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What Tech, Insurers Told Calif. About Driverless Rules

State regulators posted written comments submitted by 80 company executives and others involved in the fast-developing driverless vehicle industry. Here are some highlights from what some of the tech companies, vehicle manufacturers and insurance companies had to say.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Airbnb Settles State Agency's Race-Discrimination Complaint

Airbnb Inc. will institute anti-bias training for its employees and track how often guests of color are denied short-term rentals under terms of an agreement with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cruise Ship Whistleblower Sails Off With Million-Dollar Reward

Christopher Keays, a native of Scotland, was 27 years old and fresh out of the maritime academy in the summer of 2013 when he got "the chance of a lifetime" to work on a ship, as a junior engineer with the Caribbean Princess. Today he is a millionaire. A federal judge in Miami awarded Keays $1 million Wednesday for blowing the whistle on the Princess Cruise Lines' illegal dumping of oily waste into the ocean.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hawaiian Airlines' Top Lawyer Calls United Fiasco a 'Case Study on What Not to Do'

Aaron Alter, head of the legal department at Hawaiian Airlines, says there's plenty that United Airlines could have done differently with their recent passenger removal scandal.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Lawyer Gets Greyhound Out of Case Over Crash Caused by Passenger Takeover

While United Airlines is facing major heat for kicking passengers off flights, Scott Self's bus company client got sued for allowing one to board: namely, a paranoid meth user who screamed "Everybody's going to die!" before grabbing the wheel from the bus driver and causing a crash that injured several people.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

United Passenger Has 'Every Right to Bring Legal Action'

United Airlines' reputation has taken a bruising since Sunday, when police forcibly removed a passenger from a flight in Chicago that the company initially said was overbooked. But will the airline face legal challenges as a result of the incident?
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In Light of United's Overbooking Fiasco, Who's Leading the Legal Department?

Brett Hart, general counsel of United Airlines, will likely play a pivotal role in the company's response to a recent scandal.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Norwegian CEO Sues Cruise Line for Defamation — Again

Colin Veitch claims Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' response to his first defamation lawsuit was also defamatory.
9 minute read

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