In 'Cupertino,' real-life tech issues drive the plot. Here are four legal cases they battle

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Set us as preferred The biggest tech battles many people face are things like frequent two-factor authentication, a time suck that makes you want to hurl a device across the room, and sigh-inducing texts to parents letting them know that the video of a cat cooking eggs they 100% believe is real is actually AI slop.But in “Cupertino,” the legal minds at the center of the show are taking on more consequential tech disputes in the courtroom.The series joins a wave of recent films and TV shows exploring and confronting the rapidly evolving tech sector.Created by Robert and Michelle King, veterans of the legal drama genre with shows like “The Good Wife” and its spinoff “The Good Fight,” the Silicon Valley-set courtroom drama is interested in David vs.

Goliath tension.It follows Michael Price (Mike Colter), an attorney fired by his tech startup employer S-Talk, as he teams up with fellow ousted lawyer Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller) to launch their own ad-hoc law firm to take on cases — including their own — for everyday people against tech giants.

“There are big companies that have a lot of money, deep pockets — they could suffocate you, they can bog you down in litigation to the point where you can’t financially match them,” Colter said.“They’re planning on people just rolling over because they don’t want to deal with it.

That’s where Michael and Olivia come in.We get the justice for people who otherwise won’t see any.

I’m just excited and intrigued by the stories they [the Kings] want to tell here.”The Kings’ exploration of tech’s litigation underbelly arrives at at a critical moment.High-stakes conflicts over artificial intelligence, data privacy, workplace culture, antitrust laws and other issues are dominating the news and defining our modern era.

“The headlines, the way that it lines up is crazy,” Keller said.“It’s really important some of the cases they’re...