Berkshire Unit Liable for Millions in Damages Over Oregon Fires June 12, 2023 By Joel Rosenblat and Peter Blumberg A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit is liable for destruction caused by the 2020 Labor Day Fires in Oregon, a jury...
Elizabeth Holmes Should Get 15 Years’ Prison for Fraud, US Says November 14, 2022 By Joel Rosenblat Former Theranos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes should spend 15 years in prison for committing one of the most...
Uber’s Former Security Chief Convicted of Data Hack Coverup October 6, 2022 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied...
Judge OKs Class Action Status for Suit by Women Employees Suing Google June 1, 2021 By Joel Rosenblat Alphabet Inc.’s Google failed to persuade a judge to block class-action status for a gender-pay disparity lawsuit brought on behalf...
Plaintiff Lawyers Accuse Bayer of ‘Pay to Appeal Scheme’ in Roundup Litigation April 23, 2021 By Joel Rosenblat Bayer AG’s strategy to get a favorable ruling in its Roundup litigation is a manufactured “pay-to-appeal scheme” that will erode...
Monitor: PG&E in California Prioritized Targets Over Reducing Wildfire Risk October 22, 2020 By Joel Rosenblat and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. prioritized meeting inspection targets over meaningful reduction of wildfire risk, according to a monitor overseeing the utility’s program...
Uber Gains in California Driver Classification But Case Isn’t Closed December 17, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc. beat back an aggressive bid to force it to treat California drivers as employees, but a judge’s...
Lawsuit Alleges Uber ‘Cheats’ Public by Avoiding Worker Insurance Payments, Taxes November 21, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc. faces a new legal attack on its refusal to treat drivers as employees that depicts the company...
PG&E: Some Fire Victim Claims, Including One for 500-Pound Emerald, Seem ‘Suspicious’ November 20, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat PG&E Corp. says it has found suspicious monetary claims by victims of California’s wildfires, including one from a man who...
Uber Refusing to Label Drivers as Employees Under California Law September 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Facing the most serious threat yet to its business model, Uber Technologies Inc. is dusting off a legal argument it...