Uber has agreed to pay $3M to settle a proposed class action lawsuit brought by 2,421 drivers in New York who had accused the ride-sharing giant of docking excessive fees from their fares. Read More
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James Damore just filed a class action lawsuit against Google, saying it discriminates against white male conservatives
James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented in tech because they are biologically less capable of engineering, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California. Read More
What you need to know about the Intel class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre
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With the tech world still reeling from the revelations about the serious Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities to central processing units (CPUs), the first class-action lawsuits have been filed, just like clockwork.
The vulnerabilities affect a wide range of devices and products, from laptops to phones, from a number of companies — but they disproportionately affect Intel chips. And it’s Intel that’s been hit hardest by the lawsuits filed so far. Read more…
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View More What you need to know about the Intel class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and SpectreGoogle faces revised gender-pay lawsuit
Google is facing a revised class-action gender-pay lawsuit that alleges Google underpaid women in comparison with their male counterparts and asked new hires about their prior salaries, The Guardian first reported. The revised lawsuit also adds a fourth complainant, Heidi Lamar, who was a teacher at Google’s Children Center in Palo Alto for four years. Read More
Spotify faces $1.6 billion lawsuit from music publisher alleging copyright infringement
Spotify is facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Wixen Music Publishing, the publisher that represents artists like Tom Petty, Missy Elliot, Stevie Nicks and Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter first reported. The suit, filed December 29, alleges cop…
View More Spotify faces $1.6 billion lawsuit from music publisher alleging copyright infringementAirbnb beats big property landlord’s lawsuit in California
A California judge has dismissed Apartment Investment & Management Company’s lawsuit against Airbnb. Last February, Aimco, which owns or manages about 50,000 properties, sued Airbnb, saying that the company is deliberately incentivizing people to breach their leases. Aimco, which filed the lawsuit in both California and Florida state courts, was seeking monetary damages as well… Read More
Apple faces over a dozen lawsuits. Here’s why it might win them all
There are currently many, many people trying to sue the pants off Apple. But commercial law experts predict that if the company ends up on trial, it may come out on top.
Before we get too deep into this, it’s important to understand the backsto…
Here’s how (and why) people are suing Apple for slowing down older iPhones
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You may have heard: iPhone customers around the U.S. are suing Apple for slowing down their older phones.
Class-action lawsuits have been filed in at least three states — California, Illinois, and New York. Whether or not Apple violated any consumer rights is for the courts to decide. What is known at this point is that some people are disgruntled, though it’s for all sorts of different reasons.
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View More Here’s how (and why) people are suing Apple for slowing down older iPhonesUber settles lawsuit with woman who accused executives of obtaining medical records after she was raped
Uber has settled its lawsuit with a woman (Jane Doe) who accused its now-former CEO Travis Kalanick, president of business in Asia Eric Alexander and SVP of business Emil Michael of improperly obtaining her medical records after she was raped by an Uber driver in Delhi, India.
“A settlement has been reached and the Parties anticipate the case will be dismissed on or around January… Read More
A 14-year-old is being sued for cheating in a video game and his mom isn’t having it
The developers of the game Fortnite filed a lawsuit against a 14-year-old who allegedly used cheating software to get a competitive edge in multiplayer. His mother is fighting back.
Epic Games took cheating punishment a step further than usual in Oct…
Sorry, Cards Against Humanity can’t stop Trump’s wall
As much as we may want to believe it, a card game company probably can’t save our country.
This week, owners of the irreverent (and kind of obnoxious, imo) Cards Against Humanity game unveiled their annual PR stunt and it has higher aspirations than …
Humvee maker is suing Activision for using the cars in ‘Call of Duty’
The manufacturer of the Humvee is not cool with all the references to its vehicles in Call of Duty games, according to a lawsuit it filed against developer Activision.
AM General, the company that makes Humvees, filed a lawsuit against Activisi…