Supreme Court Rejects Google's Appeal in Class Action Dispute Over Ads
The 2008 lawsuit accused Google of violating California fair advertising laws because it misled advertisers about where the ads would be placed.
View ArticleKey Player in Silk Road Successor Site Gets Eight Years in U.S. Prison
Like the original website, Silk Road 2.0 allowed users to anonymously buy and sell drugs, computer hacking tools and other illicit items, using the digital currency bitcoin, authorities said.
View ArticleGovernment Rules Apple Case Against Samsung Should Go Back to Lower Court
The world's top smartphone rivals have been feuding over patents since 2011, when Apple sued Samsung in Northern California alleging infringement of the iPhone's patents, designs and trademarked...
View ArticleDrivers Sue Uber, Lyft Over Exit From Austin, Texas
The companies suspended services in the city on May 9, two days after residents voted to keep the city's law requiring Uber and Lyft, just like taxi companies, to conduct fingerprint-based background...
View ArticleBesieged Gawker Media Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The company has been embroiled in an expensive legal battle with wrestler and entertainer Hulk Hogan, who is backed by wealthy investor Peter Thiel.
View ArticleUber to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Driver Lawsuit Over Background Checks
The case in San Francisco federal court involved allegations that Uber terminated drivers from its platform after obtaining their consumer background reports without authorization.
View ArticleFacebook 'Spam King' Sentenced to More Than 2 Years in Prison
Sanford Wallace compromised 500,000 Facebook accounts and sent more than 27 million spam messages.
View ArticleUber Can Be Added to Lawsuit Against CEO, Which Could Prompt Arbitration
'While plaintiff now pretends that he 'seeks no relief whatsoever against Uber,' such an assertion is at odds with any fair reading of plaintiff's claim,' judge writes.
View ArticleJulia Child Foundation Sues Airbnb Over French Home Promotion
In a complaint filed on Tuesday in the California Superior Court in Santa Barbara County, the nonprofit Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts objected to Airbnb's contest last...
View ArticleVolkswagen Agrees to $15.3 Billion Settlement in Diesel Pollution Case
The settlement stems from VW's admission in September that it intentionally misled regulators by installing secret software that allowed U.S. vehicles to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution.
View ArticleEx-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Sues CEO Roger Ailes, Claiming Sexual...
Carlson claimed in the lawsuit that Ailes took her off the popular morning show Fox & Friends in 2013, cut her pay and placed her in a less desirable afternoon time slot because she refused to have...
View ArticleHyperloop Technologies Slapped With Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
The suit alleges some staff were forced out for speaking to investors about cultural issues within the futuristic firm.
View ArticleMicrosoft Wins Landmark Appeal Over Seizure of Foreign Emails
A federal appeals court on Thursday said the U.S. government cannot force Microsoft Corp. and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States.
View ArticleWeWork Sues Ex-Employee for Disclosing Information to Reporters
In a complaint filed late on Friday with the New York Supreme Court for Manhattan, WeWork accused Joanna Strange, who was fired June 10, of unlawful access to its computers and of stealing confidential...
View ArticleZenefits Fined by Tennessee Regulators in First Settlement on Licensing
Software startup Zenefits must pay the state $62,500 for violating insurance requirements, officials said on Monday.
View ArticleHow We Survived Getting Sued in Our First Year of Business
The big lesson we learned: Break up your projects, to minimize the pain should one of them get sued.
View ArticleApple to Supreme Court: Let's End This Samsung Patent Fight
Apple's lawyers argue that Samsung stole Apple's patents and should end its court appeal.
View ArticleDesigners Come Out for Apple in Patent Fight with Samsung
Apple sued in 2011, claiming the South Korean electronics company stole its technology and the look of the iPhone.
View ArticleU.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Islamic State Rhetoric
Aug. 10 Twitter Inc. won a bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the widow of an American killed in Jordan which accused the social media company of giving voice to Islamic State.
View ArticleJudge Rejects Uber's Settlement in Driver Classification Lawsuit
The $84 million payout agreed in April fell far short of the drivers' claims, a federal judge ruled.
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