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...
Workers Win $1.9 Million Sexual Harassment Settlement with Uber August 22, 2018 By Peter Blumberg The cost of Uber Technologies Inc.’s sexual harassment scandal is now itemized: 56 current and former employees who filed claims...
Court Nixes Cities’ Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Oil Firms June 26, 2018 By Peter Blumberg and Robert Burnson BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. escaped blame for the public costs of global warming when a U.S....
Judge Scolds Facebook for ‘Faulty Proposition’ Over Privacy Claims May 15, 2018 By Joel Rosenblatt and Peter Blumberg A judge scolded Facebook Inc. for misconstruing his own rulings as he ordered the company to face a high-stakes trial...
Uber Wants Pay Inequality Accord to Also Settle Sex Harassment Claims April 10, 2018 By Peter Blumberg Uber Technologies Inc.’s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid...
Women Suing Uber Claiming Driver Sexual Misconduct Fight Arbitration March 16, 2018 By Peter Blumberg Women suing Uber Technologies Inc. over claims that it’s failed to protect thousands of passengers from sexual misconduct by drivers...
Uber Sues St. Louis Taxi Commission Over Ride-Sharing Ban September 22, 2015 By Peter Blumberg An Uber Technologies Inc. company accused the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission in a lawsuit of functioning as a cartel...