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“The government is hereby ordered and enjoined, pending final judgment herein or other order, to maintain the DACA program on a nationwide basis on the same terms and conditions as were in effect before the rescission.” U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco District Judge William Alsup. The Trump administration has…
Apple is facing at least eight lawsuits filed in a number of federal courts after the company disclosed that it slowed down its iPhones to make up for the poor performance of its batteries. The lawsuits allege that Apple committed fraud against its iPhone users when it slowed down the devices without informing them. The…
Silicon Valley has long been accused of engaging in ageism against older job seekers. Now, Facebook and other online giants are facing pressure to address the negative impact of targeted ads on their platforms. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and three workers filed a lawsuit against 13 companies, alleging they engaged in age discrimination…
In the midst of physical and online protests, the select few of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted an unsettling fate for consumers, small startups and innovative law firms alike. The FCC Chairman Ajit Pai finally received his long-awaited desire: the trumping of net neutrality. In a 3-2 vote, Pai’s proposal to repeal the…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments November 29 in a major case involving the privacy of cellphone location data. During argument, several justices pushed back on the government’s position that prosecutors or police should be able to obtain cellphone location data for individual users from a service provider without a warrant. “Most Americans, I…
Update: The hits keep coming at ride-sharing giant Uber. Earlier today, the city of Los Angeles sued Uber Technologies, alleging the company broke California laws requiring companies to report data breaches to the public as soon as they are discovered or as soon as possible. It was late November when the ride-hailing entity acknowledged that…
There is an enormous difference between actively promoting information about a service and advising people to pursue that as a course of action versus making the information available to inform the public of an alternative service they may use. Yet, this possible distinction is what defines the latest free speech case that the Supreme Court…
On November 8, the Ninth Circuit decided that Glassdoor could not squash the subpoena demanding the company to reveal the identification of eight users. Their comments on a health care program contractor’s page discussed potential fraudulence and wrongful use of government funds. This raised many eyebrows on both sides, especially queries concerning the First Amendment’s…
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