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Technology companies spend a growing share of their time in courtrooms. This section follows the legal side of the industry, gathering news on lawsuits, court rulings, copyright and patent disputes, and the legal questions raised by new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Typical stories include judges ruling on platform liability, copyright cases over training data and generated content, patent fights between device makers, class actions over privacy and data breaches, and companies suing or being sued by governments and competitors.

Court decisions set the rules that products must follow, often long before lawmakers act. Founders, developers, lawyers, and policy watchers follow this coverage to understand which practices carry legal risk and how precedents are reshaping the industry.

2026-04-13

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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling unconstitutional. This ruling removes longstanding restrictions on individuals producing their own spirits at home and could spur new innovations in small-scale distillation equipment.

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2026-04-13