Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal

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 5 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 11 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 13 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 15 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 16 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 19 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 29 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-_- 29 days ago | 125 comments

Mozilla reverses course on its terms of use (lwn.net)

Mozilla, Legal, Software, Open Source

66 points by thangqt 30 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 33 days ago | 0 comments

An appeals court may kill a GNU GPL software license (theregister.com)
At some point in the months ahead, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will consider an effort to reverse a California federal district court's decision in Neo4j v. PureThink.

Legal, Open Source, Software Licensing

12 points by sohkamyung 34 days ago | 1 comments

Firefox: About Your Rights – Terms of Use (mozilla.org)
Firefox is free and open source web browser software, built by a community of thousands from all over the world.

Firefox, Web Browsers, Privacy, Legal

15 points by _Microft 34 days ago | 1 comments

Compliance as Code (increase.com)
As an engineer, how do you ensure that a code change doesn’t inadvertently break a compliance or legal obligation? More fundamentally, how do you even know what those obligations are?

Compliance, Software Development, Legal

11 points by jackflintermann 36 days ago | 2 comments

Disclosure of personal information to DOGE “is irreparable harm,” judge rules (arstechnica.com)
A federal judge today blocked DOGE from accessing personal data held by the US Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Legal, Privacy, Cryptocurrency, Government

258 points by taimurkazmi 36 days ago | 150 comments

Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Activity at Treasury Department (zetter-zeroday.com)
New court documents shed light on what a 25-year-old DOGE employee named Marko Elez did inside Treasury Department payment systems. They also provide extensive new details about which systems Elez accessed, the security precautions Treasury IT staff took to limit his access and activity, and what changes he made to the systems. The documents indicate that the situation at Treasury is more nuanced than previously reported.

Cryptocurrency, Government, Security, Finance, Legal

104 points by jbegley 48 days ago | 45 comments

Parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages (apnews.com)
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

Tesla, Accidents, Legal, Consumer Issues, Automotive

132 points by c420 49 days ago | 67 comments

Thomson Reuters wins first major AI copyright case in the US (wired.com)
Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the United States.

AI, Copyright Law, Legal, Technology, Thomson Reuters

392 points by johnneville 49 days ago | 176 comments

Show HN: FreeDemandLetter – A Weapon for Anyone Who's Sick of Getting Shafted (freedemandletter.com)
Let's be honest: few things are more satisfying than getting what you're owed. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over $230 million in back wages were recovered in 2021 alone.¹ Yet countless more go unclaimed because people don't demand what's rightfully theirs. We're here to fix that.

Legal, Consumer Rights, Technology, Web Apps

54 points by arashvakil 53 days ago | 57 comments

Move your company out of Delaware to Nevada or Texas (eladgil.com)
Delaware, with a population of less than 1 million people, is home to over 1.8 million business entities, including more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies.

Business, Finance, Legal, Taxes, State Government

11 points by eladgil 55 days ago | 4 comments

Apple denied appeal in Google trial (theverge.com)
Apple won’t get to say how a Google monopoly breakup could affect its business dealings.

Apple, Google, Antitrust, Legal, Business

16 points by vessenes 57 days ago | 1 comments

Oracle has until Monday to respond to the JavaScript trademark dispute (twitter.com)

Oracle, JavaScript, Trademark Disputes, Legal

9 points by cfnewsperson1 60 days ago | 4 comments

AppleCare+ claim denied after MacBook Pro was destroyed in a car crash (9to5mac.com)
Apple reportedly denied an AppleCare+ claim for accidental damage after a MacBook Pro was destroyed in a car crash.

AppleCare+, Consumer Issues, Product Warranty, Accidents, Legal

21 points by ksec 63 days ago | 6 comments

U.S. Anti-Piracy Symposium Emphazises Need for Site Blocking (torrentfreak.com)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held an anti-piracy symposium last week to discuss the latest achievements, challenges, and solutions in combating piracy.

Copyright, Piracy, Law, Legal, Intellectual Property

30 points by gslin 63 days ago | 14 comments

Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, Not $155M (torrentfreak.com)
Software company Bitmanagement has been dealt another blow in its piracy battle against the U.S. Navy. Instead of winning over $155 million in damages, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court's ruling, awarding a mere $154,400 for the Navy's unauthorized installations of the German company's software.

Legal, Piracy, Software, Government, Navy

19 points by askl 65 days ago | 3 comments

Court Says Feds Must Obtain Warrant to Search FISA Spy Databases (gizmodo.com)
One of the government’s most controversial warrantless spying practices does, in fact, require a warrant, according to a new federal court ruling.

Government Surveillance, Privacy, Legal, Warrants

6 points by rntn 68 days ago | 1 comments

Supreme Court lets $7B Meta ad fraud/reach inflation case proceed (searchengineland.com)
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Meta’s appeal in a massive class action lawsuit that claimed Facebook and Instagram inflated their advertising reach metrics.

Legal, Social Media, Business, Lawsuits

8 points by smgit 71 days ago | 0 comments

After shutting down popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Gaming, Nintendo, Legal, Emulation

17 points by pabs3 74 days ago | 1 comments

CTO / cofounder exit deal after 1.5y at 600k revenue without SHA (ycombinator.com)
I co-founded a deeptech company in France 1.5 years ago with another founder. We both invested €30k initially. My co-founder, who has a business background and is CEO, owns 51% of the shares and has 2/3 of the voting rights, while I own 49% of the shares and hold 1/3 of the voting rights. I have a PhD in AI and serve as the CTO.

Startup, Founders, Equity, Business, Legal

46 points by biphasic 87 days ago | 69 comments

Anthropic gives court authority to intervene if chatbot spits out song lyrics (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, music publishers got a small win in a copyright fight alleging that Anthropic's Claude chatbot regurgitates song lyrics without paying licensing fees to rights holders.