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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For $8bn Fraud
Dramatic downfall. Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for masterminding $8bn fraud that brought down FTX
UK Judge Rules Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin’s ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’
Australian computer scientist Dr Craig Wright is not the Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, UK High Court judge rules
Judge Signals Elon Musk May Lose Lawsuit Against Non-profit
Elon Musk's high profile lawsuit against a hate speech non-profit may be in trouble, after judge sounds sceptical note over its allegations
Montana Appeals, After Judge Blocked State Ban On TikTok Use
Montana Attorney General files appeal, after US judge blocked first ever state ban on use of short video-sharing app
Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Violated US Law, Judge Rules
US judge sides with SEC, after ruling Do Kwon and Terraform Labs violated US law by failing to register two digital currencies
Judge Overturns Centripetal Patent Fine Against Cisco
Networking giant Cisco defeats $2.75bn patent ruling for Centripetal Networks, after five years of courtroom battles
YouTuber Jailed After Deliberately Crashing Plane For Views
Trevor Jacob jailed after video of him intentionally parachuting out and filming his aeroplane crashing into forest
Autopilot Flaw Known By Tesla, Elon Musk, Judge Finds
US Judge finds “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other Tesla managers knew of defect in Autopilot system
Twitter Ordered To Hand Over Data To Elon Musk
'Absurdly broad' requests by Elon Musk mostly rejected by judge, but Twitter does have to hand over audit data from 9,000 users
Elon Musk Asks Judge For End Of Oversight Of His Tweets
Tesla boss Elon Musk formally asks a US judge to terminate the 2018 agreement with the SEC allowing lawyers to vet some of his tweets
LinkedIn Overcharging Lawsuit Dismissed By US Judge
Lawsuit alleging Microsoft's LinkedIn division had inflated its advertising metrics for video ads watched is dismissed by US judge
FTC Amends Antitrust Complaint Against Facebook, After Setback
US regulator amends antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a US judge in June had dismissed the initial claims filed by the FTC and US states
Judge Reluctantly Approves Georgia Voting Machines, Despite Hack Concern
X marks the vote. Not enough time to resort to secure paper-based voting system, laments US judge
Yahoo To Face Lawsuit For Email Spying
American judge orders Yahoo to face class-action lawsuit for alleged snooping of people's emails
Apple Defeated Over Samsung Damages Increase
A request by Apple for an increase in the damages owed by Samsung has been firmly rejected by a US court
Oracle Plans Appeal After Losing Android Java API Lawsuit
Oracle is to appeal after a US Judge ruled in favour of Google and said that Java APIs are not copyright protected
Google Found Guilty Of Misleading Customers In Australia
Australia's Federal Court ruled search engine is responsible for the content of paid advertisements it displays
Content Carries No Legal Liability For Hosts Of Social Media Sites
Google's Blogger site has been likened to a wall of graffiti in a landmark decision that it cannot be sued for malicious content
The Book Is Closed On Microsoft/DOJ Antitrust Case
Microsoft and the US DoJ reflected as the long-running antitrust judgement expired on May 12