The insult, which Musk called a British cave diver on Twitter, means "creepy old man," according to the Tesla CEO. However, Musk and his legal team claim the entrepreneur had reason to believe the more popular understanding of the insult. Read more...... ...

Elon Musk’s bizarre feud with a British cave diver, who he called a “**** guy,” took a strange turn as the eccentric billionaire seeks to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against him. In court documents filed on Monday, Elon Mus... ...

Democratic primary candidate for president, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has filed a lawsuit against Google over claims of “election interference.” In the complaint filed by Gabbard’s campaign committee, Tulsi Now Inc., the congresswoman all... ...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s lawyer argued Tuesday in a court filing that the British cave diver who became embroiled in a public spat with his client and later sued for defamation can’t recover damages because his reputation was not harmed. In court documents filed Tuesday, Musk’s new lawyer Alex Spiro of Quinn Emmanuel ...

A defamation case filed last year against Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after he repeatedly called a British cave diver “**** guy” will go to trial on October 22, a U.S. district judge determined Friday. Vernon Unsworth, the British cave diver, filed a defamation lawsuit in September 2018 in the U.S. District Court for ...

The four major wireless telecommunication companies in the U.S. have just been hit with massive class action lawsuit. The suit claims that AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile all violated customers’ privacy by sharing their data to third pa... ...

As it gears up to go public Uber is facing legacy baggage down under: A class action lawsuit has been filed in Australia on behalf of around 6,000 taxi and hire car drivers and license owners, Reuters reported Friday. The suit was filed Friday at the Victoria Supreme Court by personal injury and compensation law ...

As the lawsuits and inquiries stack up against Facebook, the beset tech giant is taking some legal action of its own. Facebook announced Thursday in a blog post that it's suing a New Zealand company that sells Instagram likes, followers, and views. T... ...

Ruthless copying is common in tech. Just ask Snapchat. However, it’s typically more conceptual than literal. But car API startup Smartcar claims that its competitor Otonomo copy-and-pasted Smartcar’s API documentation, allegedly plagiarizing it extensively to the point of including the original’s typos and randomly generated strings of code. It’s published a series of side-by-side screenshots ...

James J. DeCarlo Contributor James J. DeCarlo is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. A registered patent attorney, he is actively involved in virtually all aspects of intellectual property counseling. He has spent nearly 30 years litigating, licensing and procuring patents in the software, hardware, internet and networking spaces, among many others. ...