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Ashley M. Gjøvik

@ashleygjovik
139 posts
2025-09-27
NLRB finally issued the dismissal withdrawing their charges that Apple putting me on leave & firing me in 2021 violated the NLRA. NLRB's dismissal justification is a total of 4 sentences; & fails to reference any actual evidence, legal theory, or reason NLRB changed their minds.
2025-09-27 View on X
Bloomberg

Leaked letter: NLRB drops claims against Tim Cook, including that he violated workers' rights with a 2021 email threatening staffers who leak confidential info

they're still pursuing some of the illegal stuff Apple said and did to me, just nothing that would actually pay my bills and get me out of bankruptcy. [image] Forums: MacRumors For...

The dismissal is below. The case isn't being withdrawn — they're still pursuing some of the illegal stuff Apple said and did to me, just nothing that would actually pay my bills and get me out of bankruptcy. [image]
2025-09-27 View on X
Bloomberg

Leaked letter: NLRB drops claims against Tim Cook, including that he violated workers' rights with a 2021 email threatening staffers who leak confidential info

they're still pursuing some of the illegal stuff Apple said and did to me, just nothing that would actually pay my bills and get me out of bankruptcy. [image] Forums: MacRumors For...

2025-05-01
A helpful development as I'm drafting my 9th Circuit appellate brief arguing why I should be able to pursue the RICO claim against Apple for, among other racketeering, their incessant obstruction of justice.  ("Court finds Apple exec lied under oath in Epic Games trial")  —  www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/c... …
2025-05-01 View on X
CNBC

Epic v. Apple: a judge says Phil Schiller wanted Apple to comply with the court order, but Tim Cook ignored him, and its finance VP “outright lied under oath”

Tim Cook ‘Chose Poorly’ Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @emilprotalinski : A company executive lied under oath?  And the US will do nothing?  Say it ain't so! [embedded post] Erin Casa...

A helpful development as I'm drafting my 9th Circuit appellate brief arguing why I should be able to pursue the RICO claim against Apple for, among other racketeering, their incessant obstruction of justice.  ("Court finds Apple exec lied under oath in Epic Games trial")  —  www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/c... …
2025-05-01 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge rules that Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to third-party payment options, and refers the case for a criminal investigation

Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling.

2025-02-15
The “bugs”: 2/14 - “Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit, this time in France”: https://www.france24.com/...
2025-02-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple's overhaul of Siri faces engineering problems and software bugs; some features, planned for April, may have to be postponed until May or later

- Software's makeover is key to Apple Intelligence ambitions  — New Siri features slated for April at risk of being postponed

2024-07-27
@MachinistsUnion ... This is amazing news!!!✊🎉
2024-07-27 View on X
Bloomberg

The International Association of Machinists says Apple reached a three-year tentative labor agreement with retail workers at a Towson, Maryland store, a first

- Three-year deal will increase pay by an average of 10%  — Union aims to build on the success; Apple declines to comment

2024-04-03
This sounds familiar.
2024-04-03 View on X
Axios

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her”

Apple Called Out By Jon Stewart For Blocking FTC Chair Lina Khan's Interview The Daily Show on YouTube : Jon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show American Economic ...

2024-04-02
This sounds familiar.
2024-04-02 View on X
Axios

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her”

- “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.

2024-03-22
I am delighted to see a media strategy deployed by DOJ this time to ensure they can control the message about their own lawsuit against Apple. Last time, Apple managed to get the media to bully DOJ & the federal monitor incessantly.
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more

In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...

I am delighted to see a media strategy deployed by DOJ this time to ensure they can control the message about their own lawsuit against Apple. Last time, Apple managed to get the media to bully DOJ & the federal monitor incessantly.
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

2024-03-07
Apple enjoys retaliating against people for reporting Apple's violations of federal law & when people try to get Apple to stop violating US law, & then Apple blames it on the person's social media posts Its a good thing someone already filed a RICO lawsuit against Apple about it
2024-03-07 View on X
The Verge

Epic says Apple removed its iOS developer account, hampering its app store plans, and shares a letter from Apple lawyers calling Epic “verifiably untrustworthy”

Apple enjoys retaliating against people for reporting Apple's violations of federal law & when people try to get Apple to stop violating US law, & then Apple blames it on the person's social media posts Its a good thing someone already filed a RICO lawsuit against Apple about it
2024-03-07 View on X
Bloomberg

The EU confirms requesting further explanations from Apple over removing Epic's developer account under the DMA, and is examining if Apple broke any other rules

- Epic Games barred by Apple from opening own iPhone app store  — EU says it is looking to see if firm has broken new tech law

2023-12-19
This is the most generous way possible to say: “Apple finally acknowledges it will stop violating federal laws (for this issue) due to court orders to stop violating federal laws, but will lobby the sh*t out of US gov to be able to keep engaging in unlawful conduct for profit.”
2023-12-19 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to halt Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week, to “preemptively” comply with an ITC patent ruling under US review until December 25

In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple has announced that it will soon halt sales of its flagship Apple Watch models in the United States.

2023-11-11
“Apple is required to pay $6.75M in civil penalties & establish an $18M back pay fund for eligible victims. Additionally, per a consent decree, Apple will train its employees on INA anti-discrimination rules & be subject to monitoring for a 3 year period.” https://www.justice.gov/...
2023-11-11 View on X
Reuters

Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle the US DOJ's claims that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over citizens and green card holders for some jobs

What amazes me about this is that, as a small business owner, I have no problem treating my employees well and avoiding labor problems.  The cost for a trillion dollar corporation ...

2023-11-10
“Apple is required to pay $6.75M in civil penalties & establish an $18M back pay fund for eligible victims. Additionally, per a consent decree, Apple will train its employees on INA anti-discrimination rules & be subject to monitoring for a 3 year period.” https://www.justice.gov/...
2023-11-10 View on X
Reuters

Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle the US DOJ's claims that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over citizens and green card holders for some jobs

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will pay $25 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company illegally favored immigrant workers …

2023-11-04
@OpenWebAdvocacy Bruce Sewell answered your query in two 2019 interviews which are still publicly posted. He said Apple legal is “kindergarten” and “wild,” and he shared that Tim Cook had directly instructed him to fight losing cases (ie, ebooks in 2013-2016) due to bitter hubris and ego.
2023-11-04 View on X
The Register

As the EU prepared to designate Apple as a gatekeeper under the DMA, Apple argued that it has three distinct browsers: Safari for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

And with a straight face, too.  Brussels didn't buy it  —  Apple tried to avoid regulation in the European Union by making a surprising claim …

2023-09-21
Google forced the US DOJ to take down DOJ's lawsuit exhibits, (DOJ's evidence that Google violated federal law and harmed consumers), because Google was very concerned about the DOJ “leaking” Google trade secrets like this: [image]
2023-09-21 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ removes public access to Google's emails, charts, and internal presentations that came out as evidence in its antitrust lawsuit against the company

Trial is already limited in visibility to those who personally attend court … Google had challenged the government's posting …

2023-06-23
An article today abt the Arizona TSMC/Apple/Nvidia/AMD silicon fab plant quotes a union rep saying: “It's easily the most unsafe site I've ever walked on.” https://prospect.org/... P.S. AMD is one of the 3 companies sued over the ‘Triple Site’ Superfund mega-plume under my office https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-23 View on X
American Prospect

Sources: most of the ~12K workers at TSMC's Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers detail wage theft, accidents of loads dropped from cranes, and more

Lee Harris / American Prospect :

2023-06-01
FTC just issued a complaint against Ring asking for fines, oversight, & algorithmic disgorgement At issue: Ring didn't notify or get consent from users for human review of private video recordings Including videos of a woman in her bathroom & her bedroom https://www.ftc.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-01 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that Ring gave employees and third-party contractors full access to every customer video until 2017

Bloomberg :

FTC just issued a complaint against Ring asking for fines, oversight, & algorithmic disgorgement At issue: Ring didn't notify or get consent from users for human review of private video recordings Including videos of a woman in her bathroom & her bedroom https://www.ftc.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-01 View on X
New York Times

Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years

Regulators said the tech giant kept children's Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children's privacy law.