Apple asks judge to dismiss DOJ's antitrust lawsuit

Apple is asking a federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 16 state attorneys general against the company for maintaining an illegal monopoly on the smartphone market. The tech giant argued in a filing on Thursday that it is not a monopoly and that its design choices […]

Texas Can Keep Floating Border Barriers, Says Court in Biden Admin Lawsuit

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Texas can keep the buoys that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered installed on the Rio Grande River. The Biden-Harris administration has sued Texas to stop it from erecting a barrier on the river that separates Mexico from the United States. “Biden tried to remove them. I […]

Facebook parent Meta to pay $1.4B to settle Texas facial recognition lawsuit

Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle a lawsuit that alleged that Facebook’s parent company illegally used facial recognition technology to collect biometric data on millions of Texans without their consent. The settlement terms announced Tuesday are the largest single-state agreement ever, according to a team of […]

Lyft settles shareholder lawsuit over sexual assaults by drivers

Lyft plans to implement several safety and governance reforms to resolve a shareholder lawsuit that alleged its executives and directors did not do enough to stop drivers from sexually and physically assaulting passengers. The tentative settlement was filed Tuesday night in federal court in Oakland, California, and must be approved by a judge. Lyft agreed […]