California Uber drivers sue company over Prop 22 app notifications Karissa Bell @karissabe It’s no secret Uber has been aggressively supporting Proposition 22, a California ballot initiative that would allow the company to skirt a state law requiring them to classify drivers as employees. Now, a group of the app’s drivers say the company’s … Continue reading Court rules that Uber and Lyft can keep treating drivers as contractors in California
Chrome Users Lose Round In Privacy Battle by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, March 3, 2023 Siding with Google, a federal appellate court has refused to intervene in a privacy battle over the Chrome browser’s incognito mode. The users had asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an immediate appeal of a trial judge’s decision … Continue reading Appeals Court Won’t Intervene In Chrome Privacy Battle
By Cora Lewis—Associated Press February 28, 2023 The Supreme Court is meeting Tuesday to hear two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. At stake: forgiveness of up to $20,000 in debt for more than 40 million Americans. Nearly half of those people could have their federal student debt wiped out entirely. Already, about … Continue reading What’s happening with student loan forgiveness? The latest on the Supreme Court showdown
What happens if the internet’s most important law disappears? Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper Buried deep in the 1996 Telecommunications Act is a tiny clause that underpins everything we do online. It’s often described as the 26 words that created the internet — and with very good reason. Every email you send, social media post you make … Continue reading Two Supreme Court cases could upend the rules of the internet
Google Talks Back: Tech Giant Asks Court To Drop Suit Over Alleged Spam Bias by Ray Schultz , February 8, 2023 Google has asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed against it by the Republican National Committee (RNC) over alleged bias in spam-filter placement. The RNC sued last year after an academic report … Continue reading Google Talks Back: Tech Giant Asks Court To Drop Suit Over Alleged Spam Bias
Google Presses Court To Nix Children’s Privacy Claims by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, January 26, 2023 Google is pressing a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent decision that reinstated class-action privacy claims brought by parents of young YouTube users. In papers filed late Wednesday with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Google argues that the … Continue reading Google Presses Court To Nix Children’s Privacy Claims
By Kristin Toussaint January 11, 2023 Since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935, workers in the United States have had the protected right to strike and to organize unions—and that protection has been a powerful tool. But a case the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday could upend that right, allowing … Continue reading How the Supreme Court could severely limit workers’ right to strike
By Joel Embiid Basketball players can do this job for only 20 years. So I don’t have a lot of time to accomplish what I want. Every game is a big game for me. I’m always going to find ways to make myself better, but I think it’s because I feel like I haven’t … Continue reading How Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid lets it all out on the court, and on Twitter
IAB And Others Want Supreme Court To Strike Down Florida Social Media Bill by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, November 23, 2022 Florida’s social media law threatens “severe harm” to social media companies as well as their users, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and other organizations are telling the Supreme Court. The bill is “designed to … Continue reading IAB And Others Want Supreme Court To Strike Down Florida Social Media Bill
Appeals Court Revives Ad-Tech Company’s Antitrust Claims Against Google by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, August 29, 2022 Google must face antitrust claims brought by the Atlanta-based online ad tech company Inform, Inc., a federal appellate court ruled Friday. The ruling reversed a decision issued last year by U.S. District Court Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta, who … Continue reading Appeals Court Revives Ad-Tech Company’s Antitrust Claims Against Google
