SolarWinds
SolarWinds and its CISO not off the hook over “materially misleading” security statement
"Flat falsehoods" says district judge of public security statement -- but dismisses multiple other SEC claims.
IBM
LzLabs vs IBM: The latest from court
The latest from London’s Technology & Construction Court as companies clash over mainframe migration software.
Adobe
“Manipulative” Adobe sued by US consumer watchdog over exit fees
Adobe says "we have a simple cancellation process" as Federal Trade Commission demonstrates quite the opposite in a legal complaint...
legal
UK tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all US charges – as his lawyers blast HP “ineptitude”
Jury says UK entrepreneur innocent. Ruling "closes the book on a relentless 13-year effort to pin HP’s well-documented ineptitude on Dr Lynch.”
cryptocurrencies
Disgraced crypto bro Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX and Alameda Research, looks to spend the next quarter century in a US prison for his crimes related to the exchange's collapse
Google hastily crosses legs and closes window on 'Incognito Mode' lawsuit
Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit over claims that it had misrepresented the way in which it handles Incognito browser activity in Chrome
apple
Apple Watch US sales ban averted with last-minute appeal
Apple will continue to be able to sell its two high-end Watch models in the US following a last-minute court order to halt an ITC ban over patent infringement claims
Cybersecurity
Why is cyber incident response so bad? Blame the lawyers…
"The tragectory of the law is doing a disservice to cybersecurity."
Cybersecurity
T-Mobile hack to cost it $500m after class action settlement
That's the 2021 data breach, not the 2022 one...
Cybersecurity
Department of Justice: We won't sue "good faith" hackers, promise, maybe
Don't go wild on Shodan just yet though...
Enterprise IT
Appian awarded $2 billion after trade secrets clash with rival Pega
Updated 16:58 May 10 with comment from Pega, court document. Low code firm Appian has been awarded $2 billion in damages from rival Pegasystems after a jury found the latter’s “misappropriation of Appian’s trade secrets” to be willful and malicious – following a seven-week trial. The court heard
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Google sued over location data harvesting, as Attorney General alleges "dark patterns"
"Google has systematically surveilled users no matter what settings they choose"