Legal
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Texas to Tesla: You aren’t allowed to service your own cars
Texas is one of Tesla’s biggest markets, but the automaker is not allowed to sell in the state because of…
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Huawei is getting ready to sue the U.S. government
In an unsurprising move, the Chinese electronics company, Huawei, is getting ready to sue the United States government for barring…
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FTC’s new Tech Task Force will keep an eye on tech monopolies
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is set to launch a tech task force that will monitor competition in the US…
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New act approved by Congress grants open access to US government data
While we have all eyes on the government shutdown situation, Congress has passed a bill that will make it easier…
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Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexual assault
On Thursday, a Pennsylvania jury found Bill Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. This is one of…
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Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in the UK
Google has been generally reluctant to honor European Union “right to be forgotten” requests when people try to hide their…
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Uber has agreed to expand settlement with FTC over 2016 data breach
Uber previously settled with the FTC over allegations that it didn’t protect it’s custoners’ data back in 2014. Now only…
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FTC: ‘warranty void if removed’ stickers are now illegal
Remember those stickers that will void your warranty if they were removed? Yes, you expected them whenever you purchased a…
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Uber executives could face criminal charges in France
It appears that Uber executives are in trouble because France can bring criminal charges against them for operating an illegal…
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Backpage.com officials have been indicted after FBI shutdown
We learned last week that the US government seized the classified website Backpage.com, shut it down completely, and replaced the…
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Feds take down America’s premier prostitution website
It appears the federal agencies have seized control of Backpage.com, according to the notice posted late Friday on the infamous…
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Facebook sees fine of $33 million for not helping Brazilian authorities
The relationship between Facebook and Brazilian authorities has been contentious for quite some time, and because of that, its WhatsApp…
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SEC has charged two individuals with fraud in continued ICO investigation
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) have received a lot of scrutiny due to the alarming number of fraudulent activities that could…
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Uber has settled with family of pedestrian that was hit by its self-driving SUV
While Tempe Police are still investigating the fatal crash where Uber’s autonomous SUV struck and killed a pedestrian, the ride-hailing…
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Facebook is being sued for collecting call logs and text histories
Previously, news broke out that Facebook Messenger and Lite were scrapping call logs and text history from Android devices, the…
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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica now face their first state lawsuit
There have been several private lawsuits are already hitting both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and now you can add a…
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Facebook now faces a lawsuit from user for disclosing data to Cambridge Analytica
While federal, state and other legislative officials from both US and UK are seeking answers from Facebook regarding the data…
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Bumble hits back at Match Group’s lawsuit allegations
Match Group, the company that owns Tinder, Match.com and OKCupid, recently filed a lawsuit against Bumble, alleging that the rival…
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New lawsuit claims Uber drivers denied service to woman with cerebral palsy
The lawsuits just don’t stop coming, do they? It appears that Uber is being accused of its drivers denying rides…
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Uber ‘likely not’ at fault in pedestrian accident, police chief says
Yesterday, we learned that Uber was halting all of its self-driving tests after one of the company’s self-driving cars struck…
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