Tech Law

European regulatory authorities have taken a step toward bringing allegations that Intel is violating antitrust law closer to a resolution -- and the company's probable prosecution. Officials investigating claims against the chip maker reportedly have presented their evidence to an internal panel of...

Microsoft said Tuesday it had formally appealed a US$357 million fine levied against it by regulators from the European Union, who say the software giant failed to comply with earlier sanctions meant to create a more competitive software marketplace. Microsoft had indicated it would appeal the fine ...

Two of the biggest remaining Web-based gambling sites began to back out of the U.S. market Monday after Congress passed legislation over the weekend aimed at cutting off the flow of money to Internet casinos and sports betting parlors. Both PartyGaming.com and 888 Holdings said they would start wind...

Hewlett-Packard's CEO and former Chairman were grilled by members of Congress Thursday on their part in the now infamous investigation into boardroom leaks at the computer maker, but the company may have escaped the embarrassing public grilling without any further damage to its corporate reputation....

The boardroom investigation scandal at Hewlett-Packard claimed another high-profile resignation Thursday, with General Counsel Ann O. Baskins quitting, a move announced just hours before CEO Mark Hurd and other executives were due to testify before Congress. HP announced Baskins' resignation in a fi...

AOL's privacy policy and how it is interpreted by the courts and federal government will be in the spotlight as two separate actions against the company move forward. In the latest reaction to AOL's erroneous posting of some of its members' search term data this past August, two unnamed California ...

Facing potentially negative implications for its Zune music service and player, Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of hackers who allegedly infiltrated its digital rights management technology. The software giant claims the defendants gained access to its proprietary source code.

Two employees of Hewlett-Packard and a contractor hired to help investigate boardroom media leaks have been subpoenaed to testify before Congress. Senior counsel Kevin Hunsaker and Global Security Manager Anthony Gentilucci both received subpoenas to testify before House Energy and Commerce Committe...

Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd scheduled a press conference for late Friday afternoon, seeking to answer questions about his involvement in the boardroom-level investigation into press leaks that is now the subject of a criminal probe. HP announced that Hurd would speak to reporters after the U.S. st...

A new effort to reduce the amount of child pornography available on the Internet is being launched with federal officials and private groups poised to shut down Web sites, including those that aren't necessarily the subject of criminal charges or investigations. Several major Internet service provid...

A proposed treaty that would expand the rights of broadcasters over what they deliver to consumers cleared a significant hurdle last week at a meeting of an international copyright panel. The panel -- the Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organiza...

The chances that major social networking sites will face a potentially massive copyright infringement suit from at least one major record label grew this week, with talks among the various parties reportedly breaking down. YouTube and MySpace have been on notice about copyright issues for some time...

The office of the California Attorney General indicated it could be just days away from filing charges in connection with the investigation into media leaks conducted by former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn. In a nationally televised interview Wednesday, Attorney General Bill Lockyer indica...

The European Commission, the regulatory arm of the European Union, said Monday that it is expanding its investigation into possible antitrust behavior on the part of leading chip maker Intel by taking over a case involving a major electronics retail chain. The EC has long been looking into complaint...

In a dramatic escalation of efforts to crack down on Internet-based gambling, law enforcement officials in the U.S. arrested an executive from Sportingbet, a major UK-based online gaming site. The arrest marks an expansion of efforts to use law enforcement to control Internet-based wagering, and com...