Tech & Telecom Law News

Telegram Messaging Service to Allow Tether Stablecoin Payments

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2213302D%20VI%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f6cd-d583-afbf-f6dd4d1b0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Tether, the issuer of the world’s most used stablecoin, has teamed up with TON Foundation to allow customers to send crypto payments using the popular <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1399104D%20RU%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f6cd-d583-afbf-f6dd4d1b0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Telegram encrypted instant messaging service.

By Hannah Miller

Netflix Falls on Weak Forecast, Plan to End Subscriber Count

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/NFLX%20US%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018e-f696-d583-afbf-f6dedfec0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Netflix Inc. shares tumbled the most in nine months on Friday as a weak forecast for revenue and a warning that the streaming giant will stop reporting subscriber numbers in 2025 overshadowed an otherwise strong start to the year.

Twitter Worker Advances Class Age Bias Suit Over Musk’s Takeover

X Corp. and Twitter Inc. lost their bid to nix a former Twitter employee’s class claims of intentional age bias in mass layoffs after Elon Musk took over the social media giant.

Tiny Texas City Repels Russia-Tied Hackers Eyeing Water System

When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system.

The Job Drought in Finance and Tech Is Ending: Conor Sen

We’re not back to 2021’s heady pace of worker churn, but fear of job loss appears to be dissipating, and workers are starting to become more confident about exploring their options.

Jones Day’s Messy Split From Client Fuels Long-Running Fee Fight

A patent licensing company that squeezed $40 million out of Amazon is still fighting with the law firm that helped it land the settlement, two decades later.

UK Soccer’s Everton Risks Demotion for Breaking Accounting Rules

UK soccer team Everton is in danger of being knocked out of England’s Premier League—not so much because of its play, but because of its accounting.

Wide Use of Generative AI Prompts Pricing Concerns for Companies

The increasing use of artificial intelligence in the production of goods, services, and intellectual property is creating a need for clearer standards on how those functions should be valued for tax purposes.

Fifty-Time Supreme Court Litigator Keeps Justices on Their Toes

Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.

OpenAI Makes First India Hire in Bid to Shape Regulation Early

ChatGPT developer <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2306037D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f5ac-d583-afbf-f7fcf4330000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">OpenAI hired its first employee in India, appointing a government relations head just as the country votes in a new administration that will shape artificial intelligence regulations in the world’s most populous nation.