| Bill Gives Gov’t More Power |
| A House Democrat and Republican are teaming up on a bill that would give the government more powers to fight brokers who use software to buy large amounts of tickets that they can resell, often at a higher price. But the bill no longer includes the criminal penalties that were included in a different version of the legislation. |
Read the article: The Hill
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| Uber Settles Lawsuit with Blind Group Over Service Animals |
| Uber and advocates for the blind have reached a lawsuit settlement in which the ride-hailing company agrees to require that existing and new drivers confirm they understand their legal obligations to transport riders with guide dogs or other service animals, an advocacy group announced. The National Federation of the Blind said that Uber will also remove a driver from the platform after a single complaint if it determines the driver knowingly denied a person with a disability a ride because the person was traveling with a service animal. |
Read the article: WCVB
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| ITC Judge Invalidates Jawbone’s Patents in Fitbit Dispute |
| Fitbit Inc. won a ruling that invalidated the last of the Jawbone Inc. patents that were the subject of a dispute at the U.S. International Trade Commission. The ruling lessens the chance that Fitbit would face an import ban on bringing its fitness trackers, which are made overseas, into the U.S. |
Read the article: Bloomberg
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| FBI Gets Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Provide iPhone Fingerprint |
As the world watched the FBI spar with Apple this winter in an attempt to hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, federal officials were quietly waging a different encryption battle in a Los Angeles courtroom. There, authorities obtained a search warrant compelling the girlfriend of an alleged Armenian gang member to press her finger against an iPhone that had been seized from a Glendale home
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