Washington State has officially adopted a Microsoft supported law that includes the most detailed regulations of facial recognition in the United States, and represents a model for other states to use as the use of facial recognition grows. The law ... Read more
A California man's simple idea of selling Windows Restore disks landed him a $50,000 fine and a 15-month jail sentence.
Microsoft has officially filed exceptions for "Responsible Known Travellers with Pressing Needs" as a response to President Trump's executive order.
The French government, specifically the National Data Protection Committee, is calling on Microsoft to address data collection concerns in Windows 10.
In a post on the Microsoft European Union (EU) Policy blog, Microsoft Vice President for EU Government Affairs, John Frank, applauded the new EU-US Privacy Shield decision.
A number of Attorney-General's across the United States are building cases against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrades.
Microsoft's chief legal officer talks with Wall Street Journal about what goes on behind the company's court battles with the US government.
Microsoft’s Office 365 team just announced the release of a new set of eDiscovery enhancements for the productivity suite that include search, hold, export, and case management.
One of the company's lead IP lawyers, Andy Culbert, has headed out for new opportunities, specifically to join law firm Perkins Coie and continue working as a professor at the University of Washington's School of Law.
Microsoft's president and chief legal officer discusses what prompted the push to overturn a standing US provision for ‘modern’ investigation.
Microsoft’s chief legal officer Brad Smith decided to clear up the lingering confusion as he spoke with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee during a hearing entitled "Conflicts of Law Concerning Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement Request."
Thanks in part to Microsoft’s companywide shift to partnering rather than attempting to dominate a category, the company has seen its Microsoft Office, OneDrive, and Skype apps land on a healthy number of Android tablets and smartphones.
Chief Justice John Roberts has sold off somewhere between $250,000 and $500,000 in Microsoft stock over the past year, to oversee the Xbox 360 case.
Last year, a class action suit against Microsoft over issues with the Xbox 360 was allowed to proceed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle. The suit alleges that Microsoft must address a design flaw that causes ... Read more
Cooler heads seemed to have prevailed in the heated dispute between Microsoft and Motorola and subsequently, Google. For the greater part of five years, Microsoft and most big name Android manufacturers have been in courtrooms working over licensing disputes and ... Read more
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith has only had his new title a few days, but he's already making waves. In a Microsoft Blog post this morning, Smith opined on the importance of privacy in technology and the need for significant reform. ... Read more
The team working at Microsoft's Legal & Corporate Affairs (LCA) has, for some time, been using an in-house program by the name of "Matter Center" in order to run things at their office. Matter Center seamlessly mixes the features of ... Read more
Back in 2014, Microsoft was forced to rebrand SkyDrive to OneDrive because of a legal proceeding that ruled that the SkyDrive brand infringed on the Sky brand in the UK. Microsoft is now facing issues with the Skype brand as ... Read more
Intellectual property (IP) litigation has become another daily cost of doing business for US technology companies. From Apple and Samsung to Android patent licensing deals companies big and small pay one way or another for IP protection or usage. Microsoft has a reputation for using patents ... Read more
Anyone who has owned an Xbox 360 knows you need to be careful when handling the device while using the console. Moving or disturbing the console while the disk is spinning could cause the disks to be damaged by the ... Read more