Uber Granted 18-Month License Extension in London After Legal Review September 29, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Amy Thomson Uber Technologies Inc. won the ability to continue operating in its biggest European market after a London judge granted the...
Google’s YouTube Sued for $3 Billion in UK over Use of Children’s Data September 15, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Stephanie Bodoni Alphabet Inc.’s Google faces a multibillion-dollar lawsuit in the UK over claims that YouTube routinely breaks privacy laws by tracking...
Update: Uber Braces for UK Legal Battles that Could End Its Reign in London July 21, 2020 By Ellen Milligan Uber Technologies Inc. is bracing for a long summer of legal battles that could see the end of its reign...
From Enron to Wirecard – Big 4 Accounting Firms Still Face Systemic Problems July 2, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Hugo Miller Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four...
Two UK Court Rulings Limit Corporate Responsibility for Employee Conduct April 2, 2020 By Ellen Milligan UK companies may let out a “sigh of relief” after Barclays Plc and Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc won a pair...
Shell Units Sued in U.K. over Massive Nigerian Oil Spill in 2011 October 9, 2019 By Ellen Milligan Two Royal Dutch Shell Plc units were sued over their involvement in one of the largest oil spills in Nigeria’s...
Google Faces $3.9B iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After London Court Reinstates Case October 3, 2019 By Jonathan Browning and Ellen Milligan A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London...
Companies Still Learning About Fire Risks Around Robots March 6, 2019 By Katie Linsell and Ellen Milligan The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in...
UK Online Grocer Ocado Learns Lessons About Robotic Warehouses After Massive Fire March 4, 2019 By Katie Linsell and Ellen Milligan The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in...
UK’s Ocado Expects Total Loss of $58M Distribution Center After Huge Fire February 7, 2019 By Ellen Milligan One of Ocado Group Plc’s largest U.K. warehouses is expected to be completely destroyed by a fire, constraining the online...