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What Does the Microsoft Supreme Court Case Mean for Data?

What Does the Microsoft Supreme Court Case Mean for Data?

Summary: The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether data stored in another country can be accessed…

IBM Sues Microsoft’s New Diversity Chief for Violating Non-Compete

IBM Sues Microsoft’s New Diversity Chief for Violating Non-Compete

Summary: The lawsuit between IBM and a former executive who left them for Microsoft has some employment attorneys perplexed.  IBM…

Microsoft to Drop Lawsuit after DOJ Agrees to Change Data Request Orders

Microsoft to Drop Lawsuit after DOJ Agrees to Change Data Request Orders

Summary: The Department of Justice has agreed to change their policy of delivering never-ending gag orders to companies over their…

Yahoo Secretly Scanned Email Accounts for the Government

Yahoo Secretly Scanned Email Accounts for the Government

Summary: Yahoo allegedly scanned millions of its email accounts to provide information for the federal government. In recent years, having…

Mozilla Joins Fight against Justice Department

Mozilla Joins Fight against Justice Department

Summary: Mozilla is the latest company to join in support of Microsoft in their lawsuit against the Department of Justice…

Microsoft Enters Battle for Data Protection

Microsoft Enters Battle for Data Protection

Summary: Microsoft takes on the government again over their desire to access customer accounts regardless of the location of the…

Apple Ordered to Pay $625 Million to Patent Troll

Apple Ordered to Pay $625 Million to Patent Troll

Summary: Apple was ordered to pay $625 million to VirnetX for patent infringement. It’s another win for the patent trolls.…

Supreme Court to Hear Xbox Lawsuit Appeal

Supreme Court to Hear Xbox Lawsuit Appeal

Summary: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 scratching issue makes it to the Supreme Court. Although Microsoft replaced the Xbox 360 with the…

Microsoft Claims Location Not Ownership Protects Customers Emails

Microsoft Claims Location Not Ownership Protects Customers Emails

Summary: The legal battle between Microsoft and the U.S. government over the release of client information that is stored on…

Justice Department Wants Apple’s iMessage Chats

Justice Department Wants Apple’s iMessage Chats

Summary: The Justice Department is hitting roadblocks from the leading tech companies as they pursue access to private information between…

United States Cannot Circumvent Foreign Privacy Laws, Microsoft Says

United States Cannot Circumvent Foreign Privacy Laws, Microsoft Says

Summary: Although the United States served a warrant on Microsoft in 2013, asking for data to be turned over, the…

Microsoft Files Lawsuit Against Omnitech Support

Microsoft Files Lawsuit Against Omnitech Support

Summary: Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against Omnitech Support for their role in a scam involving computer viruses.  Microsoft is working…