Law & Regulation
Germany Banned This Ad. Today, So Does the EU.
A German court banned one Apple Watch ad in 2025 for a false climate claim. From today the EU bans the whole category, with fines up to 4 percent of turnover.
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Alabama's TikTok Settlement Is Now a Product Spec
TikTok's $100 million Alabama settlement over teen mental harm sets exact time limits, curfews and feed defaults, a template other states suing TikTok are now likely to demand too.
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The Investor Behind Apple's $5.7B Verdict
A San Diego jury ordered Apple to pay Taction Technology $5.7 billion for haptic patent infringement on September 25, 2026. The suit was financed by funds tied to Burford Capital, the world's largest listed litigation funder.
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48 States Settled With Meta. New Mexico Did Not.
A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable for 43.9 million violations of New Mexico consumer law on September 25. Every other state had already released this exact claim in a 18 billion dollar settlement.
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New Mexico Skipped Meta's Settlement. Now A Jury Has Ruled
A Santa Fe jury found Meta deceived users over Cambridge Analytica after New Mexico refused a 47-state settlement. Here is what the verdict actually changes.
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Google Was Fined for Proof It Could Not Produce
Ireland's DPC fined Google EUR403 million over location data. One violation was not what Google did, it was what Google could not prove it did.
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A Lawsuit Says AI Vendors Can't Pledge to Slow Down
Four subscribers are suing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI, arguing a public pact to pace AI development violates US antitrust law, with consequences for anyone trusting a vendor's safety promise.
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Discord's Easiest Age Check Does Not Run in the UK
Discord's new account-signal age check clears over 90 percent of users worldwide without an ID, except in the UK, where the model does not run.
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A Safety Essay Became Evidence in an Antitrust Suit
Four subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google over an alleged agreement to slow AI development, built on a public essay that itself asked for legal cover.
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A Microsoft Scientist's Private Words Became Court Evidence
Unsealed filings in the New York Times case show a Microsoft director calling AI training the largest theft of labor in history, weakening the industry's fair-use defense.
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Your Electricity Bill Just Got a Legal Shield From AI Data Centers
The US House voted 417-3 to make data centers over 100 megawatts pay their own grid upgrade costs. What the bill changes for AI infrastructure budgets.
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The EU Now Audits Your Cloud Vendor Directly
Since November 2025 the EU directly oversees 19 critical tech vendors under DORA, including AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud, with daily fines for non-compliance.
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