IBM demands $500,000 from boss after she jumps ship Big bill from Big Blue for Accenture move Legal15 Feb 2023 | 20
American jailed for smuggling controlled tech to Iran 30 months in prison for providing, um... enterprise mobile banking software dev tool Legal10 Feb 2023 | 12
Meta sees off another logo complaint from blockchain player Dfinity What would possess a nonprofit to go after Mark Zuckerberg's empire? Legal08 Feb 2023 | 7
India bans 232 Chinese lending and betting apps And a few non-Chinese lending apps that appear to have been scooped by accident Legal07 Feb 2023 |
Pakistan’s PM overturns Wikipedia ban, seeks end to whack-a-mole content blocks Cabinet committee gets to find a solution after years of bans didn’t achieve a lot Legal07 Feb 2023 | 21
South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities ‘Food does not change no matter what bowl it is served in’ says regulator Legal07 Feb 2023 | 5
Australian government doxxed citizens who criticized illegal 'Robodebt' scheme Asia In Brief PLUS: India is the new China for Apple; Sushi licking vid scandalizes Japan; Chinese spy balloon shot down; India's new Amazon tax Legal05 Feb 2023 | 40
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 | 99
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 | 58
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 | 70
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 | 22
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
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 | 42
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