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UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody land acknowledgment

Stuart Reges was disciplined by the University of Washington after including a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found university officials violated Reges’ academic freedom rights. Read More

Seattle cannabis data startup Headset to pay $1M to settle allegations over pandemic-era loan

The government alleged that Headset was ineligible for the Small Business Administration (SBA) loan it received in February 2021 — and had forgiven in August 2021 — because its work supporting the marijuana industry conflicts with federal law. Read More

Compass and Northwest Multiple Listing Service settle 16-month legal battle

Compass and NWMLS have agreed to a settlement through the creation of a new listing status that will allow Compass agents to pre-market their properties without risk of being fined by the MLS. Read More

Washington to receive up to $339M in landmark $17B settlement over Meta social media addiction claims

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said that the historic agreement delivers on core youth-safety product changes — including hard caps on daily time limits, late-night scrolling blocks, and disabled push notifications during school hours. Read More

How the FTC’s last-minute settlement with Zillow and Redfin reshapes their $100M rentals deal

Zillow and Redfin settled an antitrust case with the FTC and five states on the day their trial was set to begin, agreeing to undo part of the $100 million deal that took Redfin out of the apartment rental advertising business. The proposed settlement requires Redfin to relaunch that business within six months, while the listings partnership between the two Seattle companies continues. Read More

Warner Bros. Discovery sues Amazon over HBO Max exec hire, seeks order blocking future poaching

Warner Bros. Discovery sued Amazon in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the hiring of HBO Max marketing executive Pia Barlow, alleging Amazon induced her to break a contract that ran through October 2027. The suit asks the court to bar Amazon from hiring any Warner Bros. Discovery employee under contract. Read More

Inside the courthouse as Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft goes to trial

Amid the feud between two of tech’s most polarizing personalities, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, Microsoft might seem like a subplot, but its actions are at the heart of the case. We’re at the courthouse in Oakland as jury selection begins. Read More

Seattle-area tech company sues New York acquisition advisor, alleging botched $5.2M deal

SmarTek21 has sued TGP GP Management, accusing the New York-based advisor of flawed due diligence in a $5.2 million acquisition that has since required repeated cash infusions. Read More

Google to pay Washington state Play Store users as part of $700M antitrust settlement

Google Play Store users in Washington state are eligible for a share of a multistate $700 million antitrust lawsuit settlement… Read More

Mysterious company files patent suits vs. Seattle and Sacramento over parking payment technology

A company registered to a virtual mailbox in Seattle’s University District, which four months ago acquired a trio of parking… Read More

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Fair housing groups file federal lawsuit accusing Redfin of ‘redlining’ minority communities

Seattle-based real estate tech company Redfin is facing allegations of discriminatory pricing practices and “redlining” in a lawsuit filed by… Read More

Amazon and J.L. Childress file suit against alleged counterfeiters in ongoing fraud battle

Amazon announced another lawsuit against alleged counterfeiters Thursday, part of the company’s ongoing strategy to portray a tough-on-fraud image. Amazon… Read More

Former F5 Networks employee sues company, alleging pregnancy discrimination and retaliation

A former F5 Networks employee has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that F5 executives and her peers discriminated… Read More

Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Zillow Group’s Zestimate home valuation tool

A federal judge this week dismissed a two-year-old antitrust lawsuit against Zillow Group and its Zestimate home valuation tool. In… Read More

Smart camera startup Wyze sued following data breach that exposed customer information

A Wyze Labs customer is suing the Seattle smart security camera maker following a data breach last year that exposed… Read More

Zillow Group ‘pleased’ with ruling in federal patent suit over mobile real estate search apps

Zillow Group applauded a ruling from a federal judge in an 18-month-old patent lawsuit that seeks to bar the real… Read More

Amazon-owned Audible and major publishers settle lawsuit over audiobook translation feature

Amazon-owned Audible and a group of major book publishers settled a copyright lawsuit filed last year over a feature called… Read More

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Jeff Bezos says he’s being extorted in response to defamation suit brought by his girlfriend’s brother

Jeff Bezos’ legal team said a defamation suit brought by his girlfriend’s brother represents an attempt to extort the Amazon… Read More

Seattle startup SkyKick ‘pleased’ with ruling in EU trademark dispute with broadcast giant Sky

Seattle startup SkyKick and the Comcast-owned broadcasting giant Sky are both upbeat about an important ruling from a top European… Read More

Amazon and Google sued by reps of legendary songwriters over pirated music on their platforms

Amazon and Google failed to police their music marketplaces and allowed pirated recordings to proliferate, according to a series of… Read More

Lawsuit claims Amazon and freight partner worked truck driver ‘into the ground,’ causing him to crash

A truck driver sued Amazon and one of its freight partners, alleging the companies “worked (him) into the ground,” for… Read More

Police body camera maker Axon sues FTC over ‘unconstitutional’ acquisition review process

Editor’s note: Story updated with FTC comment at 3 p.m. PT Axon is taking on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission,… Read More

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Boeing sued by longtime parts maker amid leadership struggles for aerospace giant

Earlier this week, Boeing fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg, pledging to repair relationships with customers and regulators. It might not be… Read More

In new lawsuit, Seattle Seahawks accused of trying to ‘obtain a monopoly’ on the number 12

It’s no secret that the number 12 is important to the Seattle Seahawks. The team refers to fans as 12s,… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Despite Amazon’s legal challenge, Microsoft reportedly moving forward with JEDI hiring push

Microsoft’s push to recruit people to work on the JEDI project to build cloud infrastructure for the U.S. Department of… Read More

Lawsuits allege Amazon Web Services illegally stored biometric data obtained by customers

Amazon’s cloud division has been hit with multiple lawsuits, alleging the tech giant violated state law in Illinois by obtaining… Read More

Woody Allen drops $68M suit against Amazon in settlement over failed movie deal

Amazon and Woody Allen reached an undisclosed settlement that will put to rest a $68 million lawsuit filed earlier this… Read More

Jury sides with Amazon in discrimination lawsuit brought by former tech manager

A jury in Michigan sided with Amazon in a three-year-old discrimination dispute brought by an ex-manager, who accused the company… Read More

Lawsuit: Electronics giant Philips accuses Seattle-area company of hacking its medical devices

Electronics giant Philips accuses a Seattle-area medical device repair and service company of hacking into its imaging machines and stealing… Read More

Judge limits role of former Amazon sales exec in AWS vs. Google Cloud non-compete lawsuit

A lawsuit against a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud earlier this year took an… Read More

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