k demand from Big Blue in separate case as unfair dismissal claim rolls on
High Court and Employment Tribunal cases to be heard soon
Legal23 Sep 2021 | 28
Philippines approves digital services tax on streaming services, apps, even SaaS
Digital imports aren't currently taxed at all, and COVID means the government is keen to find new revenue sources
Legal22 Sep 2021 | 5
SEC takes legal action after crowdfunded marijuana investment scheme appears to go up in smoke
Platform and individuals charged in first case of its kind
Legal21 Sep 2021 | 19
Eco-friendly warning from UK tech trade group: Some of you have dirty green credentials
IT sector at risk of public humiliation if CMA finds they're not up to code
Legal20 Sep 2021 | 3
App Annie fined $10m by the SEC for deceptive practices around how it presented data
Analytics firm will neither admit nor deny the findings
Legal15 Sep 2021 | 6
Wikipedia bans seven Chinese users amid concerns of 'infiltration, physical harm'
Removes sysop privileges for another dozen, warns more about doxing, frets about preserving freedom to edit in the face of hostile regimes
Legal15 Sep 2021 | 26
Australia gave police power to compel sysadmins into assisting account takeovers – so they plan to use it
Soon, authorities intend to flush out CSAM and the creeps who share it. After that … privacy types are worried
Legal14 Sep 2021 | 44
IBM's former Chinese Power Systems partner sues for theft of customer data
Alleges IBM China staff had access to confidential info and took it with them to new Inspur operation
Legal13 Sep 2021 | 4
Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger
Updated 'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network
Legal09 Sep 2021 | 17
Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly
Yes, that Amazon. The one that's been fined for breaches of privacy and labor laws and accused of price-fixing, making life hell for unions …
Legal09 Sep 2021 | 66
Australia rules Facebook page operators are legally liable for user comments under posts
Good news for chap abused by online mob. Not so much for page admins
Legal08 Sep 2021 | 64
UK splashes out £30m on improving antiquated patent system, Deloitte and NTT Data are the lucky winners
Plans to cut patent renewal time from five days to five minutes
Legal08 Sep 2021 | 1
