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Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly
Read full article: Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopolyGoogle went to appeals court Monday in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury’s verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbehavior.
Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopoly
Read full article: Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopolyA federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store.
Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tactics
Read full article: Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tacticsGoogle is confronting the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as a federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software.
Judge wants plan to protect humpback whales from fishery
Read full article: Judge wants plan to protect humpback whales from fisheryA U.S. judge says the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law when it failed to develop a plan to prevent the harming of humpback whales by West Coast commercial fishermen catching sablefish.
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Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
Read full article: Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlementFILE - This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. A federal judge on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without permission of its users. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illlinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois who submitted claims will be affected.
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US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules
Read full article: US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rulesSAN DIEGO – A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The court order has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic, citing public health concerns. He said it was the fifth time a court has ruled against Homeland Security on the same grounds. Any foreigner who steps on U.S. soil has a legal right to apply for asylum, according to U.S. asylum law and international treaty obligations. Donato took issue with how people came to lead the Department of Homeland Security.