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TEXXR / Topics / Tech Legal Battles / 2025

Tech Legal Battles (2025)

The legal landscape in 2025 shifted from filing to deciding. Courts began issuing rulings on AI copyright, training data, and fair use that will shape the industry for years. The Google remedy phase — potentially requiring divestiture of Chrome or Android — became the most consequential antitrust proceeding since the Microsoft case.

1169 events in 2025 20 key entities
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Coinbase reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed in principle to drop its 2023 enforcement case against Coinbase; Coinbase calls the move 'righting a major wrong' and a 'huge day' for crypto.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-21
US SEC Coinbase
Coinbase says the US SEC agreed “in principle” to drop its 2023 case against the company, calling it “righting a major wrong” and a “huge day” for crypto
CNBC · 2025-02-21 · #3
X is reportedly pursuing a lawsuit against some advertisers, cited as the basis for potential legal risks to agencies.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-20
X some advertisers
Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic and other ad firms that not spending on X could lead to legal woes, due to X's lawsuit against some advertisers
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-20 · #14
Clearview AI struggled to secure major federal contracts following controversies and lawsuits.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-20
Clearview AI
Clearview AI co-founder and President Hoan Ton-That resigns, after stepping back as CEO in December 2024, and says he will continue serving as a board member
Forbes · 2025-02-20 · #42
Top X executives reportedly hinted to Interpublic and other ad agencies that failing to spend on X could lead to legal trouble.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-20
Top X executives Interpublic other ad agencies
Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic and other ad firms that not spending on X could lead to legal woes, due to X's lawsuit against some advertisers
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-20 · #14
Sources say a US grand jury is investigating alleged criminal misconduct at fintech Synapse and has questioned a Synapse executive.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-20
US grand jury Synapse Synapse executive
Sources: a US grand jury is investigating criminal misconduct at fintech Synapse, where up to $96M in user funds went missing, and has questioned an executive
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-20 · #31
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance, Binance.US, and co-founder Changpeng Zhao in June 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-19
U.S. SEC Binance Binance.US Changpeng Zhao
Binance.US resumes USD deposits and withdrawals for the first time since June 2023, when the US SEC sued Binance, Binance.US, and co-founder Changpeng Zhao
The Block · 2025-02-19 · #18
Nigeria files a lawsuit against Binance seeking to reclaim $79.5 billion in alleged economic losses it attributes to Binance's operations in the country, and $2 billion in unpaid back taxes, according to court documents.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-19
Nigeria Binance
Court documents: Nigeria sues Binance to reclaim $79.5B in alleged economic losses it says were caused by its operations in the country and $2B in back taxes
Reuters · 2025-02-19 · #33
Google agrees to pay €326M to settle an Italian tax case covering sanctions, penalties, and interest for the 2015–2019 period.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-19
Google Italian tax case (2015-2019)
Google agrees to pay €326M to settle an Italian tax case from 2015 to 2019, covering sanctions, penalties, and interest; Milan prosecutors plan to drop the case
Reuters · 2025-02-19 · #39
TMTG and Rumble file a lawsuit in Florida against a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice alleging illegal suppression of conservative Brazilians' US social media activity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-19
TMTG Rumble Brazilian Supreme Court Justice
TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in Florida for allegedly illegally suppressing the US social media activity of conservative Brazilians
Bloomberg · 2025-02-19 · #20
Milan prosecutors plan to drop the Italian tax case against Google.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-19
Milan prosecutors Italian tax case (2015-2019) Google
Google agrees to pay €326M to settle an Italian tax case from 2015 to 2019, covering sanctions, penalties, and interest; Milan prosecutors plan to drop the case
Reuters · 2025-02-19 · #39
Baidu's search and AI businesses are facing competition, a factor noted alongside its quarterly results.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-18
Baidu search business AI business
Baidu reports Q4 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$4.7B, above $4.6B est., and a ~$717M net income, above ~$540M est., as its search and AI businesses face competition
Bloomberg · 2025-02-18 · #12
X reportedly lost a DSA court case in Germany and is required to turn over data related to the German election.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-17
X Germany
Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta “won't shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's digital products
Bloomberg · 2025-02-17 · #22
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's autopsy report finds former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji's death was a suicide.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-17
San Francisco Medical Examiner Suchir Balaji
A new autopsy report finds former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji's death was a suicide, countering his family's suspicions, which had fueled speculation online
TechCrunch · 2025-02-17 · #27
Uber alleges that DoorDash coerces restaurants to work exclusively with DoorDash for portions of their delivery operations, an alleged anticompetitive practice.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-15
Uber DoorDash restaurants
Uber sues DoorDash, accusing it of anticompetitive practices like coercing restaurants to exclusively work with DoorDash for parts of their delivery business
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-15 · #35
Uber files a lawsuit against DoorDash alleging anticompetitive behavior, accusing DoorDash of coercing restaurants into exclusive arrangements for parts of their delivery business.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-15
Uber DoorDash
Uber sues DoorDash, accusing it of anticompetitive practices like coercing restaurants to exclusively work with DoorDash for parts of their delivery business
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-15 · #35
Anthropic files in court asking to nix a DOJ-imposed remedy that would block Google from investing in AI startups, arguing the remedy would harm Anthropic and competition.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-15
Anthropic DOJ remedy Google AI startups
Filing: Anthropic asks a court to nix a DOJ remedy that would block Google from investing in AI startups, saying it would harm Anthropic and the competition
Bloomberg · 2025-02-15 · #34
Reports allege eFishery fabricated most of its revenue, a claim linked to the company's unraveling.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-15
eFishery revenue
Sources: SoftBank-backed eFishery, Indonesia's high-profile agritech startup, cuts over 1,000 jobs, or ~90% of its workforce, and weighs a potential liquidation
Bloomberg · 2025-02-15 · #18
Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2 billion in VAT payments linked to sales of goods from China and other non-EU countries between 2019 and 2021, per the Financial Times.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-14
Italy Amazon €1.2B VAT
Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021
Financial Times · 2025-02-14 · #23
The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and other publishers have filed a lawsuit against Cohere.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-13
The Atlantic Politico Vox other publishers Cohere
The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue Cohere, alleging it used copyrighted works to train its LLM and shared versions of entire articles without permission
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-13 · #23
OpenAI asserts that Elon Musk's $97.4B bid contradicts his lawsuit claims that OpenAI's assets cannot be transferred away for private gain.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-13
OpenAI Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid claim that OpenAI's assets cannot be transferred away for private gain
Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's $97.4B bid contradicts his attacks in his lawsuit against OpenAI that its assets can't be “transferred away” for “private gain”
Bloomberg · 2025-02-13 · #12
Sources report X has agreed to pay roughly $10M to settle Donald Trump's 2021 lawsuit against Twitter and then-CEO Jack Dorsey over the ban of Trump's accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021 riot; Musk's platform would be the second social-media company to settle with Trump.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-13
X Donald Trump Twitter Jack Dorsey
Sources: X agrees to pay ~$10M to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit against Twitter and then-CEO Jack Dorsey over the ban on his accounts after the January 6 riot
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-13 · #25
The plaintiffs allege Cohere used copyrighted works to train its large language model and shared versions of entire articles without permission.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-13
The Atlantic Politico Vox other publishers Cohere
The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue Cohere, alleging it used copyrighted works to train its LLM and shared versions of entire articles without permission
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-13 · #23
Thomson Reuters wins a major US copyright ruling against Ross Intelligence, rejecting the startup's fair-use defense in a case filed in May 2020; decision has broad implications for generative AI companies and rights holders.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
Thomson Reuters Ross Intelligence
Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence
Wired · 2025-02-12 · #6
An Alabama man pleads guilty for conducting a SIM-swap hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-11
Alabama man SIM-swap hack of U.S. SEC's X account
An Alabama man pleads guilty over the SIM-swap hack of the US SEC's X account, which falsely claimed in January 2024 that the agency had approved bitcoin ETFs
CNBC · 2025-02-11 · #39
Cybereason CEO Eric Gan files a lawsuit against investors Steven Mnuchin and SoftBank Vision Fund.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-11
Eric Gan Steven Mnuchin SoftBank Vision Fund
Cybereason CEO Eric Gan sues investors Steven Mnuchin and SoftBank Vision Fund, alleging they put Cybereason at risk of bankruptcy by blocking fundraising plans
Bloomberg · 2025-02-11 · #37
He was imprisoned in Nigeria on money laundering charges.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-10
Tigran Gambaryan Nigeria
Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges
Wired · 2025-02-10 · #12
He ultimately secured his release from Nigerian custody.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-10
Tigran Gambaryan Nigeria
Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges
Wired · 2025-02-10 · #12
Gambaryan was charged in Nigeria with money laundering.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-10
Tigran Gambaryan money laundering
Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges
Wired · 2025-02-10 · #12
The chatbot often acknowledges that reproducing news articles could violate copyright and calls attention to subscription paywalls that might be skirted.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-09
DeepSeek news articles subscription paywalls
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls
Nieman Lab · 2025-02-09 · #8
Donald Trump ends his legal fight over the Twitter ban; a court filing notes the case was ended but does not specify how it was resolved.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-08
Donald Trump Twitter Twitter ban
Court filing: President Trump ends legal fight over his Twitter ban after the January 6, 2021 riot; the filing doesn't specify how the case was resolved
Bloomberg · 2025-02-08 · #13
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