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The Recorder

San Francisco Sues Uber Over Access to Driver Information

The San Francisco city attorney on Thursday sued Uber Technologies Inc. over access to records about the ride-hailing company's drivers, escalating a conflict that the company said raises privacy issues.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Class Action Over Allstate Medical Exam Policy Gets Green Light in Pa. Federal Court

A proposed federal class action lawsuit against Allstate over its policy mandating that claimants undergo medical exams by a doctor of the carrier's choosing before they can receive benefits has gotten the green light in a ruling that predicts how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may handle the situation, which has started percolating through state courts.
7 minute read

The Recorder

SF Judge Approves $1.2B VW Settlement

Plaintiffs lawyers led by Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser intend to seek roughly 15 percent of the settlement fund, or $180 million.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Odyssey' of Litigation Sparks Lawyer's Popular Tire Safety Project

A final, confidential settlement with Ford Motor Co. has ended a multidefendant suit involving a woman injured when a tire that was supposed to have been recalled nearly 12 years earlier blew out.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Will 'Toner' Stacking Precedent Continue to Haunt Plaintiffs Bar?

Just before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about what insurance carriers have to do to ensure someone with a single-vehicle policy has properly been given the chance to waive stacking when they buy two additional vehicles years later, the case that presented the issue settled. As a result, the Superior Court decision that was left unreviewed might continue to haunt the plaintiffs bar—at least until the high court gets another chance to look at the issue.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Decline to Hear Volvo's Crashworthiness Appeal

The state Supreme Court has decided not to take up Volvo's appeal of a decision last year that overturned a defense verdict in a crashworthiness case against it. The justices denied allocatur Thursday in . The lawsuit was seen as a case that might have allowed the high court to address product liability issues in the wake of the Supreme Court's game-changing ruling in .
9 minute read

The Recorder

Google Has No 'Smoking Gun' In Waymo-Uber Trade Secrets Case, Judge Says

U.S. District Judge William Alsup seemed unpersuaded after hours of argument Wednesday that Google had presented enough evidence to justify sweeping restrictions on Uber's autonomous vehicle development.
5 minute read

The Recorder

What's at Stake in Waymo-Uber Injunction Fight

We break down the issues, the arguments and some of the wrinkles likely to be addressed at a hearing Wednesday in San Francisco federal court.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Devices, Drones, Data: What's Next in Torts

New technology means new types of exposure. Here's a guide to some of the litigation risks posed by driverless cars, connected devices, drones and data troves.
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

State ACLU Seeks Police-Commissioned Racial Profiling Traffic Study

The ACLU of Connecticut filed a Freedom of Information Act request April 26 to all Connecticut police departments seeking every alternative, police-commissioned study of traffic stop data.
5 minute read

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