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Apple’s Tim Cook speaks out on FBI case at iPhone event: ‘We will not shrink from this responsibility’

Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke out on the company’s dispute with the FBI at a media event where Apple is expected… Read More

Public universities don’t reveal how student data is shared with local law enforcement and feds

Apple’s refusal to unlock an iPhone for the FBI has sparked a legal war, and a nationwide debate over law… Read More

Biometric battle: Retooled privacy legislation faces opposition in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Business groups are lining up in opposition to a bill in Washington state that would forbid commercial interests from obtaining… Read More

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Zillow could spend more than $60M defending itself in a lawsuit centered around just one employee

The legal tensions are escalating between Zillow and News Corp.-owned Move Inc. And with good reason. There’s a lot of… Read More

Social Justice Hackathon brings real solutions to those in need of legal aid

The United States prides itself on guaranteeing justice for all. But inequality in the justice system is still a persistent… Read More

Xbox 360 scratched discs: Why the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case, a decade later

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the… Read More

On-demand valet service Zirx sued over workers’ independent contractor classification

A former Zirx worker says she was required to work set hours and wear a uniform when she parked cars… Read More

Teen who was arrested for bringing clock to school threatens $15M lawsuit

View image | gettyimages.com The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim student who was arrested when a clock he built… Read More

Uber sued by former worker seeking at least $44M on behalf of all Washington state Uber drivers

A former Washington state Uber driver has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully classified as an independent contractor by the ride-sharing… Read More

Microsoft names Horacio Gutierrez new general counsel in reorganization of legal team

Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization of its legal team on Friday as the company builds a new department around recently promoted Microsoft… Read More

Judge ‘troubled’ by his own ruling in Amazon counterfeit goods case, says it’s an issue for Congress to address

A federal judge in Seattle ruled in favor of Amazon this week in a dispute over counterfeit goods sold by… Read More

Amazon wins jury verdict in knockoff pillowcase suit, setting key precedent for counterfeit goods

Amazon is not liable for patent, copyright or trademark infringement when a third-party retailer uses its platform to sell counterfeit goods,… Read More

Two current female Microsoft workers join suit, allege careers stifled by gender discrimination

Two current Microsoft employees came forward this week to allege that they, and their female coworkers, are rising through the… Read More

After undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews

Amazon continued its war against fake product reviews on Friday, filing a lawsuit against more than 1,000 people it says… Read More

Microsoft’s employee review system is biased against women, lawsuit alleges

A former Microsoft security program manager alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that the company’s employee review system discriminates against women in… Read More

Appeals court sides with Microsoft in dispute with Google over Motorola patents

An appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of Microsoft in a patent battle with Google, further cementing an emerging legal precedent… Read More

Eight years later, Xbox 360 disc-scratching case moving forward

If you ever owned an Xbox 360, you might want to take note: Due to a disc-scratching manufacturing defect, Microsoft… Read More

Amazon appeals ruling in product search dispute, fearing a ‘flood of lawsuits’

Amazon is gearing up to fight a legal precedent that could keep online retailers from suggesting searches for products they don’t… Read More

Amazon to face trial over knockoff pillowcases in closely watched dispute over counterfeit goods

A federal judge has refused to dismiss patent infringement claims against Amazon in a lawsuit filed by Seattle-based novelty pillowcase maker Milo &… Read More

Brother sues CEO who gave workers $70k minimum salary, alleging he unfairly boosted his own pay

Dan Price, the Seattle tech leader who made headlines this year for boosting his employees’ minimum annual salary to $70,000 and… Read More

Europe launches investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers, examining whether their terms give the… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith on Seattle’s tech boom, working for Satya Nadella, legal battles, and more

Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show was Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president of legal… Read More

3 reasons getting sued was the best thing to ever happen to my startup

Editor’s note: Following news of Lifestyle Lift (a national chain of cosmetic surgery centers known primarily for aggressively advertising a… Read More

Operator of ‘Buy Amazon Reviews’ responds to Amazon suit, insists he’s doing nothing wrong

The person behind the site buyamazonreviews.com is disputing a lawsuit filed by Amazon against sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to buy reviews from… Read More

Amazon files first-ever suit over fake product reviews, alleging sites sold fraudulent praise

Amazon has filed suit against the alleged operators of sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake 4-… Read More

Apple sides with Microsoft in closely watched patent dispute with Google

Lawyers for Microsoft and Google will appear Wednesday morning at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a long-running dispute… Read More

Amazon fights patent suit using little-noticed clause in standard AWS customer agreement

As recently as 2011, according to Amazon, someone at Appistry Inc. registered the genomics data technology company to use Amazon Web Services. As part… Read More

Microsoft sues Kyocera in new Android patent infringement dispute

Microsoft filed suit against Kyocera this afternoon, alleging that the Japanese electronics company’s Android-based smartphones infringe on the Redmond company’s patents.… Read More

Fired managers sue Microsoft in ‘hostess bar’ expense dispute, confirm secret project to compete with Amazon

Two longtime Microsoft employees have filed suit against the company over their terminations. The suit alleges they were the targets of… Read More

Samsung and Microsoft reach mystery settlement in high-stakes Android patent dispute

  Samsung and Microsoft say they have settled their lawsuit over a patent licensing agreement that required Samsung to pay Microsoft for… Read More

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