Litigation
Epic ruling invites future efforts to paint Apple as monopolist
A US judge stopped short of labelling Apple Inc an “illegal monopolist” on Friday, but the closely-watched ruling provides a roadmap for similar claims against the iPho...
Amazon loses bid to stop New York from probing COVID-19 standards
A federal judge has dismissed Amazon.com Inc’s lawsuit to block New York’s attorney general from investigating the online retailer’s ability to protect warehouse ...
Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’
Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, G...
Dozens of US states sue Google alleging antitrust violations
Dozens of US state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court against Alphabet Inc’s Google, according to an entry in the court docket.
Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google, claiming censorship
Former US President Donald J Trump filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc, Facebook, and Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpo...
Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks
A US appeals court has revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its G...
Ohio sues to have Google declared a public utility
The US state of Ohio has asked a court to declare Google a public utility, a step the state’s Republican attorney general said would forbid the search and advertising giant f...
Amazon.com faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits
Amazon.com was hit with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles, and accused the online retailer of gender bias, racial bias or both.
Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told
Blocking a proposed UK class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big business to behave with impunity, a l...
Baidu defeats US shareholder lawsuit over China internet law compliance
A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Baidu Inc of defrauding shareholders about its ability to comply with Chinese regulations governing internet content.
Pakistan court lifts ban on social media app TikTok
A high court in Pakistan said the country’s telecommunications authority can lift a block on social media app TikTok, after government officials said the company was working ...
US Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuit
The US Supreme Court has turned away Facebook’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet user...
US DOJ accuses Google of dragging its feet in antitrust trial
The Department of Justice in the US has accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the s...
Blacklisted Chinese businesses eye lawsuits after Xiaomi win
Chinese businesses targeted by an investment ban imposed by former President Trump are considering suing the US government after a federal judge suspended a similar blacklisting fo...