Tech & Telecom Law News

FCC Fraud Suit Involves US Funds, Whistleblower Tells High Court

A whistleblower urged the US Supreme Court not to reconsider an appeals court decision allowing a False Claims Act suit against AT&T subsidiary Wisconsin Bell Inc. to proceed.

By Daniel Seiden

T-Mobile Succeeds in New Jersey Tax Reimbursement Suit Dismissal

T-Mobile USA Inc. for the third and final time triumphed in getting a lawsuit over allegedly denied property tax reimbursements dismissed because the third party that submitted the refund claims didn’t have standing to sue, a New Jersey federal judge said.

India Probe Finds Amazon, Flipkart Broke Antitrust Laws:Standard

A Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation into a four-year-old case against Amazon and <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/8764174Z%20IN%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-3a79-d4b6-a98f-ff7dc9130001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Flipkart has found the companies flouted antitrust laws, Business Standard <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCVDKCYJZHTS","_id":"0000018f-3a79-d4b6-a98f-ff7dc9140000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

Tech Company Says Rivals Infringed Portable Crypto Mine Patents

A Canadian cryptocurrency mining infrastructure company says rival businesses have infringed three of its patents for transportable mining facilities.

Vertex Worker Gets Bias Trial After 18 Years Without a Promotion

A Chinese software engineer who wasn’t promoted in his more than 18 years with Vertex Inc. and fired after raising concerns about possible discrimination was wrongly denied a trial, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday.

Arby’s Midwest Chain Hit With Employee Data Breach Class Action

The owner of 121 Arby’s restaurants in the Midwest faces a proposed class action alleging negligence and the invasion of privacy of employees whose data was exposed in a March breach.

Data Centers Now Need a Reactor’s Worth of Power, Dominion Says

Data center developers in Northern Virginia are asking utility Dominion Energy Inc. for as much power as several nuclear reactors can generate, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence is helping drive up electricity demand.

Not Even Elon Musk Can Doom EV Charger Network: Mark Gongloff

Tesla Inc. has been necessary for kick-starting electric-vehicle adoption in the US. But the company is not necessary for its future success.

Liberty Global Asks Court to Reverse $110 Million Refund Denial

Liberty Global Inc. urged an appeals court to grant its $110 million tax refund request, arguing that the IRS overrode the tax code and selectively applied certain principles to deny the communication service provider’s claim.

Amazon Bets Big With CrowdStrike on Cybersecurity Products

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