The Courts Stories for 2016

Seattle Man Accused of Using Social Media To Set Up Fake Porn Agency 215
Chinese Traders Charged With Insider Trading on Hacked Information 28
Fitbit Drops Lawsuit Against Jawbone 4
Apple's Beef With Nokia Gets Intense, All Withings Products Pulled From Online Store 118
US Court Demands Documents On AT&T/Police Collaboration 48
Uber Lawsuit Alleges Employees Were Misled On Equity Compensation 39
Google Employee Sues For $3.8 Billion Over Confidentiality Policies 102
EU's Highest Court Delivers Blow To UK Snooper's Charter 156
EU Accuses Facebook Of Giving Misleading Information During WhatsApp Takeover 27
Apple Appeals EU Tax Ruling, Says It Was a 'Convenient Target' 122
Apple Loses In Court, Owes $2 Million For Not Giving Workers Meal Breaks 255
Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Belongs To Buyer, Not NASA, Judge Rules 63
Rogue Lawyers Made $6 Million Shaking Down Porn Pirates, Feds Say 128
Businesses May No Longer Sue Customers Over Negative Reviews 98
The Pirate Bay, BitTorrent Websites To Be Blocked In Australia, Federal Court Rules 112
Uber Appeals Against Ruling that Its UK Drivers Are Workers 178
Florida Court Says Suspected Voyeur Must Reveal His iPhone Passcode To Police 184
Disney IT Workers, In Lawsuit, Claim Discrimination Against Americans 455
EFF: The Music Industry Shouldn't Be Able To Cut Off Your Internet Access 88
Falsely Accused Movie Pirate Deserves $17K Compensation, Court Says 60
Supreme Court Considers When US Patent Violations Are 'Induced' Abroad 31
Embedding Isn't Copyright Infringement, Says Italian Court 25
How Microsoft Lost In Court Over Windows 10 Upgrades 121
Sysadmin Gets Two Years In Prison For Sabotaging ISP 133
It Will Soon Be Illegal To Punish US Customers Who Criticize Businesses Online 90
French Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Visiting Pro-ISIS Websites 414
Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users 203
Edward Snowden Loses Norway Safe Passage Case 73
Iceland is Suing a Supermarket That's Using Its Name 102
Uber Is About to Face a Landmark Battle in Europe 106
$1 Billion Getty Images Public Domain Photograph Dispute is Over 99
Snowden Can Be Asked To Testify In Person In Germany NSA Probe 72
Is Google's AI-Driven Image-Resizing Algorithm Dishonest? 79
Privacy Group Sues The FBI, Demanding Details About Biometric Database Sharing 16
Terminally Ill Teen Won Historic Ruling To Preserve Body 386
Britain Has Passed the 'Most Extreme Surveillance Law Ever Passed in a Democracy' 359
US Navy Denies Pirating Software on 550K Computers, Says It Had Bought Licenses For 38 Machines 170
Charter Customer Sues Over Hidden Fees, Claims 'Massive Billing Fraud' 96
Children Can Now Sue The US Government Over Climate Change 345
'Flash Crash' Trader Pleads Guilty, Facing Up To 30 Years In Prison 94
Judge Orders Amazon Refunds for Children's In-app Purchases 54
How President Trump Could Destroy Net Neutrality 235
Ireland Will Bring the Fight Over Apple Taxes To the EU Court 71
Unsealed Court Docs Show FBI Used Malware Like 'A Grenade' 59
Facebook Users Sue Over Alleged Racial Discrimination In Housing, Job Ads 177
Gawker Pays $750,000 To That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email 121
Munich Court To Try Facebook's Zuckerberg For Inciting Hatred 179
Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law 248
US Government Sues AT&T/DirecTV, Calls It 'Ringleader' of Collusion Scheme 113
Hulk Hogan Settles With Gawker For $31 Million 156
Uber Drivers Are Company Employees Not Self-Employed Contractors, Rules British Court 230
Family Sues Amazon After Counterfeit Hoverboard Catches Fire, Destroys Home 253
City ISP Makes Broadband Free Because State Law Prohibits Selling Access 54
Oracle Will Officially Appeal Its 'Fair Use' Loss Against Google 99
FCC Imposes ISP Privacy Rules and Takes Aim At Mandatory Arbitration 51
Hotel CEO Openly Celebrates Higher Prices After Anti-Airbnb Law Passes 310
Comcast Sues Nashville To Halt Rules That Give Google Fiber Faster Access To Utility Poles 95
Repeat Infringers Can Be Mere Downloaders, Court Rules 121
Scientists Create AI Program That Can Predict Human Rights Trials With 79 Percent Accuracy 83
Yahoo Scanning Order Unlikely To Be Made Public: Reuters 61
Largest Auto-Scandal Settlement In US History: Judge Approves $15 Billion Volkswagen Settlement 128
Alibaba Founder To Chinese Government: Use Big Data To Stop Criminals 46
Electronic Surveillance Up 500% In DC Area Since 2011, Almost All Sealed Cases 41
Journalist Cleared of Riot Charges in South Dakota 79
'Anonymous' Hacker Indicted As His Hunger Strike Continues 67
Prosecutors Say NSA Contractor Could Flee To Foreign Power 44
KickassTorrents Lawyer: 'Torrent Sites Do Not Violate Criminal Copyright Laws' 80
Spanish Police Arrest Their First Ever eBook Pirate 48
Samsung Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Exploding Galaxy Note 7 42
Plaintiffs From Seven States Sue Comcast For Misleading, Hidden Fees 81
It's Entirely Reasonable For Police To Swipe a Suspicious Gift Card, Says Court 204
Apple and Other Tech Companies Have Registered Their IP in Jamaica, Tonga, and Elsewhere For Years 42
UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data For 17 Years, Court Rules 56
You Can Now Claim Your Cash In the PS3 'Other PS3' Settlement 85
Ford's Buggy Infotainment System Referred To By Engineers As 'Polished Turd' and 'Unsaleable' 292
Star Wars Production Company Fined Almost $2 Million For Harrison Ford's Injury 81
How a Video Game About Sheep Exposes the FBI's Broken FOIA System 116
Dozens of Suspicious Court Cases Aim At Getting Web Pages Taken Down Or Deindexed 146
Are Tech Firms Liable For What Their Users Post? 98
Class Action Lawsuit Grows Over iPhone 6 Plus 'Touch Disease' 210
Appeals Court Reinstates Apple's $120 Million Slide-To-Unlock Patent Win Over Samsung 70
Prominent Pro-Patent Judge Issues Opinion Declaring All Software Patents Bad 294
Two 19-Year-Olds Charged With Running Phone Harassment, Hack-For-Hire Sites 36
Yahoo Scan By US Fell Under Foreign Spy Law Expiring Next Year 50
Judge Allows Small Businesses To Sue Credit Card Giants For Forcing Them To Adopt Chip Readers 311
Apple Loses Patent Retrial To VirnetX, Owes $302.4 Million 64
Federal Prosecutors Actually Prosecute H1-B Fraud 111
FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry 192
New California Law Allows Test of Autonomous Shuttle With No Driver 36
Researchers Ask Federal Court To Unseal Years of Surveillance Records 24
Four States Sue To Stop Internet Transition 296
Verizon Technician Is Accused of Selling Customers' Call Records and Location Data To Private Investigator 50
Apple Logs Your iMessage Contacts - And May Share Them With Police: The Intercept 61
US Department of Labor Is Suing Peter Thiel's Startup 'Palantir' For Discriminating Against Asians 469
Kentucky's Shotgun 'Drone Slayer' Gets Sued Again 307
Judge Skewers Oracle Attorney For Revealing Google, Apple Trade Secrets 68
Indian Students Score a Partial Win in Facebook Privacy Dispute 47
Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban 261
Appeals Court Decision Kills North Carolina Town's Gigabit Internet 222
With 3D Printer Gun Files, National Security Interest Trumps Free Speech, Court Rules 438
'Corporate Troll' Wins $3 Million Verdict Against Apple For Ring-Silencing Patent 84
Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Money In Case Tied To JPMorgan Hack 87
Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips 612
'Unpatent' Begins Crowdfunding Challenges To Bad Patents 115
Woman Sues Sex Toy App For Secretly Capturing Sensitive Information 211
Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded 102
21st Century Fox Sues Netflix Over Executive Poaching 83
Alleged Hacker Lauri Love To Be Extradited To US 71
AP, Vice, USA Today Sue FBI For Info On Phone Hack of San Bernardino Shooter 49
Apple Is Still Ignoring One of the Biggest iPhone Engineering Flaws of All Time: 'Touch Disease' 204
Tesla Is Suing An Oil-Company Executive For Impersonating Elon Musk 170
FBI Agent Posing As Journalist To Deliver Malware To Suspect Was Fine, Says DOJ 74
A Woman Is Suing Her Parents For Posting Embarrassing Childhood Photos To Facebook 412
NYC Threatens To Sue Verizon Over FiOS Shortfalls 44
10 Years in Prison For Online Pirates a Step Closer in the UK 136
New York Fines Viacom, Mattel and Hasbro For Tracking Kids Online 49
EU Court Blocks Brazilian Company From Trademarking Sound Of a Ringing Phone 111
Yelp Is Not Liable For Negative Rating 'Stars' On Website, Says Appeals Court 97
ACLU Is Launching A Campaign To Convince President Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden 343
When Your Boss Is An Algorithm 178
Senator Urges Colleagues to Prevent Expansion of Government Hacking 41
Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in US Diesel Emissions Probe 110
Researcher Gets 20 Days In Prison For Hacking State Websites As Political Stunt 85
Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court 282
Uber Drivers Are Subject To Individual Arbitration, Says Court 104
Sony Wins Battle Over Preinstalled Windows in Europe's Top Court 238
John McAfee Sues Intel To Use His Own Name 111
Google, Apple, Mozilla, and the EFF Support Microsoft's Fight Against Gag Orders 55
Revived Lawsuit Says Twitter DMs Are Like Handing ISIS a Satellite Phone 197
Grumpy Cat Wants $600K From 'Pirating' Coffee Maker 186
Judge Allows Kim Dotcom To Livestream Court Hearing 72
US Appeals Court Dismisses AT&T Data Throttling Lawsuit 26
65-Year-Old Woman Shoots Down Drone Over Her Virginia Property With One Shot 644
Kim Dotcom Will Revive Megaupload, Linking File Transfers To Bitcoin Microtransactions 76
BitTorrent Cases Filed By Malibu Media Will Proceed, Rules Judge 69
'Legalist' Startup Automates The Lawsuit Strategy Peter Thiel Used To Bankrupt Gawker 242
HP Hit With Age-Discrimination Suit Claiming Old Workers Purged 194
Sony Tries To Remove News Articles About PlayStation 4 Slim Leak From The Internet 85
US Trade Judge Clears Fitbit of Stealing Jawbone's Trade Secrets 13
Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working 191
Tesla Owner in Autopilot Crash Won't Sue, But Car Insurer May 93
Nintendo Shuts Down 'Pokemon Uranium' Fan Game After 1.5 Million Downloads 140
Oracle Says Trial Wasn't Fair, It Should Have Known About Google Play For Chrome 182
Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 155
FCC Complaint: Baltimore Police Breaking Law With Use of Stingray Phone Trackers 108
Tim Cook: Privacy Is Worth Protecting 120
Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware 162
One Year in Jail For Abusive Silicon Valley CEO 287
US Seizure of Kim Dotcom's Assets Will Stand, Says Appeals Court 166
LinkedIn Suffers Huge Bot Attack That Steals Members' Personal Data 109
Twitter Is Not Legally Responsible For The Rise of ISIS, Rules California District Court 140
DOJ Official Tells 100 Federal Judges To Use Tor 61
Myths Persist About Running Public Wi-Fi in the UK 20
Online Fame Distracts 9th-Grader Who Built That Clock Mistaken For A Bomb 319
Conservative Site Argues Profiting from Snowden 'Treason' May Violate Law 236
Judge Rules FBI Violated Fourth Amendment By Recording 200+ Hours of Audio At A Courthouse 95
Gawker Founder Nick Denton Files For Bankruptcy 138
Washington State Sues Comcast For $100M Over 'Pattern of Deceptive Practices' 90
Cable Companies Urge Judges To Kill 'Net Neutrality' Rules 170
Court Ruling Shows The Internet Does Have Borders After All 47
Judge Rules Political Robocalls Are Protected By First Amendment 191
Facebook Offering Refunds For Kids' In-App Purchases 22
UK Judge Calls For An Online Court Without Lawyers To Cut Costs 103
Microsoft Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Aggressive Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics 105
Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears 153
Bitcoin Not Money, Rules Miami Judge In Dismissing Laundering Charges 150
Suspect Required To Unlock iPhone Using Touch ID in Second Federal Case 233
Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, Says Government 193
Yahoo Ordered to Show How It Recovered 'Deleted' Emails 80
UK Cybersecurity Executives Plead Guilty To Hacking A Rival Firm 14
Samsung Fights Back, Sues China's Huawei For Patent Infringement 24
Texas Man Who Acted As Russian Agent Gets 10 Years' Prison 87
'The Wolf of Wall Street' Movie Was Financed With Stolen Money, Says DOJ 160
Saudi Arabia Revives 15-Year-Old Ban On 'Zionism-Promoting' Pokemon 328
US Navy Faces $600M Lawsuit For Allegedly Pirating 3D VR Software 115
Amazon Isn't Saying If Echo Has Been Wiretapped 86
Cities Struggling To Crack Down On Airbnb Renters 260
U.S. Curtails Federal Election Observers 180
Is The DOJ Using Obsolete Software To Subvert FOIA Requests? 85
Uber's Investigators Admit To Lying While Digging Up Dirt On Legal Foes 57
Theresa May Reshuffles Cabinet, Warns Amazon and Google of Power Shift 227
Valve Denounces Third-Party Gambling Sites, But Won't Block Them 32
US Judge Throws Out Cell Phone 'Stingray' Evidence For The First Time 118
Facebook Sued for $1 Billion for Alleged Use of Medium for Terror 204
Kentucky Anonymous Member Indicted Three Years After FBI Raid 176
UK Proposes Mandatory Age Verification For Porn Sites 146
Do You Own Your Own Fingerprints? 67
IRS Is Suing Facebook Over Asset Transfers In Ireland 97
Entire Federal Government Exempt From Robocall Laws, FCC Rules 188
Password Sharing Is a Federal Crime, Appeals Court Rules 165
Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Sues T-Mobile For Patent Infringment 46
Google Twists the Knife, Asks For Sanctions Against Oracle Attorney 78
Age-Discrimination Suit Against Google Seeks Class Action For Engineers 144
Man Who Teaches People How To Repair Their MacBooks Alludes To Apple Lawsuit 150
Frontier Teams With AT&T To Block Google Fiber Access To Utility Poles 117
Oracle Ordered To Pay $3B Damages To HP 47
US Efforts To Regulate Encryption Have Been Flawed, Government Report Finds 110
DMCA Notices Remove 8,268 Projects On Github In 2015 116
Tesla Admits Defeat, Quietly Settles Model X Lawsuit Over Usability Problems 129
ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 76
Florida Man Sues Apple For $10+ Billion, Says He Invented iPhone Before Apple 159
Airbnb Has Sued Its Hometown Of San Francisco 242
Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn't Prove Anything 164
Cisco Seen As Trying To 'Slow Down Arista Anyway They Can' With Patent Lawsuits 124
President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Before Leaving Office 383
Woman Wins $10,000 Lawsuit Against Microsoft Over Windows 10 Upgrades 443
Wisconsin's Prison-Sentencing Algorithm Challenged in Court 228
Star Trek Actor's Death Inspires Class Action Against Car Manufacturer 365
From File-Sharing To Prison: The Story of a Jailed Megaupload Programmer 126
Snowden Finally Identified As Target of Investigation That Ended Lavabit 77
Valve Faces Lawsuit Over Video Game Gambling 73
Federal Court: The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Your Home Computer 309
Sony Agrees To Pay Millions To Gamers To Settle PS3 Linux Debacle 232
Apple Starts To Shell Out $400 Million To Customers In eBook Settlement 30
Court Slams Record Companies in New Vimeo/DMCA Ruling 23
Star Trek/Axanar Lawsuit Isn't Going Away Just Yet 97
Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration 89
Twitter, Facebook and Google Sued For Facilitating Paris Attacks 156
FBI Says Utility Pole Surveillance Cam Locations Must Be Kept Secret 224
'Spam King' Sanford Wallace Sentenced To 2.5 Years In Prison For Facebook Phishing Scam 56
Peter Thiel's Lawyer Wants To Silence Reporting On Trump's Hair 301
Feds Ask Supreme Court To Void Apple's $400 Million Award From Samsung 63
Supreme Court Rejects Google Appeal In Class Action Dispute From Advertisers 17
Judges Rule Raped Woman Can Sue 'Enabling' Web Site 383
Op-ed: Oracle Attorney Says Google's Court Victory Might Kill the GPL 357
EFF Warns of Harsher CFAA 44
Feinstein-Burr Encryption Legislation Is Dead In The Water 123
Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive 243
Patent Troll VirnetX Wants To Ban FaceTime and iMessage, Increase Damages Award By $190M 94
Android Is 'Fair Use' As Google Beats Oracle In $9 Billion Lawsuit 243
The Pirate Bay Sails Back To Its .ORG Domain 91
New Clues About Why Mt. Gox Failed 50
Judge Orders 'Intentionally Deceptive' DOJ Lawyers To Take Remedial Ethics Class 185
Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page 405
Google Appeals French Order For Global 'Right To Be Forgotten' 170
Tesla's New Factory Project Imported Foreign Laborers 208
890 College Students Sue Google Over Email Scanning 105
Hidden FBI Microphones Exposed In California 205
Amazon and Microsoft Directors Charged in Prostitution Sting 311
Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury 436
The Pirate Bay Loses Its Main Domain Name In Court Battle 107
Mozilla Fights FBI In Court For Details On Tor Browser Hack 58
BakerHostetler Hires Artificial Intelligent Attorney 'Ross' 49
DVDFab Has Ignored Court's Shut Down Order, AACS Says 167
FBI Has Sights On Larger Battle Over Encryption After Apple Feud 171
Panama Papers Affair Widens As Database Goes Online 100
Are US Courts 'Going Dark'? 163
Judge Rodney Gilstrap Sees A Quarter Of The Nation's Patent Cases 85
LAPD Hacked An iPhone 5s Before The FBI Hacked San Bernardino Terrorist's iPhone 5c 47
FDA To Regulate E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco 342

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