By Erin Mulvaney | March 13, 2018
Newly unsealed court papers in a gender discrimination case against Microsoft open a window into how one company has confronted workplace allegations of disparate treatment.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 12, 2018
Yahoo Inc. will face punitive damages over data breaches that affected more than 3 billion email user accounts after a federal judge refused to dismiss most of the claims.
By Marcia Coyle | March 12, 2018
Google Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court there was nothing unfair or unreasonable about the tech company's $8.5 million settlement of a privacy class action in which $5.3 million of the funds go to third parties and none to members of the class. Class members—more than 100 million Google users—each would have received 4 cents, court records show. The Google settlement directs settlement funds to be distributed proportionally to six recipients that are devoted to web privacy.
By Caroline Spiezio | March 9, 2018
Companies like Uber and Airbnb have faced questions over their ability to provide services accessible to those with disabilities. But these companies have also presented answers.
By Ross Todd | March 9, 2018
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Thursday found that Uber's agreement with drivers didn't allow the company to deduct its $1 "Safe Rides" fee from the total used to calculate what drivers received from short, low-fare rides.
By Jenna Greene | March 9, 2018
One, they say, is the loneliest number. It's even lonelier when you're facing treble damages topping $1.7 billion.
By Jason Grant | March 8, 2018
Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff fiercely criticized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the federal judiciary as a whole, for repeatedly upholding U.S. companies' use of mandatory arbitration clauses that consumers sign on to via internet-based customer agreements that appear on screens.
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By Max Mitchell | March 8, 2018
A clear line of case law is emerging that holds litigation funding agreements are generally not subject to state usury restrictions, but a pair of high-profile cases—one that arose out of the $1 billion NFL concussion settlement and the other linked to a fund for 9/11 victims—may complicate matters.
By Ross Todd | March 8, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday found that 24 million Zappos.com customers subject to a 2012 hack had standing because of the “imminent” risk of identity theft.
By Samantha Joseph | March 8, 2018
The 45-page ruling was a study in litigation nuances arising from the Engle class action.
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