Lawyers

• Yahoo Hack, 2 Russian Spies Indicted

  Two Russian officers were indicted, in a hack which the Department of Justice said was initiated in January 2014, and affected at least 500 million Yahoo accounts.

• Verizon Acquisition Of Yahoo Drawing Near With $250 Million Reduction

  Yahoo’s acquisition draws near after the deal revision give Verizon a reduction than the original price of $4.83 billion.

• Yahoo Cautions Users On Potential Malicious Activity On Accounts Anew

  Yahoo has issued a new warning of potential malicious activity on accounts. Yahoo is facing a challenge again in what seems to be an interminable issue on its security as it now gives yet another warning on its users about a potentially malicious activity on their accounts.

• Yahoo!'s Candor Concerning Data Breaches Concerns Republican Senators

  In regards to two massive data breaches that Yahoo sustained in two successive years, 2013 and 2014, two senators have granted Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer until February 23 to answer the lingering questions about the incidents.

• Yahoo get new name, yields its $4B worth to Verizon Communications

  Yahoo Inc which has purchased various websites and created its multi-millionaire ideas has finally decided to surrender its share to none other than the super successful Verizon Comunications Inc.

• Trader Who Was Fired for Sending Client Data to His Yahoo Mail Sued HSBC

  Ben Lazimy was fired by HSBC for sending client data to his personal Yahoo Mail in 2010. He sued the bank for unfair dismissal. Since Herve Falciani's case, HSBC has been very protective to its data.

• YP Holding to join the first-round bidding race for Yahoo

  YP Holdings is preparing for an initial round proposal to merge with the U.S.-based search engine firm, Yahoo. The advertising firm that is managed by Cerberus Capital Management is worth between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.

• Yahoo settles e-mail privacy class-action for $4M

  Former Madison County chief judge Ann Callis and two colleagues have settled a class action alleging invasion of privacy by Yahoo. Under the terms of the settlement, Yahoo will pay up to $4 million for lawyers.

• Legal battle of Yahoo and IBRC over

  Internet giant Yahoo and the IBRC settle their legal battle over control of the emails concerned crucial in the bank's case against Sean Quinn.

• 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.

• Yahoo agrees to pay $4 million in attorneys' fees as settlement for privacy violation class suit

  Yahoo has submitted a settlement proposal under which the company agrees to pay $4 million to the plaintiffs' legal counsel while making substantial technically changes to its privacy policy.

• 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.

• US tech companies criticize British expanded-surveillance bill; Prime Minister David Cameron defends it won’t violate citizens’ privacy

  US tech companies is against UK's Investigatory Powers Bill that would require all tech companies to provide the government an access to personal encrypted date. Tim Cook expresses his concerns and how the bill will also affect the US.

• Yahoo a new target in NY daily fantasy sports probe: source

  A probe by New York State's attorney general into the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar daily fantasy sports industry has been expanded to include online media giant Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

• Google sticks to EU only application of 'right to be forgotten'

  Google is only removing search results from European websites when individuals invoke their "right to be forgotten", contrary to regulators' guidelines, but will review that approach soon, the company's chief legal officer said on Monday.

• New documents show legal basis for NSA surveillance programs

  Documents released by the U.S. government show it views an executive order issued in 1981 as the basis of most of the National Security Agency's surveillance activities, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday.

• Report says 'right to be forgotten' will never happen in the US

  TIME said privacy protections in the US comes in a form of a group of state and federal laws aimed at specific groups of people, unlike the single, more broad coverage legal measure the European Union has in place following a controversial ruling on a Spanish lawyer's request to remove information about his debts on Google.

• Pundits says Google, Microsoft could face request overload due to EU 'right to be forgotten' court ruling

  Industry observers are concerned about the serious implications of the "right to be forgotten" ruling of an European Union court yesterday to the businesses of Web companies like Google Inc and Microsoft Corp.