Tag: Company Legal & Law Matters

What you need to know as Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman begins

In a few short days, jury selection will begin in the long-awaited Musk v. Altman case. At...

Apple could be fined up to $38 billion by Indian antitrust regulator

Apple's refusal to provide financial data to an Indian regulatory agency as part of an antitrust case...

Apple avoids a second import ban for its redesigned smartwatches in latest court ruling

Apple has secured a major victory for its redesigned smartwatches as per the latest decision from the...

IBM settles its DEI lawsuit with the DOJ for $17 million

IBM has agreed to settle the US Department of Justice's accusations that the company violated civil rights...

The EU is investigating Snapchat over possible child protection breaches

The European Union has opened a formal investigation into whether Snapchat has breached Digital Services Act (DSA)...

Judge rules that Krafton must rehire fired Subnautica director

A judge has ruled that publisher Krafton must reinstate Ted Gill as CEO of Unknown Worlds Entertainment,...

West Virginia is suing Apple alleging negligence over CSAM materials

The office of the Attorney General for West Virginia announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit...

Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term ‘Cameo’

Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark...

Europe probes Shein’s addictive app design and illegal product sales

The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into low-cost fast fashion retailer Shein. EC officials are...

Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million to passenger who accused a driver of rape

Uber must pay a passenger who accused one of its drivers of rape $8.5 million, a federal...

DOJ and states appeal Google monopoly ruling to push for harsher penalties against the company

Google might have been officially ruled to have a monopoly, but we're still a long way from...

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to a $68 million settlement regarding claims that its voice assistant inappropriately spied on...

Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals

Google has filed its appeal to the Department of Justice’s antitrust case that ended with a federal...

Disney’s deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

This morning Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing agreement: Starting in 2026, ChatGPT and Sora can...

Apple (mostly) loses its appeal in Epic Games case

Apple has clawed back a bit of ground in its legal fight with Epic Games that could...

Tencent agrees to stop promoting its Horizon ripoff during Sony lawsuit

Tencent has agreed to stop promoting and publicly testing Light of Motiram as a lawsuit with Sony...

Nintendo’s patent on summoning fighting NPCs is being reexamined

Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld just hit a snag. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ordered...

OpenAI sued for trademark infringement over Sora’s ‘Cameo’ feature

When OpenAI launched its TikTok-like Sora app, a key feature was "Cameo" that allows people to add...

Google and Amazon’s Israeli cloud contracts reportedly require them to sidestep legal orders

Chalk this one up under "The most clever (alleged) legal sidesteps this side of Tony Soprano." On...

Strava pulls the plug on its Garmin lawsuit after just 21 days

Strava's big attack on Garmin didn't last long. On Tuesday, the former filed paperwork to dismiss its...

Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees

Apple will owe money to UK users after losing an App Store antitrust lawsuit there on Thursday,...

Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and Evan Spiegel ordered to testify in trial over social media addiction

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel will have to testify...

OpenAI no longer has to preserve all of its ChatGPT data, with some exceptions

The controversial preservation order requiring OpenAI to indefinitely keep records of its ChatGPT data has been terminated....

Dutch court orders Meta to change its Facebook and Instagram timelines

A court in the Netherlands has ordered Meta to change Facebook and Instagram's timelines, after finding that...

Google asks Supreme Court to rescue it from its Epic lawsuit

Google is asking the Supreme Court to step in and pause the ruling the company received in...

The EU wants Apple, Google and Microsoft to clamp down on online scams

The European Union has asked Apple, Google and Microsoft to explain how they police online financial scams,...

Nintendo wins a $2 million lawsuit against popular Switch modding webstore

Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a...

Apple’s €14.3 billion Irish tax break case is officially over

Apple's Irish tax break problems are officially over. Ireland's Department of Finance has reported that the entirety...

FBI seize well-known Nintendo Switch game piracy site

One of the most popular sites for Nintendo Switch piracy has been taken down as part of...