Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal

How to Get 600 EUR Flight Cancel Compensation (josecasanova.com)
I recently had an American Airlines flight from Barcelona to Miami (direct!) get canceled.
Travel, Airlines, Compensation, Legal, Consumer Rights
6 points by jcsnv 4 days ago | 1 comments
Epic CEO says Apple still hasn't approved Fortnite iOS, suggests obstruction (videogameschronicle.com)
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple has still yet to approve the addition of Fortnite to the iOS App Store, and has suggested it’s obstructing the process.
Gaming, Apple, Business, Legal
7 points by deminature 8 days ago | 1 comments
Removing "Annoying" Windows 10 Features Is DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says(2020) (ycombinator.com)
Removing "Annoying" Windows 10 Features Is DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says
Windows 10, DMCA, Software, Legal, Microsoft
15 points by rolph 12 days ago | 4 comments
Elizabeth Holmes's partner raises millions for blood-testing startup (theguardian.com)
Elizabeth Holmes’s romantic partner – the father of her children – reportedly has raised millions of dollars to start up a new blood-testing company that is strikingly similar to the one that landed the Theranos founder in federal prison.
Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Legal, Silicon Valley
59 points by elorm 12 days ago | 75 comments
VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom (arstechnica.com)
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.
Software, Business, Legal, VMware, Broadcom
9 points by croes 14 days ago | 0 comments
VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom (arstechnica.com)
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.
VMware, Business, Legal, Software, Licensing
12 points by turtlegrids 15 days ago | 1 comments
VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom (arstechnica.com)
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.
Software, Business, Legal, VMware, Broadcom
78 points by stalfosknight 16 days ago | 25 comments
Google can train search AI with web content even with opt-out (bloomberg.com)
Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen to opt out of training Google’s AI products, a vice-president of product at the company testified in court on Friday.
Artificial Intelligence, Google, Search Engines, Privacy, Legal
31 points by gotmedium 20 days ago | 13 comments
Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits (arstechnica.com)
Federal Magistrate Judge Ray Kent of the Western District of Michigan was unamused by a recent complaint (PDF) that prominently featured the aubergine wyrm.
Legal, Software, Security, Humor
282 points by Tomte 21 days ago | 282 comments
Apple updates App Store Guidelines to allow links to external payments (9to5mac.com)
Apple has officially updated the App Store Guidelines to comply with the injunction handed down yesterday in its legal case with Epic Games.
Apple, App Store, Legal, Payment Processing, Mobile Apps
7 points by mfiguiere 21 days ago | 1 comments
The App Review Guidelines have been updated for compliance with courts (apple.com)
Apps are changing the world, enriching people’s lives, and enabling developers like you to innovate like never before.
App Store, Legal, Apple
15 points by james_marks 22 days ago | 6 comments
Epic vs. Apple Contempt Order (documentcloud.org)
Legal, Apple, Epic Games, Lawsuits
15 points by gpi 23 days ago | 1 comments
A judge just blew up Apple's control of the App Store (theverge.com)
The judge in Epic v. Apple has banned Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside the App Store because of its ongoing anticompetitive behavior.
Legal, Apple, Antitrust, App Store, Business
52 points by TimCTRL 23 days ago | 18 comments
Anthropic sent takedown notice to dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool (techcrunch.com)
In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former.
Generative AI, Coding, Legal, Open Source, Competition
24 points by smusamashah 27 days ago | 10 comments
Show HN: JuryNow – Get an anonymous instant verdict from 12 real people (jurynow.app)
Show HN, Product Launches, Online Tools, Crowdsourcing, Legal
263 points by sarah-brussels 33 days ago | 120 comments
Full Text Search of US Court records (judyrecords.com)
740 million+ United States Court Cases
Legal, Data, US Law, Public Records, Court Records
449 points by FigurativeVoid 35 days ago | 100 comments
Figma tells AI startup to stop using the term 'Dev Mode' (theverge.com)
Protecting brand IP is now serious business for Figma as it readies to go public.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Software, Legal, Branding
9 points by tobr 36 days ago | 3 comments
Figma have also trademarked 'config' (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Figma, Trademarks, Software, Legal
10 points by nailer 37 days ago | 1 comments
The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel (techcrunch.com)
On Wednesday, Rippling publicly released the affidavit of the Rippling employee who testified that he was working as a spy for the HR tech company’s arch rival Deel.
Business, Legal, Software, Competition
12 points by gregdoesit 51 days ago | 0 comments
Alleged Deel Spy Confesses to Coordinating with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz (newcomer.co)
BREAKING: Alleged Deel Spy Confesses to Coordinating with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz
Business, Legal, Cybersecurity
10 points by wdaher 51 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Protecting confidential information while travelling to the US (ycombinator.com)
I am the CTO of a small Canadian company, we build energy management and process optimization platforms for industrial clients. Many of our clients are large US companies, and some of our employees travel to clients' sites for implementation or consulting work. As a result, they have to cross the border with their company phone and laptop.
Security, Travel, Business, Legal, Privacy
12 points by tartieret 57 days ago | 10 comments
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide (eff.org)
This is a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket while traveling.
Privacy, Travel, Legal, Advocacy
122 points by doener 63 days ago | 32 comments
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide (eff.org)
This is a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket while traveling.
Privacy, Legal, Travel
9 points by mooreds 64 days ago | 0 comments
Occupry your next lease to negotiate a better deal (occupry.com)
Upload your lease and our specialized AI agents will review it clause-by-clause, researching local jurisdiction laws and best practices to help you negotiate better terms.
Real Estate, AI, Negotiation, Legal
51 points by jason_archmint 67 days ago | 78 comments
Trump declares autopen signed pardons void (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump claimed on Monday, without offering evidence, that pardons signed by Joe Biden were “void, vacant and of no further force and effect” because they were signed with an autopen.
Politics, Legal, United States
15 points by misja111 67 days ago | 9 comments
OpenAI declares AI race "over" if training on copyrighted works isn't fair use (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI is hoping that Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, due out this July, will settle copyright debates by declaring AI training fair use—paving the way for AI companies' unfettered access to training data that OpenAI claims is critical to defeat China in the AI race.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Legal, China, Competition
46 points by pseudolus 71 days ago | 5 comments
FSF Use Microsoft Word and Docx to Submit Its Amicus Brief (techrights.org)
Could the FSF not find any law firm that, in addition to talking about or for Free software, does not use .NET, OOXML, and almost everything Microsoft?
Free Software, Microsoft, Legal
7 points by zoobab 80 days ago | 11 comments
Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash (techcrunch.com)
After fielding user backlash over its new Terms of Use last week, Firefox browser maker Mozilla has rewritten its policy to address issues around the overly broad language it had previously used.
Privacy, Web Browsers, Mozilla Firefox, User Experience, Legal
86 points by 01-_- 80 days ago | 125 comments
Mozilla reverses course on its terms of use (lwn.net)
Mozilla, Legal, Software, Open Source
66 points by thangqt 81 days ago | 27 comments
Mozilla has better lawyers than PR (thelibre.news)
Two days ago, Mozilla introduced new terms of use and an updated privacy notice for Firefox.
Mozilla, Privacy, Legal, Software, News
8 points by gessha 84 days ago | 0 comments