Tech Law News
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.
2026-04-15
Spotify and several major record labels have secured a $322 million default judgment against the piracy site Anna's Archive. The case concluded without a fight because the operators of the shadow library remain unknown and did not respond to the lawsuit.
CommentsA New York federal court has ruled that conversations with AI chatbots do not qualify for attorney-client privilege because sharing data with a third-party service eliminates the expectation of confidentiality. The decision relied on the terms of service to classify the interactions as discoverable personal notes rather than protected legal communications. This ruling highlights the growing legal gap between consumer expectations of digital privacy and the realities of using artificial intelligence tools.
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2026-04-13
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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