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Kim Dotcom Suffers “Serious Stroke”, Amid Deportation Fight

Post on social media claims Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has suffered a “serious stroke” amid deportation from New Zealand

Disgruntled shareholders are now suing both Twitter and Elon Musk, over volatile share price swings during the chaotic takeover attempt

Twitter shareholder sues Elon Musk for failing to disclose his substantial stake in a timely manner, which impacted platform's share price

Not me, gov'nor. Florida-based teenager pleads not guilty to masterminding major hack of Twitter's internal systems for bitcoin scam

Chinese firm Huawei Technologies alleges US carrier Verizon “profited greatly” from using its patents without authorisation

United States decides to return Huawei equipment seized in Alaska in 2017, so Chinese firm drops lawsuit

Ouch. The 2016 data breach at Uber which it kept quiet has cost $148m in US legal settlement payments

Posting 'revenge porn' images and film online is to become a criminal offence and may result in a prison sentence

Monster sues Apple's Beats Electronics, alleging “fraud, deceit and corporate betrayal” over headphone development

RIM is in the embarrassing position of being sued by its own customers for the recent service outage

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Poor email management by firms is risking legal consequences a majority of workers believe

Colin Elsbury has been ordered to pay damages and legal costs for a libellous tweet during a local by-election