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Bayer ordered to pay $2 billion in latest Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

Fast Company Tech

A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 The agrochemical giant says it will appeal the verdict, reached in a Georgia courtroom late Friday, in efforts to overturn the decision. And he said his law firm has “many more clients who are similarly situated as Mr. Barnes.”

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Microsoft says controversial Georgia law will ‘unfairly restrict the rights of people to vote’

The Verge

He writes that Microsoft’s workers alone will likely have 80 percent fewer drop boxes for their ballots as a direct result of the law, among other restrictions. Big employers in Georgia are currently under scrutiny from activists, including some threatening to boycott both Delta Air Lines and Coke for failing to condemn the law.

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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The Supreme Court pared down a controversial anti-hacking law

The Verge

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law which bans “exceeding authorized access” on a computer system, was narrowed by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 6-3 ruling. United States , concerns a former Georgia police officer named Nathan Van Buren. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

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The fight to make Netflix and Hulu pay cable fees

The Verge

Three municipalities in Georgia are suing Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming video providers for as much as 5 percent of their gross revenue in the district — joining a nationwide group of towns and counties that want these services regulated more like cable TV. Georgia isn’t the only place where local towns are pushing for streaming fees.

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Jimmy Carter’s Memorabilia Raises $2.8 Million

The NonProfit Times

Thompson might seem an unlikely individual to be in Carter’s orbit, but he had admired the then-governor of Georgia since Carter’s 1974 “Law Day” speech at the University of Georgia School of Law. Thompson, pulled in $50,000. In that speech, Carter railed against iniquities in the criminal justice system.

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AT&T recovers from multi-state outage after Nashville bombing

The Verge

AT&T is also suspending data overage charges across parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, and Missouri over the final five days of December. Federal law enforcement named 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the bomber, and they’ve reported that Warner died in the explosion.

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