“One project going dark — due to a DMCA takedown or otherwise — can impact thousands of developers,” GitHub warns in a blog post this week:
We saw that firsthand with both leftpad and mimemagic. That’s why GitHub’s designed its DMCA proces…
Judge In Nokia and Apple Lawsuit Owned Apple Stock During Proceedings
A federal judge was recently found to have owned Apple stock while presiding over a case brought against the tech giant by Nokia, though the discovery is unlikely to lead to further legal action. AppleInsider reports: Apple and Nokia were embroiled in …
Elizabeth Holmes Might Accuse Ex-Boyfriend/Former Theranos Executive of Psychological Abuse
Slashdot reader Charlotte Web quotes CNN: Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos whose criminal trial is set to begin in a matter of days, is likely to defend herself by claiming she was the victim of a decade-long abusive r…
Court Rules Govt Officials’ Internet Browsing Histories Are Not Public Records
Law professor and legal commentator Jonathan H. Adler shares an update about a nonprofit group advocating for accountable government:
The Cause of Action Institute sought to obtain the internet browsing histories of several government officials, inclu…
Court Rules California’s ‘Gig Worker’ Initiative is Unconstitutional
Reuters reports:
A California judge on Friday ruled that a 2020 ballot measure that exempted ride-share and food delivery drivers from a state labor law is unconstitutional as it infringed on the legislature’s power to set standards at the workplace……
Three Former Netflix Software Engineers Charged With Insider Trading By SEC
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Deadline: Three former Netflix software engineers are among those who have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. In a complaint (PDF) filed in federal court in …
Zoom Agrees to $85M Settlement in Possible Class Action Over Data-Sharing, Zoombombing
Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million — and to bolster its security practices — to settle a lawsuit that had claimed Zoom violated users’ privacy rights by sharing their personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and by failing to stop …
Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
Black Widow has a new enemy: the Walt Disney. From a report: Scarlett Johansson, star of the latest Marvel movie “Black Widow,” filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Disney, alleging her contract was breached when the media gia…
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted on Three Counts of Fraud
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Nikola’s founder and former executive chairman, Trevor Milton, and charged the former executive three counts of fraud, the company confirmed. The grand jury charged Milton with two counts of securities fraud an…
Activision Blizzard Employees To Walk Out Following Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Activison Blizzard employees are staging a walkout on Wednesday, July 28th in response to the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations brought by the state of California. Employees will mee…