The Courts Stories for 2020

VMware Sues Former Executive Who Left for CEO Job at Nutanix 35
New York Post's Hunter Biden Laptop Source Sues Twitter for Defamation 468
XRP Cryptocurrency Crashes Following Announcement of SEC Suit Against Ripple 34
The ACLU Is Suing For More Information About the FBI's Phone-Hacking Lab 31
Facebook Managers Trash Their Own Ad Targeting In Unsealed Remarks 13
Dozens Sue Amazon's Ring After Camera Hack Leads To Threats and Racial Slurs 71
Oracle's Hidden Hand Is Behind the Google Antitrust Lawsuits 51
SEC Formally Sues Cryptocurrency Company Ripple 40
Fired COVID-19 Data Manager Rebekah Jones Sues FDLE Over Raid On Her Home 144
YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Used To Upload 'Pirate' Movies and File DMCA Notices 53
DOJ Case Against Google Likely Won't Go To Trial Until Late 2023, Judge Says 29
Judge Orders Tim Cook and Craig Federighi To Testify in Epic Case 33
Texas Plans To Sue Google for Alleged Anticompetitive Behavior 38
40 Girls Do Porn Victims Are Suing Pornhub For $1 Million Each 313
'Save Europe from Software Patents', Urges Nonprofit FFII 33
Original Jailbreak App Store Cydia Sues Apple for its Monopoly 102
BTC-e Founder Sentenced To Five Years in Prison for Laundering Ransomware Funds 9
Court Suspends 'Copyright Troll' Lawyer From Practicing Law 39
Report Claims Huawei Finance Chief Meng Wanzhou Could Be Set Free In Exchange of Admitting Guilt 43
Netflix Sued Again for Poaching -- This Time by Activision Blizzard 65
US States Plan To Sue Facebook Next Week 38
ACLU Sues DHS Over Purchase of Cellphone Location Data Used To Track Immigrants 60
Italy Fines Apple $12 Million For Unfair Claims About iPhone Water Resistance 68
Tesla Whistleblower Martin Tripp Ordered To Pay $400,000 To Settle Hacking Case 60
Verizon Wiring Up 500K Homes With FiOS To Settle Lawsuit 25
The Supreme Court Will Hear Its First Big CFAA Case 61
America's Top Court Strikes Down Covid-19 Restriction On Religious Groups 465
Struggling Electric Jet Startup Zunum Sues Boeing For Fraud and Misuse of Trade Secrets 23
Nintendo Sues More Hack Sellers, 'a Worsening International Problem' 41
Google Ordered To Hand Over Emails in $600 Million Divorce Battle 33
Apple Security Chief Maintains Innocence After Bribery Charges 71
Indian Coding Startup WhiteHat Jr Sues Critics 32
Google Sued After Cellular Data Allowances Eaten by Hidden Transfers 19
EFF Launches New Podcast: How to Fix the Internet 76
Commerce Department Announces Stay of TikTok Shutdown Order 21
MPA Lawyers Are Trying To Shut Down Pirate Anime Giant Nyaa.si 40
Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited To US But Can Also Appeal 56
Trump's TikTok Ban Temporarily Blocked by US Judge 85
Grubhub Hit With Lawsuit for Listing Restaurants Without Permission 154
Facebook Targeted In UK Legal Action Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal 23
Massive Criminal Trial Begins For 'Cyberbunker' Dark Web Server 16
US Accuses Google of Protecting Illegal Monopoly 143
Billionaire CEO of Software Company Indicted For Alleged $2 Billion Tax Evasion Schemes 75
To Avoid Prison For Leaving Bad Hotel Reviews Online, An American in Thailand Must Apologize 292
Fortnite Remains Banned From Apple's App Store After Judge Refuses Epic's Request 124
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy 132
US Appeals Injunction Against TikTok Ban 25
Google is Giving Data To Police Based on Search Keywords, Court Docs Show 72
Netflix Indicted By Texas Grand Jury Over 'Lewd' Depiction of Children In 'Cuties' 336
A Literal Child and His Mom Sue Nintendo Over 'Joy-Con Drift' 104
Europe's Top Court Confirms No Mass Surveillance Without Limits 23
Sonos Sues Google For Infringing Five More Wireless Audio Patents 15
Apple's Battle With Epic Over Fortnite Could Reach Jury Trial Next July 31
Imprisoned 'Anonymous' Hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld Files His First Appeal 41
Illinois Facebook Users Can Claim Up To $400 In Class-Action Suit 18
Former Cambridge Analytica Chief Receives Seven-Year Directorship Ban 25
US Judge Blocks Attempt to Ban WeChat 140
At Least 10 Amazon Employees Took Bribes from Sellers, Indictment Alleges 14
Tesla Wins Lawsuit Against Whistleblower Accused of Hacks 14
CEO of Cyber Fraud Startup NS8 Arrested By FBI, Facing Fraud Charges 26
US Charges Chinese and Malaysian Hackers In Global Hacking Campaign 7
Europe's Top Court Says Net Neutrality Rules Bar 'Zero Rating' 81
Google Faces $3 Billion UK Suit Over Use of Children's Data 28
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM 62
Theranos' Holmes May Pursue 'Mental Disease' In Her Defense 98
California Amends Freelancer Law, But Still Pursues Gig-Worker Companies and Food-Delivery Services 113
Big Tech is Suing the Patent Office 27
9th Circuit Rules Apple Owes Retail Workers for Time Spent in Security Screenings 76
Court Rules NSA Phone Snooping Illegal -- After Seven-Year Delay 81
Oracle Loses Appeal in $10 Billion Pentagon Contract Fight 23
Texas A&M Professor Accused of Secretly Collaborating With China Amid NASA Work 52
Tesla, Intel, and Others Urge America's FTC to Oppose Qualcomm Ruling 44
Apple Terminates Epic's App Store Account Following Legal Dispute Between the Two Companies 165
Facebook Sues Maker of Advertising SDK for Refusing To Participate in Audit 18
DOJ Finally Starts Process of Investigating Nursing Home Deaths From COVID-19 232
Man Sues Patent Office For Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things 137
Israeli Phone Hacking Company 'Cellebrite' Sued To Stop Sales To Hong Kong 28
Apple Ordered To Not Block Epic Games' Unreal Engine, But Fortnite To Stay Off App Store 207
Nintendo Copyright Infringement Threats Shut Down Switch Payload Injector 40
Microsoft Warns Court That Apple Blocking Epic Will Hurt Games Business 127
TikTok Sues US Government Over Trump Ban 142
Anti-Piracy Outfit Hires VPN Expert To Help Track Down The Pirate Bay 67
Apple Fires Back in Court, Says Epic Games CEO Asked For Special Treatment 163
Open Technology Fund Sues Administration For $20M in Missing Funds 25
Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today 63
Cities Sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Claim They Owe Cable 'Franchise Fees' 111
Charter Can Charge Online Video Sites for Network Connections, Court Rules 113
TikTok's US Employees Plan To Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order 97
Police Use of Facial Recognition Violates Human Rights, UK Court Rules 58
Qualcomm Wins US Antitrust Lawsuit Appeal Over Chip Licensing 17
Zoom Sued By Consumer Group For Misrepresenting Its Encryption Protections 11
California Judge Orders Uber and Lyft To Classify Drivers As Employees 149
Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares With Authorities In the US 27
Apple Is Fighting Trademark for Prepear's Pear-Shaped Logo 84
Settlement for Google+ Breach Offers Class Members Up to $12 Each 67
Government's PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says 17
Twitter Hack Zoom Court Hearing Interrupted by Loud Music and Porn 71
Anthony Levandowski Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison, As New $4 Billion Lawsuit Against Uber Is Filed 23
Tesla's Touchscreen Wiper Controls Ruled Illegal In Germany 420
China's Xiao-i Sues Apple for $1.43 Billion Over Siri AI Infringement 70
GOP Congressman Turns Antitrust Hearing Into Personal Tech Support Session 136
Google's $2.1 Billion Fitbit Deal Faces Full-Scale EU Antitrust Investigation 12
Facebook Takes EU To Court For Invading Privacy 28
Apple Being Sued For Refusing To Help iTunes Gift Card Scam Victims 111
Judge Urged To Release Documents About Google's Cellphone Tracking 20
Tesla Accuses Rivian of Poaching Employees, Stealing Secrets 45
Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Twitter-Like Bitcoin Scam 39
Facebook Adds $100 Million To Landmark Facial Recognition Settlement Payout 15
Appeals Court Blocks Trump Appointee's Takeover of Web Nonprofit 20
Tech Firms Like Facebook Must Restrict Data Sent From EU To US, Court Rules 74
German Court Bans Tesla Ad Statements Related To Autonomous Driving 3
California Investigating Google For Potential Antitrust Violations 67
iPhone User Sues Microsoft's LinkedIn For Spying Through Apple's 'Clipboard' 39
'Guilty' Verdict for Russian Who Stole 117M Dropbox and LinkedIn Login Codes in 2012 31
Canadian Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Upheld 57
MIT and Harvard Sue DHS and ICE Over International Student Rule 182
7th Former eBay Employee Charged In Cyberstalking Campaign Targeting Natick Couple 21
Supreme Court Upholds Cellphone Robocall Ban 64
Former Yahoo Engineer Who Infiltrated 6,000 Accounts Avoids Jail 35
Supreme Court Says Generic Domains Like Booking.com Can Be Trademarked 83
Are Uber Drivers Employees? Uber Faces Two Big Court Challenges 104
Whatever Happened to the 'Flash Crash' Trader? 91
Lyft Settles With Justice Department Over Disability Lawsuit 24
Boston Votes To Ban Government Use of Facial Recognition 51
It's Unconstitutional For Cops To Force Phone Unlocking, Court Rules 116
Facebook Loses Antitrust Case In Germany Over Data Collection 9
Appeals Court Says California's IMDb-Targeting 'Ageism' Law Is Unconstitutional 140
The Pirate Bay's IP Address Belongs To a VPN Provider, ISP Tells Court 88
U.S. Supreme Court Endorses Gay, Transgender Worker Protections 421
Python Overtakes Java? JetBrains Releases 'State of Developer Ecosystem' Survey 67
Google Sues Sonos in Escalation of Wireless Speakers Fight 12
3M Sues Price-Gougers Who Used Amazon To Sell Masks At 1,800% Markup 82
ACLU Sues LA Over Controversial Scooter Tracking System 61
States Are Leaning Toward a Push To Break Up Google's Ad Tech Business 29
Instagram Just Threw Users of Its Embedding API Under the Bus 68
Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit In US For Tracking 'Private' Internet Use 42
Lawsuit Says Trump's Social Media Crackdown Violates Free Speech 237
Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive for Systematic Mass Scanning and Distribution of Literary Works 97
Are News Outlets Responsible For Comments Left On Their Facebook Pages? 122
Western Digital Gets Sued For Sneaking SMR Disks Into Its NAS Channel 79
ACLU Accuses Clearview AI of Privacy 'Nightmare Scenario' 22
Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Protections For Social Media Platforms 466
Just Turning Your Phone On Qualifies As Searching It, Court Rules 41
Linux Desktop Org GNOME Foundation Settles Lawsuit With Patent Troll 29
Tesla Drops Lawsuit Against Alameda County Over Freemont Factory Reopening 80
German Intelligence Can No Longer Freely Spy on the World's Internet Traffic, Top Court Rules 50
Nintendo Files Lawsuits In Crackdown Against Switch Hackers 61
Rainbow Six 'Copy' Lands Apple and Google In Copyright Court 44
'King of Donkey Kong' Billy Mitchell Continues Defamation Suit Over Cheating Accusations 93
Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google 28
Austrian Citizen Files GDPR Legal Complaint Over Android Advertising ID 43
Court Upholds Public Right of Access To Court Documents 19
Court Fines YouTuber For Posting IPTV Piracy Tutorials 37
James Damore Silently Ends Lawsuit Against Google 303
Tesla Files Lawsuit Demanding Reopening of Plant As Musk Faces Criticism 256
'Video Vigilante' Arrested After Filming a Hospital's Emergency Ramp 225
MPA and Amazon Ask GitHub To Suspend Kodi Add-On Developer's Account 48
Apple Sued Over 2016 MacBook Pro 'Stage Lighting' Issue 46
Uber and Lyft Face Worker Misclassification Lawsuit From CA Attorney General and City Attorneys 67
Adam Neumann, WeWork's Former Chief, Sues SoftBank 40
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Remotely 94
Unimpressed by Online Classes, College Students Demand Refunds 238
Judge Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality Comments 70
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Called To Testify Before House Antitrust Panel 24
Oracle Women Score Major Win in Court Battle Over Equal Pay 81
The ACLU Wants To Know Why Facebook Beat a 2018 Wiretap Case 65
Broadcom Offers To Scrap Exclusivity Deals To End EU Antitrust Probe 20
Georgia Loses Legal Code Copyright Clash At Supreme Court 158
Supreme Court To Consider Limiting America's 'Anti-Hacking' Law 21
Facebook Accuses NSO Group of Using US Servers for Spying 18
The Jury Is Still Out On Zoom Trials 43
In a First, Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Economic Losses 263
Ripple Sues YouTube Over Cryptocurrency Scam Videos 27
Uber Argues 'Fraud' Absolves It From Paying Star Engineer's $179 Million Fine 41
Twitter Can't Reveal Number of US Surveillance Requests, Judge Rules 53
Former Tesla Employees Brought Stolen Documents To Self-Driving Startup Zoox 45
Amazon Halts Activity At French Warehouses After Court Order 233
Court Rules Photographer Gave Up Exclusive Licensing Rights by Posting on Instagram 94
How a Corporation Suddenly Faced 'Flood' of Lawsuits From Thousands of Gig Workers 73
American Appeals Court Allows Facebook Privacy Lawsuit to Proceed 14
Zoom Accused of Misrepresenting Security Measures In New Lawsuit 22
NASA Astronaut's Estranged Wife Charged With Lying About Space Crime Allegation 114
EU Rules Rental Car Companies Don't Need To Pay A License To Rent Cars With Radios That Might Play Music 18
'Call of Duty' Wins First Amendment Victory Over Use of Humvees 94
Court Finds Algorithm Bias Studies Don't Violate US Anti-Hacking Law 52
The Supreme Court Says States Cannot Be Sued For Copyright Infringement 122
Comcast Wins Supreme Court Case Over Interpretation of Civil Rights Law 52
Google vs. Oracle Case Postponed Due to Coronavirus 18
Ex-Uber Engineer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Trade Secrets From Google 19
Medical Company Threatens To Sue Volunteers That 3D-Printed Valves for Life-Saving Coronavirus Treatments 367
Brave Browser Files GDPR Complaint Against Google 39
Apple Fined Record $1.23 Billion in France for Price-Fixing Scheme 43
Oracle Criticized For Questioning Google's Supporters In Java API Copyright Case 47
Pentagon 'Wishes To Reconsider' $10 Billion JEDI Contract Given To Microsoft 22
Judge: Amazon 'Likely To Succeed' on Key Issue in Pentagon Lawsuit 24
Split Verdict Given For CIA Programmer Charged In Massive Leak 48
Engineer At the Center of Waymo/Uber Legal Battle Declares Bankruptcy 55
Judge Rejects Tulsi Gabbard's 'Free Speech' Lawsuit Against Google 175
Uber Drivers' Self-Employed Status 'Fictitious', France Rules 107
Newly Obtained Documents Show Huawei Role In Shipping Prohibited US Gear To Iran 42
Coke and Pepsi Sued For Creating a Plastic Pollution 'Nuisance' 164
Apple To Pay Up To $500 Million To Settle US Lawsuit Over Slow iPhones 52
Facebook Sues SDK Maker OneAudience For Secretly Harvesting User Data 14
First Amendment Doesn't Apply On YouTube; Judges Reject PragerU Lawsuit 474
Jury Convicts Ex-Microsoft Worker in Digital Currency Scheme 10
Court Says Removing a Police GPS Tracker From Your Car Isn't Theft 137
Supreme Court Rejects Apple Appeal In Patent Fight With VirnetX 35
Judge Forces America's FCC To Seek New Public Feedback on Its Net Neutrality Repeal 47
Activision Fights 'Call of Duty' Leaks With Subpoenas to Reddit 29
Oracle's Allies Against Google Include Scott McNealy and America's Justice Department 135
Signing Up With Amazon, Wal-Mart, Or Uber Forfeits Your Right To Sue Them 58
AT&T Loses Key Ruling In Class Action Over Unlimited-Data Throttling 14
New Mexico AG Sues Google For Allegedly Collecting Location Data, Contact Lists From Students 13
Should Facebook, Google Be Liable For User Posts? 137
IRS Sues Facebook For $9 Billion, Says Company Offshored Profits To Ireland 103
Donald Trump 'Offered Julian Assange a Pardon if He Denied Russia Link To Hack' 510
ISPs Sue Maine, Claim Web-Privacy Law Violates Their Free-Speech Rights 126
Twitter Locks WikiLeaks Official Account With 5.4 Million Followers, Days Before Julian Assange's Extradition Hearing 75
Huawei's Silicon Valley Outpost Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Cisco 97
EU Judge Raises Prospect of Increasing Multibillion Fine Against Google 86
Ohio Man Arrested For Running Bitcoin Mixing Service That Laundered $300 Million 79
Netflix Loses Bid To Dismiss $25 Million Lawsuit Over 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' 91
Apple Liable For Millions In Unpaid Wages After Court Rules Retail Worker Bag Checks Illegal 117
Qualcomm Makes Case To Appeals Court That It Didn't Hurt Competition 7
Judge Temporarily Blocks Microsoft Pentagon Cloud Contract After Amazon Suit 59
Man Who Refused To Decrypt Hard Drives Is Free After Four Years In Jail 149
The Court Let T-Mobile Buy Sprint Because Sprint Completely Sucks 63
T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Wins Approval From US Judge 25
Facebook To IRS: Refund Me, I'm Irish! 107
Will China Seize an American Company's Drug For Fighting Coronavirus? 142
France Fines Apple $27.4 Million For Slowing iPhone Software 40
US Appeals Court Will Not Reconsider Net Neutrality Repeal Ruling 74
Google, YouTube and Venmo Send Cease-and-Desist Letters To Facial Recognition App That Helps Law Enforcement 54
Welfare Surveillance System Violates Human Rights, Dutch Court Rules 119
FBI Catches Hacker That Stole Nintendo's Secrets For Years 31
Ex-CIA Engineer Set To Go On Trial For Vault 7 Leak 61
Charges Dropped Against Pentesters Paid To Break Into Iowa Courthouse 37
Apple, Broadcom Ordered To Pay $1.1 Billion To CalTech In Patent Case 64
Facebook To Pay $550 Million To Settle Facial Recognition Suit 29
Blizzard Now Claims Full Copyright For Player-Mode 'Custom Game' Mods 156
US Files Lawsuits Over Robocall Scams, Cites 'Massive Financial Losses' 60
Clearview AI Is Struggling To Address Complaints As Its Legal Issues Mount 19
20 US States Want to Stop the Posting of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns 382
Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes Represents Herself at Trial After Lawyers Say She Stiffed Them 99
EFF Defends Bruce Perens Victory Against 'Open Source Security' in Appeals Court 30
Oregon Supreme Court Approves Measure To Limit Self-Checkout Lanes 406
Apple Lawsuit Tests If An Employee Can Plan Rival Startup While On Payroll 63
Amazon Asks Court To Halt Microsoft's Work on Pentagon 'War Cloud' 65
Nintendo Doesn't Have To Refund Digital Preorders, According To European Court 69
India Likely To Force Facebook, WhatsApp To Comply With 'Traceability' Demand 19

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