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News about legal

• The chatbot with its own office and personal (human) assistant

  Will-writing chatbot Ailira turns the concept of virtual assistants on its head

• Apple hit with $9M penalty over Aussie “Error 53” claims

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took action against Apple in April last year

• Netcomm Wireless settles patent spat with Gorilla Glass maker

  Terms of the deal remain under wraps

• PageUp breach scare prompts class action prospects

  Telstra, Jetstar and the Tasmanian Government are among several local organisations to have temporarily suspended their use of the PageUp platform

• Oracle wins payday in Micros Systems lawsuit saga

  Oracle gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from litigants

• Court clears the way for class action against Aussie tech start-up

  Three class actions get narrowed down to one

Interviews about legal

• How spyware nearly sent a teacher to prison

  If there's a poster child for the dangers of spyware, it's Julie Amero.

Features about legal

• To shine a light on cybercrime, go Dark

  Hang out where the bad guys do on the Dark Web

• FCC girds for legal attacks on net neutrality order

  The FCC's 400-page official order on net neutrality, released on Thursday, is about to be the center of a long and contracted legal battle.

• Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power

  There are plenty of cities in the U.S. that want to lay claim to becoming the "next" Silicon Valley, but a dusty desert town in ...

• What does the FCC's net neutrality vote mean?

  Net neutrality has been debated for a decade, but the Federal Communications Commission's historic vote signals only the beginning..

• Can digital rights management and the open Web coexist?

  The fight over openness vs. protection of copyright holders has been a contentious issue for as long as digital media has been around

• Antitrust deal leaves Google undamaged

  Agreement opens door for search rivals, but it's doubtful it will matter