Post Tagged with: "supreme court"
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Apple, Google, Facebook and Uber urge Supreme Court to take gay workers’ rights case
In the brief signed Wednesday, the Silicon Valley giants joined 70 other companies asking the High Court to make a precedent for whether federal law bars discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler goes to the Supreme Court
Susan Fowler’s lawyers have filed a Supreme Court brief attacking Uber’s arbitration policy.
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Apple, Intel, Twitter, others support transgender student’s Supreme Court case
Fifty-three companies, many from the tech industry, are throwing their support behind a transgender student’s fight over which bathroom to use at school.
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Biz Break: Apple gains many friends in Supreme Court case with Samsung
Top Of The Order: Friends In High Places: This year has been a busy one for Apple, and not just in terms of trying to counter declines in iPhone sales. […]
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Biz Break: Pfizer lays out $5.2 billion for Palo Alto’s Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Top Of The Order: Going Skin Deep: There’s no point in denying it. Silicon Valley and the Bay Area are mostly known for the thousands of tech companies all over the […]
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Recap: Everything involving Apple this week, so far
It’s just Tuesday, but Apple has had enough happen this week to equal a month’s worth of news for any other tech company. With that in mind, here’s a collection […]
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg calls on Supreme Court to let illegal immigrants work
America needs to grant 11 million illegal immigrants legal right to work in this country, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. “The failure of […]
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Apple legalities: Samsung products injunction; e-books price-fixing to Supreme Court?
We’ve got Apple legal news from two fronts: its ongoing battle with Samsung, and its fight with the government over e-books price-fixing. In Apple vs. Samsung — yes, it’s still […]
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Tech industry cheers gay-marriage ruling
Here’s some tech-industry reaction to today’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, an issue Silicon Valley has long been vocal about. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who himself made history when […]
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Supreme Court throws out Facebook-threats conviction
The Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a man who posted threats on Facebook, in a case that has been closely watched for its implications on free speech. Anthony […]
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