Apple reached a settlement Tuesday to end a copyright lawsuit it initiated against Florida startup Corellium LLC for Corellium’s “virtual” version of the iPhone used for research to detect potential bugs. Corellium allows users to run software-only virtualizations of iOS, which means that researchers can test iPhone software on computers instead of iPhone devices. This [...]

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld Wednesday a lower court’s decision to reject biometric software company Onfido Inc.’s attempt to send facial data privacy claims to arbitration. The plaintiff in the case registered his identity to become a verified user on the application OfferUp, an online [...]

Canadian citizen Michael Spavor was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court late Tuesday night on charges of espionage and possession of state secrets in a case that most international observers agree is more political than legal. Chinese officials arrested Spavor and Michael Kovrig on “trumped up” charges of [...]

The upper house of the Indian parliament (Rajya Sabha) on Monday approved The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (“tax bill”) aiming to end all retrospective taxation imposed on indirect transfer of assets in India. Specifically, the purpose of the tax bill is to nullify the effect of amendments brought forth by the Finance Act of 2012, which sought to retroactively [...]

The society holds a strong interest in the prosecution of a crime. Sixty (including two who were minors at the time) women came forward accusing America’s Dad of sexual assault and misconduct. The statute of limitation for sexual harassment (twelve years) applying on their case and Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court overturning Bill Cosby’s guilty verdict make [...]

A restraining order was granted to local authorities in the city of San Antonio and Bexar County on Tuesday after a lawsuit was filed to regain local control over Covid-19 prevention measures. The lawsuit was in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates in schools. The restraining order will be in [...]

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo resigned on Monday, following an inquiry that found multiple accounts of sexual harrassment. The 168-page report released by the New York Attorney General Office, found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including state employees. Accounts included that the governor engaged in non-consensual touching, offensive comments, “creating a hostile environment for [...]

The US Senate voted  69 to 30 on Tuesday to overwhelmingly pass a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. This infrastructure bill is a historic investment that will improve American roads, highways, bridges, drinking water, and climate resilience. President Joe Biden highlighted that H.R. 3684, or the “INVEST in America Act,” passed with “a vote margin [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld an order of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) as legally enforceable in India, effectively blocking the sale of Future Group (“Future”) to Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance”). The sale was part of a ₹247.3 billion (US$3.4 billion) acquisition deal between Future and Reliance. Amazon initiated the emergency arbitration [...]

India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on recent steps taken in the Indian high court system to conduct physical proceedings again after a period of COVID-19 shutdown in favor of virtual appearances, stressing that reversion is critical for the survival of some young professionals and financially less well-off lawyers. He files this for JURIST from [...]