A Texas jury says Meta must pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer a royalty and $174.5M+ in damages for violating two patents with Facebook Live and Instagram Live

  Techmeme   ·   7 days ago

Apple reaches a deal to settle a patent case with Koss, which in 2020 alleged that the AirPods violate five Koss' patents; terms of the deal were not disclosed

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

SCOTUS blocks Texas' social media content moderation law in a 5-4 vote, putting the measure on hold while a constitutional challenge proceeds in a lower court

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

US court rules in favor of pharma giant Merck in a $1.4B legal dispute with insurers who claimed an "Act of War" exclusion to deny coverage for NotPetya losses

  Techmeme   ·   8 months ago

Profile of privacy activist Ashkan Soltani, who was named head of the California Privacy Protection Agency on Monday

  Techmeme   ·   12 months ago

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has sued Activision Blizzard for sexual harassment of and discrimination against its female staff

  Techmeme   ·   1 year ago

TurboTax creator Intuit will leave the IRS Free File Program, which drew scrutiny in recent years after an investigation found Intuit hid free-filing options

  Techmeme   ·   1 year ago

Judge rules Facebook must supply records to RI's public employee pension fund, which is investigating whether FB overpaid the FTC to legally protect Zuckerberg

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Justice Department Drops California Net Neutrality Fight

  Reddit   ·   2 years ago

UPS sells trucking unit

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Subsidies

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

Filing: Xerox PARC accuses Facebook and Twitter of patent infringement, including through tools both companies use to slow the spread of misinformation

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

FCC to Delay $9 Billion Rural Broadband Push to Fix Data Flaws

  Reddit   ·   2 years ago

Trump Pushes to Reap Biometric Data From Immigrants, Americans

  Reddit   ·   2 years ago

Bankrupt Chuck E. Cheese Parent Wants to Shred 7B Tickets

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

DOJ updated merger guidelines for the first time in over a decade, modernizing the way it will order fixes, like asset selloffs, to resolve antitrust concerns

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

US appeals court throws out a 2019 antitrust ruling against Qualcomm and its licensing practices in a case brought by the FTC

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

Through June 30, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft announced 27 deals, up 29% YoY, at the fastest pace since 2015, raising more antitrust concerns

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Coinbase hires Paul Grewal, VP and deputy general counsel for Facebook, as its chief legal officer

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Private Equity Investing Now Allowed in 401(k) Retirement Funds

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

Sources: Cloudera, which counts activist investor Carl Icahn as its largest shareholder, is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest; stock up 15%+

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

NY Court of Appeals rules that Postmates drivers are employees, because the company "could not operate" without them, a potential win for all NY gig workers

  Techmeme   ·   3 years ago

California Supreme Court rules that Apple violated CA law by not paying employees at its stores for time spent on mandatory bag and iPhone searches

  Techmeme   ·   3 years ago

FCC announces proposals to pay satellite companies $9.7B to quickly free up C-band spectrum for 5G, and another $3.3B-$5.2B to pay for costs

  Techmeme   ·   3 years ago

Docs: Lyft has offered to pay NY ride-share drivers about $100-$600 each to settle a lawsuit alleging it misclassified them as contractors instead of employees

  Techmeme   ·   3 years ago

Facebook, Google Donate Heavily to Privacy Advocacy Groups

  Hacker News   ·   3 years ago

Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey

  Hacker News   ·   3 years ago

The Google Antitrust Investigations–Learning from Germany’s Facebook Inquiry

  Hacker News   ·   3 years ago

Zuckerberg Sued over Privacy Scandals, Alleged Insider Trades

  Hacker News   ·   3 years ago