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From Microsoft VP to law student: What this exec’s career transition says about AI and the law

Mike Angiulo worked at Microsoft for 25 years as an engineering manager and vice president for products including Windows PCs,… Read More

Amazon appeals product liability ruling to CA Supreme Court, citing ‘potentially vast blast radius’

Amazon is asking the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling in a landmark product liability case, seeking… Read More

Slack warns investors about risk of possible retaliation from Microsoft over antitrust complaint

New language in Slack’s quarterly regulatory filing warns investors that Microsoft could retaliate against the workplace collaboration company over its… Read More

California could soon make Amazon, other online marketplaces liable for defective products

In the fall of 2016, Angela Bolger ordered a replacement battery for her HP laptop for $12.30 through Amazon Prime.… Read More

“I’m so in the mood to f**k Amazon”: WhatsApp thread cited in alleged $19M ‘overshipping’ scam

Prosecutors are citing a series of profane and derogatory WhatsApp messages as evidence against four brothers charged with defrauding Amazon… Read More

Landmark product liability ruling puts Amazon’s third-party marketplace in a new legal pinch

[Update, Aug. 14, 2:30 p.m.: Amazon says it plans to appeal the ruling. See the company’s statement below.] An appeals… Read More

Amazon forms ‘Counterfeit Crimes Unit,’ under pressure to escalate fight against fake products

Amazon has formed an internal “Counterfeit Crimes Unit” to bolster its fight against knock-off products on Amazon.com, as the company… Read More

Amazon joins Valentino in Rockstud counterfeit case, putting the legal shoe on the other foot

Amazon, which has been sued in the past over knock-off goods sold on its third-party marketplace, is joining Valentino to… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job

Follow-up: Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches A lawsuit filed… Read More

Seattle-area software engineer charged for attempting to defraud CARES Act of $1.5M

Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what… Read More

Alexa, is this a scam? Amazon cracks down on tech support sites, alleging they tricked new users into paying to fix bogus bugs

Amazon is suing two companies for “widespread tech support fraud,” alleging that they tricked new users of Echo speakers and… Read More

California’s settlement with T-Mobile clears way for Sprint merger — here are the terms they reached

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who led a coalition of more than a dozen states in a challenge to the… Read More

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Sonos vs. Google: Amazon won patent for ‘distributed speaker synchronization’ four years ago

Is this why Sonos decided to sue Google rather than going after Amazon? Our search of U.S. patent records this… Read More

F5 Networks secures NGNIX software builds as precaution after visit from Russian law enforcement

F5 Networks says it has taken steps to ensure the security of the master software builds for NGINX, the popular… Read More

Expedia makes peace with United Airlines in latest deal to cement travel giant’s role in online booking

What happens to Expedia if airlines and hotels opt to go it alone? The online travel giant has been facing… Read More

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Can Facebook be fixed? Social media and the unintended consequences of technology in the wild

Sheryl Cababa is a user experience designer with technology and product design firm Artefact in Seattle who studies the impact… Read More

Comcast fined $9.1M for consumer protection violations in high-profile Washington state case

A judge ordered Comcast Corp. to pay $9.1 million in penalties for violating Washington state’s Consumer Protection Act — a… Read More

UnitedHealth sues exec for taking trade secrets to Amazon health care joint venture

Amazon’s joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase is just getting started, but it’s already rattling health care giants.… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employee sues company and former manager for gender discrimination

A former Microsoft employee has filed a lawsuit against the company, as well as her former manager and an additional… Read More

Court docs: Elon Musk to resign as Tesla chairman, pay $20M, and submit tweets for internal review

Elon Musk has agreed to step down as Tesla’s chairman for three years but will remain CEO of the electric… Read More

Bob Ferguson

Google and Facebook sued by Washington state AG for alleged violations of campaign finance law

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against Facebook and Google on Monday, alleging that the tech giants aren’t… Read More

Class action suit vs. CenturyLink and DirecTV alleges customer data can be accessed via internet search

A lawsuit against internet provider CenturyLink and AT&T-owned DirecTV alleges the companies fail to adequately protect personal customer data — to… Read More

IBM reaches settlement with new Microsoft diversity chief, ending unusual non-compete suit

Updated below with IBM comment. IBM has settled a lawsuit with one of its longtime human resources executives who jumped… Read More

Microsoft backs bill to give harassment cases their day in court, waives its own arbitration clauses

Microsoft is throwing its support behind a bill that would prevent employers from requiring arbitration for sexual harassment claims, saying… Read More

Disney targets Redbox over resale of digital movie codes, alleging ‘blatant disregard’ of copyright rules

A suit filed against Redbox this week by Walt Disney Co. targets the movie rental kiosk company’s practice of reselling… Read More

Ryanair sues Expedia, accusing online travel giant of illegally scraping its site to sell flights

Ryanair, the budget airline serving Europe, Africa and the Middle East, is accusing Expedia of routinely and repeatedly scraping information… Read More

Microsoft wins dismissal of suit filed by former employees in ‘hostess bar’ expense case

A King County Superior Court judge has dismissed a wrongful termination case against Microsoft filed by two former employees in… Read More

Microsoft drops suit over U.S. secrecy rules after DOJ limits use of gag orders by prosecutors

Microsoft says it’s dropping a suit against the U.S. Justice Department that targeted a tactic commonly used by prosecutors to prevent… Read More

Amazon targets authors and marketers for alleged abuse of Kindle Direct Publishing system

Amazon has filed arbitration demands against several book authors, publishers and marketers, alleging that they abused the Kindle Direct Publishing… Read More

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