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Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and defend these rights through fostering free and open source software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). Learn more.

Hearing in Vizio today!

Today (2025-11-13), there's a hearing in the Vizio case regarding Vizio's motion for summary adjudication. Read the tentative ruling & attend the hearing (remotely) at 11:00 PST.

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Summary Judgment

In a summary judgment motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made in the complaint. A motion for summary judgment on just some issues is called “partial”. … In California state court — these are “motions for summary adjudication”.

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