An amended lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google has alleged that Google’s search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In January, the state… Read More ›
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Orlando Police Pension Fund launches suit to delay Musk’s acquisition of Twitter
A Florida pension fund has sued Elon Musk and Twitter Inc in an attempt to stop Musk from completing his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company before 2025. The Orlando Police Pension Fund has launched a proposed class action… Read More ›
Russia imposes $137763 fines on Google over fake news
A court in Russia has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google $137,763 (11 million roubles) for failing to delete “fake” news produced by Ukrainian far-right groups on YouTube. Previously, Russia had warned the US company that it would punish it for “spreading… Read More ›
Delete fake new content or face fine: Russian court to Google
As per a report from Interfax, a Russian court has told Google and Wikimedia Foundation to delete “fake” information regarding the Ukraine conflict or face fines. On Thursday, Russian communications watchdog had told Google it would face fines over its… Read More ›
Moscow will take legal steps if forced to default on sovereign debt payments: Finance Minister
On Monday, in a significant development, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, Moscow will initiate legal steps if the United States tries to force it to default on its sovereign debt. “Of course we will sue, because we have taken… Read More ›
ASML considering taking legal action against Dongfang Jinguan over alleged intellectual property theft
Much like its denial of hacking attacks as alleged by various global law enforcement agencies and government, China’s Dongfang Jingyuan Electron, which makes software for chip manufacturing procedures, has denied reports of alleged IP theft from Dutch lithography giant ASML… Read More ›
Hewlett-Packard wins fraud case against British tech tycoon Mike Lynch
In a significant development, a British judged ruled tech tycoon Mike Lynch had masterminded an elaborate fraud to inflate the value of his company – Autonomy, before it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011. HP’s acquisition of Autonomy… Read More ›
Google cannot escape deceptive location tracking lawsuit: Arizona court
In a significant development affecting Alphabet Inc’s Google,a judge in Arizona has ruled, Google has deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings; the court refused to toss out a lawsuit brought on by the state’s attorney general. Google had… Read More ›
Bulgaria’s secret surveillance laws not compliant with Europe’s Human Rights Convention: European Court of Human Rights
In a significant development, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Bulgaria violated the European Convention of Human Rights citing its secret surveillance and retention and accessing of communication data. The court order comes after two Bulgarian lawyers and… Read More ›
Morgan Stanley agrees to settle proposed data security class action lawsuit with $60M
US banking giant Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a lawsuit brought by customers who have alleged that the bank exposed their personal data when it failed – twice – to properly retire its legacy information technology…. Read More ›