Kat Black

June 21, 2024 | The Recorder

The plaintiffs sought more than $500 million from Sutter Health over allegations of insurance fraud, which Judge Stephen D. Kaus rejected.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

June 20, 2024 | The Recorder

Complaints filed in May in the Northern District of California accuse the file sharing platform of exposing its clients to a "high risk of identity theft or fraud" by failing to prevent a cyberattack by an "undoubtedly nefarious" third party on April 24.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

June 18, 2024 | The Recorder

Amazon has filed petitions in several states, including California, to compel arbitration in an ongoing dispute with Amazon Flex delivery drivers who argue they have been misclassified as independent contractors in proposed class actions.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

June 18, 2024 | The Recorder

Current and former Tesla employees who worked at Tesla's EV manufacturing facilities in Fremont and Lathrop, California, allege that supervisors and colleagues at these factories created a "racially hostile work environment" by routinely harassing African American, Hispanic and Latinx Tesla employees.

By Kat Black

5 minute read

June 17, 2024 | The Recorder

The electric carmaker's complaint, filed by its in-house counsel and Fish & Richardson on June 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses Matthews of flouting several nondisclosure agreements, filing patents that co-opt Tesla's trade secrets and leaking confidential information to Tesla's rivals.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

June 14, 2024 | The Recorder

Women employees represented by Altshuler Berzon and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, alleged gender-based pay discrimination, biases against women in its performance evaluation system, and maintaining a hostile work environment.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

June 14, 2024 | The Recorder

The lawsuits, part of a broader wave, fault a defendant's culture media, linking it to damage and destruction of viable embryos.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

June 12, 2024 | The Recorder

The Los Angeles Superior Court tossed four complaints by school districts in California, Rhode Island, Florida and Washington against Google, Meta, TikTok and Snapchat. The schools sought damages for costs associated with mental health problems caused by excessive social media use.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

June 11, 2024 | The Recorder

A $700 million settlement reached by Johnson & Johnson with attorneys general from 43 states prohibits the pharmaceutical company from manufacturing, selling or distributing its talcum-based body powder products, which are known to increase the risk for cancer, in the United States.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

June 11, 2024 | The Recorder

A Scottish videographer claims that Netflix and the Oceanic Preservation Society used his still photographs and video clips about open-cage salmon farming in a documentary series.

By Kat Black

3 minute read