France Whacks Apple With Record 1.1 Billion Euro Fine
France’s competition authority slapped a record $1.2 billion fine on U.S. tech giant Apple on Monday for anticompetitive behavior toward its independent retail distributors.
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Verizon Class Action
A class action in Pulaski County Court, Ark., accuses Verizon Wireless of defrauding customers in a “purposefully deceptive, false, unconscionable” Mother’s Day special promising, but failing to deliver, a free iPhone in a two-for-one deal.
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Apple Says Chinese Virus Will Hurt Production
Apple is warning investors it won’t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones.
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Apple on Hook for Millions for Off-Clock Employee Searches
Employees at Apple retail stores should be paid for time spent having their personal bags checked by security when they want to leave the store, the California Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Caltech Prevails in $1 Billion Patent Fight With Apple, Broadcom
Tech companies Apple and Broadcom must pay over $1 billion in damages to the California Institute of Technology after a federal jury found the companies infringed the school’s wireless data transmission patents.
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Francesca Gregorini sued Apple, M. Night Shyamalan, et al. in federal court, claiming the Apple TV+ series “Servant” is a wholesale ripoff of her 2013 feature film, “The Truth About Emanuel.”
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Trieu Pham, an App Reviewer, claims Apple fired him illegally because he approved a Guo Media App, (as did at least three other Apple employees), which the Chinese government prohibited, in Santa Clara County Court.
Read moreChild Labor
A federal class action claims Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla, et al. knowingly profit from brutal abuse of young children in the Democratic Republic of Congo to mine cobalt for lithium-ion batteries used in their electronic devices.
Read moreWire Fraud
Federal prosecutors unsealed a 76-count criminal indictment against 14 people, charging them with importing more than 10,000 counterfeit iPhones and iPads from China, exchanging them for real ones at Apple stores, then shipping the real devices back to China, making $6.1 million from the scam.
Read moreApple Pledges $2.5 Billion to Ease California Housing Crisis
Apple committed $2.5 billion to address the housing affordability crisis in California, the company announced Monday morning, becoming the latest Silicon Valley titan to join the housing fray.
Read moreLawmakers: Tech Giants Have Given Some of Documents Sought
Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech say they’ve received part of the information they requested from Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple, and expect to get the rest soon.
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Apple Truckles to China, Removes Hong Kong App
Apple removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong residents to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior.
Read moreRussian Man Sues Apple for ‘Turning Him Gay’
A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple for moral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned him gay, according to a copy of the complaint seen by AFP.
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Pinn Inc. claims in federal court that Apple’s AirPods and Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds violate its patent.
Read moreApple, Ireland Wrap Arguments Over $14B EU Tax Bill
Tech giant Apple continued its fight Wednesday against a demand for $14 billion in back taxes from the European Union, arguing alongside Ireland in the European General Court that EU regulations on corporate tax are “untethered from reality.”
Read moreApple and Ireland Fight Against EU War on Corporate Tax Deals
Tech giant Apple and Ireland took their fight over a $14 billion tax bill from the European Union to the European General Court on Tuesday, the first volley in the EU’s war on sweetheart tax deals for multinational corporations.
Read moreHarry Warren Songbook
Four Jays Music Co., for the Harry Warren songbook (“I Only Have Eyes for You,” “There Will Never Be Another You,” “The More I See You,” + 800 more), claims Apple, The Orchard Enterprises and Cleopatra Records violate copyright by distributing digital downloads of Warren’s work, in federal court.
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