Neowin News Feed for: Lawyer

Microsoft's Windows 95 CD contained a lot of "fun" stuff, here's how

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:18:01 +0000

Microsoft spent almost $1 billion to promote Windows 95 in a mammoth effort that also included securing the rights to a popular music video. Read more...

A lawyer used ChatGPT for legal research, but later found the chatbot created fake cases

Omer Dursun — Sun, 28 May 2023 04:36:01 +0000

A lawyer's reliance on ChatGPT for legal research led to the submission of false information. Discussions have emerged in the legal community regarding the responsible use of AI tools. Read more...

Sam Bankman-Fried is “unlikely to get a favourable deal from prosecutors”

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 03:16:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried is unlikely to get a favourable deal from prosecutors, lawyer Mark Kasten has said. SBF would have to help in the prosecution of another bad actor but that's unlikely to happen. Read more...

Pro-Boards debuts keyboard specifically designed for lawyers

Daniel Hull — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:08:01 +0000

A new keyboard designed for lawyers has been released, created to provide quick access to functions regularly used in the legal profession. Included is a button for common symbols and legal phrases. Read more...

Bing cashback exploit discovered, Microsoft sends in lawyers

Tom Warren — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:04 +0000

A Bing cashback vulnerability has been discovered by Samir Meghani of the Bountii Team. The flaw exists due to a software API oversight that allows users to fake transactions to Bing. Currently, Bing does not... Read more...

French lawyer gets 6 month ban over P2P legal threats

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:36:04 +0000

A lawyer working with Swiss anti-piracy outfit Logistep has received a ban from practicing as a lawyer for six months. Elizabeth Martin sent inappropriately aggressive and deliberately false and misleading letters to thousands of alleged... Read more...

Lawyer Claims iPhone Buyers Ill-Informed About Battery

Christopher Vendemio — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:11:38 +0000

The lawyer who has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T said Wednesday the companies duped iPhone buyers by failing to disclose how expensive it would be to replace the battery. Larry Drury filed... Read more...

Microsoft lawyer takes aim at Google's book-scanning project

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:40:58 +0000

Microsoft is taking aim at Google Inc.'s rival book-scanning project, saying the search company ``systematically violates copyright.'' In prepared remarks he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday to a publishing industry group, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer... Read more...

Apple Battle Faces Delay as Computer Firm Ditches Lawyer

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 01:36:51 +0000

Computer group Apple Latest News about Apple has dropped law firm Linklaters from an ongoing legal battle with the Beatles' record label Apple Corp over the use of the Apple name to sell music-related products.... Read more...

Calif. Lawyer Sues Yahoo Over Message-Board Posts

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:19:02 +0000

A California lawyer who has waged an ongoing battle with Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) over personal attacks made against him on Yahoo message boards has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the company.... Read more...

Microsoft Lawyer to Be on Antitrust Panel

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:27:03 +0000

Stung by earlier court rulings, Microsoft Corp. has positioned one of its top lawyers to run a legal committee to influence how much oversight U.S. courts exercise in antitrust settlements like the one the company... Read more...