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Google to appeal Play Store monopoly ruling
Google has appealed a jury’s verdict that deemed its Play Store for Android smartphones an illegal monopoly, seeking to overturn penalties imposed by U.S. District Judge James Donato. During the hearing, Google lawyer Jessica Ellsworth argued that the trial’s market definition was improperly defined, contrasting it with a previous antitrust case involving Apple. She said:…
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X adds further brands to lawsuit
The social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, has added Nestle, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods and Shell to a lawsuit claiming an ad industry coalition illegally boycotted the site. According to the complaint, the businesses and the World Federation of Advertisers, a trade association for advertisers, broke antitrust laws by banding…
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Lawyers need to shape AI’s role
William Josten from the Thomson Reuters Institute writes that the impact of AI and generative AI (GenAI) on the legal profession continues to evolve at pace, with numerous questions about how these technologies will affect service delivery and pricing. The Thomson Reuters Institute is actively studying these changes and believes that by 2025, lawyers will…
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International Criminal Court faces trial drought
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently without any trials for the first time since its inception in 2006, following Italy’s decision to send a Libyan warlord back home instead of executing an arrest warrant. Danya Chaikel from the International Federation for Human Rights observed: “The lack of trials damages the court’s reputation,” as she…
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Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit
Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m. Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year. Of the sum, $22m will go toward a…
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Attorney blocked from licence in Texas
An attorney licensed to practice in California, Massachusetts and before the U.S. Supreme Court has been denied a license in Texas. The plaintiff, Deborah Sonnenschein, was also denied by the Texas Board of Law Examiners from taking the bar exam, because she had graduated from an uncredited online law school. Sonnenschein claims the board violated…