Judge: Facebook ‘Could Not Be More Wrong’ in Cambridge Analytica Defense September 11, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Facebook Inc. users suing over the social network’s worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to...
Bayer Proposes to Settle U.S. Roundup Lawsuits for $8 Billion: Bloomberg August 9, 2019 By Jef Feeley, Joel Rosenblatt and Tim Loh Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its...
Women Employees at Oracle Seek Class-Action Status in Gender Pay Lawsuit June 24, 2019 By Peter Blumberg and Joel Rosenblatt Call it the class ceiling. Women suing major technology companies for gender discrimination would have much stronger leverage against their...
Uber May Rethink Litigation Avoidance Plan as 60,000 Drivers File Arbitration Demands May 8, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt For Uber Technologies Inc., using legal arbitration to deal with driver compensation complaints — over anything from pay to overtime...
As It Prepares IPO, Uber Settles Driver Classification Disputes for $20 Million March 13, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. will pay $20 million to settle California lawsuits challenging the company’s classification of drivers as independent contractors,...
Roundup Weed Killer, Not Hepatitis, Caused Plaintiff’s Cancer, Argues Lawyer March 13, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A lawyer representing a man who claims Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer urged jurors to imagine the...
Judge Says PG&E Has ‘Clear-Cut’ Pattern of Starting Wildfires January 31, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge who has emerged as a vocal critic of PG&E Corp.’s safety record, said the California utility giant...
PG&E: Judge’s Aggressive Fire Prevention Plan Would Cost $150B January 24, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. estimates it would cost as much as $150 billion this year alone to comply with a federal judge’s...
PG&E Says It Won’t Commit to Paying Settlements With 2015 California Fire Victims January 18, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. is so cash-starved that it won’t commit to paying settlements reached with people who lost their homes in...
Alphabet Directors Sued Over Exit Pay, Coverups Tied to Harassment Allegations January 11, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra, Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Bergen Alphabet Inc.’s directors were sued by shareholders for approving a $90 million exit payment to Andy Rubin, the creator of...