Biotech exec sentenced to eight years for COVID-19 testing finger-stick fraud 100+ diagnostic tests from a single drop of blood – sound familiar? Legal19 Oct 2023 | 15
Winklevoss twins back in hot water after NY AG sues over $1B cryptocurrency fraud Updated SBF comes up like a bad penny Legal19 Oct 2023 | 21
US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon's attempt to get charges tossed Allege that 'greed and hubris' led Mike Lynch and co to 'pretend Autonomy thrived' Legal18 Oct 2023 | 27
3D printer purchases could require background checks under proposed law Bill in New York aims to stop spread of ghost guns, but fails to address existing kit or private sales Legal17 Oct 2023 | 38
TaxWatch finds astute scheme minimizes Big Tech's UK tax bill by over $2B As British public spending comes under pressure, tech superstars seemingly avoid two-thirds of tax burden Legal16 Oct 2023 | 12
Three dozen plaintiffs join Apple AirTag tracking lawsuit in amended complaint 38 people now accusing Apple of negligence over stalking, assaults and murders enabled by Bluetooth trackers Legal13 Oct 2023 | 20
SpaceX accused of paying less to women and minority engineers Suit alleges female staff were forced to start as technical writers despite doing largely same work Legal09 Oct 2023 | 41
When Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad Kettle Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough Legal09 Oct 2023 | 17
India demands social networks 'swiftly' remove all CSAM X, YouTube, and Telegram told to make it happen, or feel the wrath of 'zero tolerance' regime Legal09 Oct 2023 | 15
US lawmakers want China export bans to include open tech like RISC-V ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: South Korea to fine Apple, Google; Digital fraud booms in Hong Kong; Singtel slings TrustWave Legal08 Oct 2023 | 13
Musk in hot water with SEC for failure to comply with subpoena What do you mean they aren't optional for billionaires? Legal06 Oct 2023 | 47
Big Brother is coming to a workplace near you, and the privacy regulator wants a word Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Legal04 Oct 2023 | 47
X Corp is now suing a sublessee for unpaid rent Irony alert: Complaint cites defendant as claiming X 'did not even pay rent for such period' Legal02 Oct 2023 | 25
Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits Legal29 Sep 2023 | 29
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devices Legal28 Sep 2023 | 71
Indonesia, TikTok's best market, bans social commerce Made-In-China network's attempt to merge sales and socials stalled in the market all web giants covet Legal28 Sep 2023 | 4
Hong Kong securities regulator to name suspicious crypto players Tightens regulations after downfall of the brazen JPEX exchange Legal27 Sep 2023 | 6
Cryptocoin Ponzi scheme AirBit Club co-founder jailed 12 years behind bars, and ordered to forfeit $65m in illicit proceeds Legal27 Sep 2023 | 12
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints Legal21 Sep 2023 | 195
SEC gets $10m from Lyft over failure to disclose $424m pre-IPO stock sale Board member sold off stock just before listing, Lyft forgot to mention it Legal18 Sep 2023 |
South Korean telco SK Broadband and Netflix call a truce in network payment fight Maybe better together? Duo announce AI and entertainment product partnership Legal18 Sep 2023 | 3
Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance Will Elon actually pay this bill? Legal14 Sep 2023 | 26
X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue Legal11 Sep 2023 | 26
China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses Asia In Brief ALSO: Alibaba Cloud succession plan overturned; Fujtisu’s Thai takeaway; Australia takes on PayPal Legal11 Sep 2023 | 7
SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker Legal08 Sep 2023 | 21
DXC Technology named as participant in bid-rigging cartel Agreed bid prices in advance with local rival for work in Australian mining camps Legal07 Sep 2023 | 3
Judge greenlights $5.9M unpaid overtime Citrix wage deal Agreement will settle claims the company failed to compensate staff for all the hours they worked Legal06 Sep 2023 | 2
ASEAN bloc starts work on Digital Economy Framework Who needs India or China when ten booming economies form a gang? Legal06 Sep 2023 |
US and China to keep talking about chip bans, just not when they'll end Intel and Micron made the agenda, but action to ease their woes did not Legal29 Aug 2023 | 2
Samsung realizes behaving ethically is good for business, says compliance boss Mega-corp has mastered the complexity of numerous technologies but it took several scandals to impart this obvious lesson Legal29 Aug 2023 | 8
Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom Interesting choice, if true. Not a Lamborghini, is it? Legal24 Aug 2023 | 10
Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9
US tech titans say a heads-up about India's PC import license would've been nice Trade org board members petitioning Uncle Sam are who's who of Big Tech Legal21 Aug 2023 | 7
Can you raise $100M+ from AI investors with no product? SEC says yes In unrelated news, agency wants to teach folks how to spot a pyramid scheme Legal15 Aug 2023 | 20
Indian authorities reject Infosys 'COVID ate my homework' excuse Asia In Brief Tencent keyboard app allowed eavesdropping; Australia, Japan, sour on TwitX; China seeks to ID app devs Legal14 Aug 2023 | 3
Biden administration restricts US investment in tech China's military might employ Venture capital is helping Beijing arm and Washington wants that to stop Legal10 Aug 2023 | 6
Judge throws out EE's £25M 5G contract suit against Virgin Media 2022's MVNO spat wrapped up as world+dog reminded to check exclusion clauses Legal04 Aug 2023 | 2
Big Tech's going to love India's new personal data protection bill Big fines for breaches. Also big powers – including takedowns – for planned Data Protection Board Legal04 Aug 2023 | 6
SEC lawsuit against Terraform Labs and cofounder Do Kwon lives to fight another day Crypto bad boy’s appeal denied, despite recent Ripple Labs ruling Legal01 Aug 2023 | 2
Indonesia blocks Musk's X.com over its X-rated past Asia In Brief ALSO: Japan's government to write docs with AI; 5G boom coming; India denies infosec issues Legal31 Jul 2023 | 26
Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn't say from whom Legal26 Jul 2023 | 9
Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1
Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change? Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17
Post Office Horizon Inquiry calls for compensation to be brought forward Suffering and financial loss of subpostmasters prompts decision in interim report Legal17 Jul 2023 | 75
UK government faces calls to end IR35 double tax anomaly Meanwhile, Conservative stalwart calls to repeal law Legal17 Jul 2023 | 47
We will find you and we will sue you, Twitter tells 4 mystery alleged data-scrapers Lawyers say unknown John Does are profiting at Musk's expense Legal14 Jul 2023 | 90
India slaps massive 28 percent tax on online games of skill Fantasy sports bets put on the same footing as online casinos or a punt on the gee-gees Legal13 Jul 2023 | 7
China outsources censorship to web giants to break the fake news business model The likes of WeChat and Weibo suddenly have a lot of work to do – including turning off the money tap Legal12 Jul 2023 | 10
Chinese battery maker for the stars of the EV world suddenly wants to be seen powering human rights As allegations of forced labour circulate, CATL goes for a jolt of social responsibility Legal12 Jul 2023 | 4
Musk sues law firm for overcharging Twitter when Twitter was suing Musk X Corp boss invokes spirit of 'Cops arrest man for burning Burning Man man' Legal10 Jul 2023 | 44
Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees Legal05 Jul 2023 | 27
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig Legal28 Jun 2023 | 84
Europe seeks to punish Putin's infowar pals with bans on Russian tech firms Also slaps Chinese backdoor entities shipping forbidden tech to Moscow Legal26 Jun 2023 | 10
'We hate what you’ve done with the place – especially the hate' Australia tells Twitter Issues official 'please explain why your moderation is rubbish' notice backed by big fines Legal22 Jun 2023 | 101
Montenegro jails Do Kwon, accused of causing $40 billion LUNA crash Crypto villain's passports were as fake as his stablecoin Legal20 Jun 2023 | 11
Japan unleashes regulation Kaiju on Apple's and Google's app store monopolies Digital Competition Conf wants rift in markets to allow new app-slingers to spawn Legal19 Jun 2023 | 14
Micron warns China's ban could cost it $4 billion annual revenue Asia In Brief PLUS: Crypto just isn't cricket in India; China's budget smartphone surge; Jack Ma is back, again; and more Legal19 Jun 2023 | 1
Megaupload programmers cop a plea in New Zealand to avoid extradition Kim Dotcom still fighting decade-long battle to avoid being shipped to US over copyright abuse Legal16 Jun 2023 | 15
Music bosses go after Twitter's unlicensed soundtrack to the tune of $250M Just what the Muskified platform needs right now – another lawsuit Legal15 Jun 2023 | 23
UK government proposes legislation to regulate umbrella companies 'Mixed bag' of solutions await tech workers forced into IR35 alternatives Legal07 Jun 2023 | 28