Lawyers

• Trump Immigration Ban Sparks Hacking Initiatives, Alarming Tech Responses

  Tech companies as well as legal entities made their move against the Trump immigration ban, and they are doing their best not to hold back on their procedures.

• Silicon Valley Giants Say Encryption Bill Is 'Unworkable'

  Silicon Valley giants continue to support Apple. After the tech giant said that the encryption bill is unworkable, other companies echoed Apple's statements.

• Yahoo faces gender discrimination rap for favoring female employees; CEO singled out as demoting based on gender

  Yahoo is facing gender discrimination allegation against a former employee. According to the plaintiff, female employees were more favored and granted more benefits than men.

• Google, Microsoft, and Facebook criticize UK spying laws

  US tech giants including Google, Miscrosoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter have jointly urge the UK government to reconsider its new digital surveillance law. The firms say they reject the bill that would require weaker encryption for the spying action.

• Uber announces suspension of UberPOP in France

  Uber Technologies will suspend its UberPOP ride-hailing service in France, the U.S. company said on Friday, after it faced often-violent protests and local authorities denounced it as an illegal taxi service.

• Apple loses Taiwan anti-competitive practices court case

  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has lost a lawsuit in which it was accused of engaging in anti-competitive practices and will be fined T$20 million ($647,124), a Taiwan court said on Wednesday.

• Pentagon's new cyber strategy cites U.S. ability to retaliate

  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to unveil an updated cyber strategy on Thursday that will stress the military's ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, a capability he hopes will help deter attacks.

• Juror in gender lawsuit sympathized with Pao, sided with Kleiner

  To some Silicon Valley watchers, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers gender discrimination case became a referendum on the challenging state of women in technology. But for the lone woman in technology on the jury, an at times unfriendly workplace did not amount to gender discrimination at the powerful venture capital firm.

• In losing gender bias trial, Pao's lawyers denied millions in fees

  Former Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers partner Ellen Pao is not the only person who lost when a California jury rejected her claims of gender discrimination against the venture capital firm. Her lawyers also missed out on a payday that could have reached into the millions of dollars.

• Jury clears Kleiner firm in Silicon Valley gender bias case

  A California jury on Friday cleared venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers of gender discrimination claims brought against it by a woman former partner in a trial that transfixed Silicon Valley.

• Former partner can pursue punitive damages against venture firm Kleiner

  A judge in a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit will allow a former partner at venture firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers to seek punitive damages, adding to the potential pricetag for the firm if it loses the case.

• U.S. business interests square off against lawyers in Delaware

  An influential group of lawyers in Delaware, home to more corporations than any other state, is gearing up to do battle with some of the largest U.S. companies over the increasingly busy industry of shareholder lawsuits.

• Uber, Lyft rebuffed in bids to deem drivers independent contractors

  Ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft failed to persuade separate U.S. judges on Wednesday to rule that their drivers are independent contractors instead of employees, in cases that have wide implications for Silicon Valley "sharing economy" firms.

• CIA sought to hack Apple iPhones from earliest days: The Intercept

  CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple (AAPL.O) phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

• Venture firm Formation8 dropped from U.S. lawsuit over sexual assault

  Venture firm Formation8 was dropped as a defendant in a U.S. civil lawsuit that accused one if its co-founders, Joe Lonsdale, of sexual assault, according to a court document filed Thursday.

• Kleiner ex-partner Pao to testify in own Silicon Valley bias case

  Former venture capitalist Ellen Pao could take the stand as early as Thursday in her gender discrimination lawsuit against her previous employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, giving testimony that will likely make or break the case.

• Kleiner firm was not level playing field for women, jury told

  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the investment firm that has backed tech companies from Google to Amazon, fired a woman junior partner after she complained of gender discrimination, her lawyer said at trial on Tuesday.

• Apple, Google reach new deal to end U.S. lawsuit over poaching

  Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple Inc and Google Inc have agreed to a new settlement that would resolve an antitrust class action lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other's employees.

• Apple, Google resume talks with tech workers in hiring lawsuit: filing

  Four technology companies, including Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O), have resumed mediation talks with tech workers in a high-profile lawsuit over hiring practices in Silicon Valley, according to a court filing.

• U.S. judge approves DOJ settlement with eBay over tech hiring

  A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved a settlement between federal antitrust authorities and eBay Inc over allegations that eBay agreed to refrain from soliciting a rival company's employees.