In a major setback for EU antitrust regulators, the General Court of EU Wednesday overturned the €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine imposed on Intel almost 13 years ago for abuse of market dominance and stifling competition. In 2009, the European Commission found that the US chip-maker had abused its position in the market for x86 [...]

Chief US District Judge Richard Seeborg for the Northern District of California dismissed two claims Tuesday from a proposed class action against Google, ruling that a promise to avoid collecting user data did not amount to a contract. The case, Anibal Rodriguez, et al. v. Google LLC, revolves around Google’s privacy framework, specifically the “Web [...]

Human Rights Watch Tuesday released a report showing that LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan have experienced increasing violence and threats to their safety since the Taliban took complete control of the country on August 15, 2021. From October to December 2021, Human Rights Watch interviewed 60 LGBTQ+ Afghans about their lives under Taliban rule. Most of those who [...]

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court for the Southern District of New York argues that New York’s law prohibiting individuals who are not lawyers from providing legal advice interferes with New Yorkers First Amendment rights. According to the complaint, debt collection actions are one of the most common lawsuits in New York. To respond [...]

The District of Columbia and the states of Texas, Indiana and Washington Monday filed lawsuits against Alphabet’s Google over alleged deceptive location-tracking practices and violating the privacy of the users. In separate lawsuits filed against Google, the attorneys general allege that the search engine giant has systematically deceived its users about its location tracking practices [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed an administrative complaint against defense contractor Lockheed Martin Tuesday in an attempt to block the contractor’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings. Aerojet is a manufacturer of advanced power, propulsion, and armament systems, all of which are components for missiles made by Lockheed and other defense contractors. Aerojet is [...]

The San Jose City Council Tuesday passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance mandating residents who own a gun to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee aimed at reducing gun violence. The new ordinance, which is set to take effect in August if approved by the City Council at its second reading on February 8th, requires [...]

The Financial Times reported Monday that hundreds of German publishers, advertisers and media and industry groups have submitted a 108-page complaint to the European Union’s Commissioner for Competition, arguing that Google’s plan to replace third party cookies with alternatives for ad tracking breaches EU competition law. They are concerned that this action will critically impact [...]

The UK Court of Appeal Wednesday found that the Home Office’s decision to strip D4 of her British nationality was unlawful. The case surrounds a British national, D4, who was stripped of citizenship in 2019 after leaving the UK to join Isis in Syria. D4 attorneys challenged the decision as they argued that they were only informed [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday ruled that plaintiffs in The Arc of Iowa v. Kimberly Reynolds are entitled to a preliminary injunction. Under the terms of the injunction, Iowa’s ban on school mask mandates must include an exception for schools with disabled students who are at elevated risk due [...]